Category: Events

• Join The Russell Library For Our Very First Library Card Crawl!

  By: Briana G Join the Russell Library for our very first Library Card Crawl! September is Library Card Sign Up Month and what better way to celebrate than with a Library Card Crawl at The Russell Library. A Library Card Crawl is a celebration of library card holders and encourages them to explore all their…

  brianarusselllibrary

  September 16, 2024

  Events, Giveaways, Libraries, Library Services, Secrets of Russell Library

  EasternConnecticutParanormalSociety, ECPS, HorizonWings, JeffHorton, JeffHortonMagic, K9Bear, LibraryCardCrawl, MarioPartyMiniGames, Meditation, OfficerBodell, SecretLivesofOwls, StarrMillYoga, TheMemoryBox

• A Play-Based Library?

  “Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play IS serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood,” Mr. (Fred) Rogers. If you have children or are involved in the education or child care industries, you have probably heard the term “play-based”. It’s usually a way of…

  Amy S.

  August 26, 2024

  Events, Inside Stories, Kids and Teens, Libraries, Library Services, Middletown, CT

  AirHockey, AstronomyDepartment, Chicks, Courtyard, Families, Fiction, Foosball, JeffHorton, K9Bear, Kids, MagicShow, Meditation, MegaChess, MiddletownFireDepartment, MrRogers, NonFiction, Owls, Play, Play-based, Schools, SecretsOfRussellLibrary, Sideways, SpaceDome, SydneyTheSnake, TheSpace, WeirdBarbie, WesleyanUniversity

• Level-Up Your Summer: Video Games at Russell Library

  Played any good games lately? It might be time to check out Russell Library’s ever-growing video game collection! Russell Library began offering Nintendo Switch games approximately one year ago, and they quickly became one of our most popular collections. Now, we are pleased to offer titles for PlayStation and Xbox consoles as well! We plan…

  Jack B.

  August 5, 2024

  Contests, Events, Kids and Teens, Library Services, Recommendations, Technology, Trending

  Gaming, JediFallenOrder, MarioKart, MarioParty, MilesMorales, Minecraft, Nintendo, NintendoSwitch, NintendoSwitchSports, PlayStation, PS4, PS5, SpiderMan, StarWars, SuperSmashBrosUltimate, TheSpace, VideoGames, Xbox

• Celebrating Juneteenth

  Russell Library could not be more excited to take part in Middletown’s 4th Annual Liberation Day Festival on June 19th. After the parade, swing by our table at Harbor Park to pick up one of the giveaway titles listed below. They are available to Middletown residents while supplies last. Many thanks to the Middletown Ujima…

  brandiedoyle

  June 17, 2024

  Book Reviews, Events, Giveaways, Middletown, CT, Recommendations, Trending

  AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn, AfricanTown, AliceFayeDuncan, ALittleDevilInAmerica, AllianLAgostini, AmandaGorman, AmyraLeon, AnnetteGordonReed, ArethaFranklin, ArlishaNorwood, Beyonce, BlackLiturgies, BrownGirlDreaming, CharlesJohnson, CharlesWater, ColeArthurRiley, ColsonWhitehead, DanteStewart, FourHundredSouls, FreedomWeSing, HanifAbdurraqib, HighOnTheHog, IbramXKendi, IreneLatham, JacquelineWoodson, JamesANovel, JamesBaldwin, JamesBrown, JessicaBHarris, Juneteenth, JuneteenthANovel, KeishaNBlain, KeturahABobo, LiberationDay, MiddletownCT, MollyMendoza, OnJuneteenth, OpalLee, PercivalEverett, PulitzerPrize, RalphEllison, SawyerCloud, ShoutinInTheFire, SoulTrain, TaNehisiCoates, TheFireNextTime, TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir, TheHillWeClimb, TheHistoryOfJuneteenth, TheJuneteenthStory, TheUndergroundRailroad, TheWaterDancer, UjimaAlliance, WhitneyHouton

• Summer Adventures at Russell Library

  Where can you find live baby chicks, a llama, the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, nature center visits, an air hockey table, and a petting zoo … all for free?! Russell Library’s Summer of Adventure kicks off with the Country Quilt Llama Farm’s Llama Storytime, followed by a Block Party and a hangout with baby chicks…

  Amy S.

  June 10, 2024

  Contests, Events, Kids and Teens, Library Services, Middletown, CT

  Abrakadoodle, AirHockey, ARPA, BabyChicks, Bingo, BlockParty, CityOfMiddletown, CountryQuiltLlamaFarm, Crafternoon, DancinWithHoops, FamilyFeud, FriendsoftheLibrary, GrandReOpening, HatchTheChicken, HoolaHoops, JudiJones, KidsDepartment, LEGO, LionheartPuppetCompany, MakeMusicDay, MaticaCircus, MrMagic, NekitaWaller, NewHavenSymphonyOrchestra, NintendoSwitch, ParentingPlaygroup, Passports, PettingZoo, PostpartumDoula, SouthLawn, SummerOfAdventure, SummerReading, SwitchParty, TeenRoom, ThePoopMuseum, TheSpace, XensCritters, YouthAndFamilyLearning