Category: Trending

• 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

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• 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

• Wine & Words: Transcending Distractions 

  Table for Two by Amor Towles Imagine sitting across the table, having a conversation with a close friend. It is just the two of you, facing each other. It is the most fundamental level of human interaction that we possess. There are no cell phones. No screens blaring the bright lights of a latest football…

  sbarillari

  January 13, 2025

  Book Reviews, Recommendations, Trending, Wine & Words

  AmorTowles, Casablanca, DirtyMartini, Distractions, Martini, PhiladelphiaStory, RulesOfCivility, TableForTwo

• Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a dime.

  What is it about this time of year that makes people start asking for money? As if the season weren’t expensive enough! Now you can’t check your email or walk down the street without getting peppered left and right with requests. It’s enough to make you want to spin on your heel and head in…

  brandiedoyle

  December 2, 2024

  Inside Stories, Libraries, Library Services, Trending

  BlackFriday, CyberMonday, GivingTuesday, GooglePay, PayPal, RussellLibrary, SmallBusinessSaturday, SofaSunday, Thanksgiving, Venmo

• Wine & Words: A Perry Pairing

  Washington: A LifeBy Ron Chernow By the time you are reading this a new president will be elected. I am not going to be political, but in leu of this election season, I would like to bring it back to our first elected president, George Washington. Let’s square away some things first; many people have…

  sbarillari

  November 25, 2024

  Book Reviews, Recommendations, Trending, Wine & Words

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