Category: Events

• Summer Preview: 2026

  As the school year draws to a close, and the weather starts to warm up (please?), it’s time to start thinking about your summer plans. We hope that your summer plans include Russell Library. In just four short weeks, Summer Reading will kick off at Russell Library. Can you believe it? Here’s what you need…

  Amy S.

  May 18, 2026

  Events, Kids and Teens, Library Services, SummerReading

  BethanyOBriem, ChessClub, FamilyFolkConcert, FarmersMarketStorytime, FinaleParty, FurryScalyFriends, HangWithTheChicks, KickoffParty, MondayMovie, PettingZoo, SarahLouRichards, SugarGlider, SummerReading, SummerReadingTrackers, TheLuckyHusky, XensCritters

• Why Vote for Russell Library?

  Update: check out the July issue of Connecticut Magazine for the winner of the 2026 Best Cultural Attraction for Families category. Thanks to our fabulous patrons, Russell Library has been nominated for CT Insider’s 2026 competition for Best Cultural Attraction for Families. If you look at the listing of other nominees, you might notice that…

  Amy S.

  April 6, 2026

  Contests, Events, Graphic Novels / Manga, Inside Stories, Kids and Teens, Libraries, Library Services, Recommendations

  ActivityRoom, BuildingBlocks, BuildingTable, Chicks, Concert, ConnecticutMagazine, CTInsider, DinosaurBones, IndoorPlayroom, LEGOs, MegaChess, PettingZoo, PingPong, SarahLouRichards, ScienceSaturday, TheSpace, ToniesAndYotos, TrainTable, WallMaze, YogaForLittles

• Are you ready to play?

  Hint hint: there might be a “cheat code” of sorts way down below… What the heck are the Russell Library games? In celebration of Russell Library’s 150th year serving Middletown, we decided to spread joy in 2026 by running the Russell Library Games. Between the anniversaries of our doors opening to the public (April 5)…

  brandiedoyle

  March 30, 2026

  Contests, Events, Giveaways, Middletown, CT, Sports, Trending

  AnnArborDistrictLibrary, BirthdayBash, CheatCode, DowntownBusinessDistrict, FrancesRussell, GiftCard, LibraryCard, LibraryGiftCard, LoveClub, PokemonGo, RussellLibraryBirthday, RussellLibraryGames, RussellLibraryLoveClub, SummerGame

• Get Ready for the Tournament of Books 2026!

  Everything you need to know for this year’s book smackdown. March is on the horizon, and at Russell Library that can only mean one thing — the Tournament of Books has returned! Make a bracket, vote for your favorite books, and help decide the 2026 Tournament of Books Champion! Last year, from a crowded field…

  Jack B.

  February 16, 2026

  Contests, Events, Libraries, Middletown, CT, Recommendations

  book recommendations, Bracket, Contest, MarchMadness, MarchTournament, TournamentOfBooks, Vote

• Fowl Preview 2026

  by Amy S. You’ve been asking. We heard you. Chicks are returning in February 2026. Why so early? Because nothing helps beat the late-winter blues like little balls of adorable fluffiness. Once again, the Youth & Family Learning department is partnering with our local Hatch the Chicken affiliate, Farmer Joe’s Gardens of Wallingford, Connecticut, to…

  Amy S.

  February 2, 2026

  Events, Kids and Teens, Libraries

  BabyBunnies, Chicks, Cute&Cuddlies, DateWithADuck, DuckEggs, EggCandling, FarmerJoesGardens, HangWithTheChicks, HatchingChicks, HatchTheChicken, TakeYourChildToTheLibraryDay, TrevorTheDuck, XensCritters