Category: Library Services

• Video Games at the Library – What’s New to Play

  November 2024 There are new games to borrow from the Russell Library! Itching to bring home something to share with your friends and family? Or looking for a more beefy, immersive time sink that you can get lost in? We’ve got you covered with our latest additions. Here are six titles new in our collection…

  Jack B.

  November 4, 2024

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

  EchoesOfWisdom, EldenRing, ForzaHorizon5, GodOfWarRagnarok, HorizonForbiddenWest, Minecraft, NativeAmerican, Nintendo, NintendoSwitch, NintendoSwitchSports, Persona, Persona3Reload, Persona5Tactica, PlayStation, PrincessPeachShowtime, RedDeadRedemptionII, SuperMarioRPG, TheLegendOfZelda, TheOregonTrail, TheSpace, Xbox, XBoxOne, XBoxSeries

• Thank You For Being a Friend!

  by Ramona Burkey October 20-26, 2024 is National Friends of Libraries Week. Have you ever attended a free concert at the Russell Library?  Have you checked out a pass for free or reduced admission to one of Connecticut’s fantastic museums?  Have you logged on to one of our popular online author talks with best-selling authors…

  Amy S.

  October 14, 2024

  History of Russell Library, Inside Stories, Library Services

  BeaArthur, CityOfMiddletown, FriendsOfRussellLibrary, FriendsoftheLibrary, HeroesInDeed, JoinTheFriends, MiddletownStrong, MuseumPasses, NationalFriendsOfLibrariesWeek, RosemarieVecchitto, SecretsOfRussellLibrary, TheGoldenGirls

• Discover the Secrets of Russell Library

  Are you brave enough to visit the most haunted library in Connecticut? To be honest, it’s not really very spooky here. Russell was labeled “the most haunted library in Connecticut” by the Eastern Connecticut Paranormal Society when they were giving a presentation about the findings of their two investigations here at Russell. They gave the…

  Mary

  October 7, 2024

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

  CDDrawersOpening, EasternConnecticutParanormalSociety, ECPS, ghosts, HalloweenTours, Haunting, SecretsOfRussellLibrary, SpiritsOfRussellLibrary

• How to Survive Information Overload: Part 1

  My favorite uncle and I finally managed to connect on the phone after almost two years. When I asked him “How are you?”, he immediately answered, “I’m terrible. I’m constantly worried about the state of the world. I’m so worried that I can’t sleep at night.” He then started talking about covid, genocide, war, pharmaceutical…

  Amy S.

  September 30, 2024

  Events, Inside Stories, Libraries, Library Services, Trending

• 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