Category: Trending

• Wine & Words: Are you a Giggler?

  How to Giggle: A Guide to Taking Life Less SeriouslyBy Hannah Berner and Paige DeSorbo  Brat summer was so last year and this summer it is time to giggle. Hannah Berner and Paige DeSorbo are the OG gigglers. We first saw this dynamic duo from Bravo’s fascinating anthropological reality television show called Summer House. I…

  sbarillari

  July 28, 2025

  Book Reviews, Podcast, Recommendations, Trending, Wine & Words

  GigglySquad, Grenache, HamptonWater, HannahBerner, HowToGiggle, LoveYouBunches, PaigeDesorbo, Rosé, StolpmanVineyards, SummerHouse

• Reaching for the Top Shelf, Russell Library’s new podcast

  Are you looking for your next book recommendation? Do you like discussions with bookish people who talk about their favorite stories and well-crafted writing? Do you feel stuck in a literary rut and need suggestions? Russell Library has the solution! We’re proud to introduce Top Shelf with Russell Library, a new podcast where you’ll hear…

  kspachman

  June 23, 2025

  Book Reviews, Inside Stories, Library Services, Podcast, Recommendations, Technology, Trending

  DigitalLab, NotaryServices, Podcast, SilentBookClub, TopShelf

• Wait … Adults Have A Summer Reading Challenge, Too?

  By: Briana G, your Adult Summer Reading Guru I have the best news ever. Seriously. Summer is here! Well, almost. June 20th is officially the first day of Summer. AKA the longest day of the year. However, nothing revitalizes me more than the season of Summer and all it has to offer. Summer, to me,…

  brianarusselllibrary

  June 9, 2025

  Contests, Events, Giveaways, Library Services, Trending

  adult summer reading, adult summer reading challenge, Audiobooks, Bingo, book challenge, bookish, Ebooks, giveaway, Hoopla, Libby, Librarians, Libraries, library, LoveOfReading, middlesexcounty, Middletown, MiddletownCT, Prizes, readers, reading, RussellLibrary, summer, summer reading, summer reading challenge

• 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

• Dark Academia is Coming to the Library

  We did a lot of cleaning and painting during the pandemic. Although the library was closed to the public and we only had a skeleton staff in the building, we made some big changes. Anyone who has been to Russell Library since the end of the pandemic knows how much we have spruced the place…

  Mary

  May 19, 2025

  History of Russell Library, Inside Stories, Trending

  Activity Room, ColorPalette, DarkAcademia, DeadPoetsSociety, HarryPotter, LibraryMakeover, Pandemic, TheSpace