Category: Libraries

• What’s Up This Summer at Russell Library?

  Summer at Russell Library is in full swing. If you haven’t joined in yet, it’s not too late. Even if you’ve already signed up for Summer Reading, we have plenty more to offer. Join the almost 3,000 people who have already signed up for Summer Reading. With three age/ability levels, everyone can participate and it’s…

  Amy S.

  July 7, 2025

  Contests, Events, Inside Stories, Kids and Teens, Libraries, Library Services

  AirHocky, ChessClub, ChickCam, Crafternoon, DanceWithUs, DollyPartonImaginationLibrary, Eggs, Fables&Frolic, family, FamilyFolkConcert, FarmersMarketStorytime, FarmFriends, Foosball, HangWithTheChicks, Kids, MegaChess, MondayMovie, news, PettingZoo, PlayPals, PS4, PS5, SarahLouRichards, SplatterArt, SummerFamilyBingo, SummerReading, Switch, Switch2, TheSpace, TheWildRobot, travel, Wicked, writing, Xbox, XensCritters, YogaForLittles

• PRIDE 2025 at Russell Library

  This year PrideFEST falls on Saturday, June 7, and Russell Library is honored to serve as a partner for a sixth consecutive year. We welcome you to join us at 123 Broad Street to pick up themed book giveaways, snag a mocktail and a bag of popcorn, get your face painted, make a rainbow crown,…

  brandiedoyle

  May 26, 2025

  Events, Kids and Teens, Libraries, Library Services, Trending

  BlockParty, Books&Brews, BookTalkWithAWalk, CountryQuiltLlamaFarm, DragArtistStoryHour, FablesAndFrolic, FarmersMarket, FreePeopleReadFreely, LEGOBuilders, LGBTQIA2S+, LibraryCard, MiddletownPRIDE, MiniMovers, OutdoorFamilyStorytime, ParentingPlaygroup, PlayPals, PreschoolPowerStorytime, PRIDE, PrideFEST, PRIDELibraryCard, PRIDEmarch, PRIDErally, SarahMcBride, SaturdayFamilyStorytime, StorytimeAtTheFarmersMarket, SummerFamilyBingo, TheMagicFish, TheSpace, TomorrowWillBeDifferent, TrungLeNguyen, YogaForLittles

• Russell Library Celebrates Its History

  & Looks Ahead to the Next Chapter by Ramona Burkey, Director Middletown’s Russell Library was bustling on the morning of Saturday, April 5th, as hundreds of patrons of all ages gathered to commemorate the library’s 149th birthday. With a giant birthday cake, a children’s dance party with costumed character “Bingo” from the hit children’s cartoon…

  Amy S.

  April 21, 2025

  Events, History of Russell Library, Inside Stories, Libraries, Library Services, Middletown, CT

  Bingo, Bluey, BookMobile, ChildrensActivityRoom, FirstFederalSavingsAndLoan, FrancesRussell, Future, HubbardRoom, LocalHistory, MayorBenFlorsheim, MemoryBox, ReadingRoom, RulesOfRussellLibrary, RussellLibraryBoardOfTrustees, SamuelRussell, sesquicentennial

• Chickens in the Library?!

  Last summer, we had fourteen very special guests in the library: two batches of seven chicken eggs, courtesy of a chicken farm in nearby Wallingford, Connecticut. Of the original 14 eggs, 13 hatched into chicks. The chicks visited with Russell Library patrons for about a week and a half, and then were picked up by…

  Amy S.

  April 7, 2025

  Contests, Events, Inside Stories, Kids and Teens, Libraries, Technology

  Chickens, Chicks, DET, EggHatching, Eggs, HangWithTheChicks, HatchTheChicken, PeepShow, RentTheChicken, WebCam

• Wine & Words: A Beneficial Engagement

  Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton Have you ever been at a lost for what to read next? Libraries are not only a place to borrow books, but the librarians who work there aim to point you in the right direction. Librarians’ suggestions are valued. As librarians, we also value the suggestions brought to us by…

  sbarillari

  February 17, 2025

  Book Reviews, Libraries, Library Services, Recommendations, Wine & Words

  Chianti, ChiantiClassico, EdithWharton, EthanFrome, ItalianWines, PodereIlPalazzino, Zeena