Event List

Get those brains calm and those bodies moving! We focus on mindfulness and movement in this yoga session for kids and caregivers. We will begin the session with a mindfulness-theme...

Join us for an afternoon of creating and building.  We supply the bricks, you supply the imagination and engineering!  Free play OR try one of the available challenges.Th...

Come play with us at the Library!  Join us each week to connect with other families and explore the power of play.  A variety of toys will be out for free play inclu...

Meet in the Lobby of The Russell Library at noon, where we will go offsite for a short walk by the riverfront and discuss books! Grab your water bottle, lace up your sneakers, and ...

Join us for a fun family storytime where we will read books and share rhymes and songs for kids birth to 6 years old and their families. For kids age 0-6 (...

Join us for a visit to Deckawoo Drive with everyone’s favorite adventure loving pig, Mercy Watson! Newbery Medal winning author Kate DiCamillo will be sharing the stories behind th...

Join us for stories, songs, friends, and free play. Registration is recommended for event updates.This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Russell Library.To get all of the Yo...

Join us for an all ages, self guided painting session. We will be painting on canvases.  All supplies will be provided.  Please wear old clothes, as we will be using...

Children in grades Kindergarten and up are welcome to read to therapy dog Henry, a Bernese Mountain Dog.  Reading times are available first come, first serve, up to 10 mi...

Come play with us at the Library!  Join us each week to connect with other families and explore the power of play.  A variety of toys will be out for free play inclu...

Weird Barbie Art Party IS BACK! Come and get creative with destroying and rebuilding some Barbie dolls! Buzz their hair, graffiti their skin, give them wild expressions and weird c...

Our JULY title is Our Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver.Copies available at the Borrowing Desk.Join us at Stubborn Beauty Brewing at 180 Johnson St, M...

Join us for an outdoor storytime at the Middletown Farmers Market at the Union Green! We will read books and share rhymes and songs. Participants are welcome to bring chairs and bl...

Join us for a fun family storytime on the South Lawn where we will read books and share rhymes and songs outside. Be sure to bring along your blanket or chairs! ...

Many animals are facing the threat of extinction, but you can help! Meet a live owl and turtle and learn how you can help their species with some simple tips. Join us for an i...

Come join us in the Hubbard Room for a fun family activity for parents and their children hosted by Jessica Bransfield a clinical social worker! Build family teamwor...

Come play with us at the Library!  Join us each week to connect with other families and explore the power of play.  A variety of toys will be out for free play inclu...

Join us for a fun family storytime where we will read books and share rhymes and songs for kids birth to 6 years old and their families. For kids age 0-6 (...

QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer – the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. Just as people are trained in CPR and the Heimlich Maneuver hel...

Would you survive a zombie apocalypse? Join us to talk with New York Times bestselling author Max Brallier about The Last Kids on Earth, both the book series and the animated serie...

Are you staying in town this summer but would love to take a vacation? Do you want to travel the world but tend to get seasick? Don't mind the heat, but hate the humidity? Check ou...

Join us for stories, songs, friends, and free play. Registration is recommended for event updates.This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Russell Library.To get all of the Yo...

Adventure Begins at the Russell Library! Adults (18 and up) and Teens (12 to 17) will receive one Russell Library Adventure Guide and one Adult and Teen Summer Reading Bookmark tha...

Our friends from the Eleanor Buck Wolf Nature Center are retuning!  Please join us for a session where we will meet live animals such as a chinchilla,...