Upcoming Events

Join the worldwide celebration of music on Saturday, June 21!

Join us for a relaxing beading and bracelet making hour! We will have a variety of materials (string, yarn, gimp, plastic beads, wooden beads, charms) for you to create friendship bracelets, keychains, and any number of things!

Meet our new baby chicks! Rent the Egg's Hatch the Chicken program is partnering with Russell Library to help us incubate and then hatch chicken eggs. The eggs will be delivered on Monday May 20th, 2025.

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 including building materials, crafts, sensory toys and imaginative

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. 

Join us as award-winning author and summer reading champion Katherine Applegate talks to viewers about her enthusiastically heartwarming novel in verse, Odder. 

Join us for stories, songs, friends, and free play. Registration is recommended for event updates.

Children in grades Kindergarten and up are welcome to read to Lucy!  She and her owner, Devyn, are a certified pet therapy team.

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 including building materials, crafts, sensory toys and imaginative

Join us for Art Party this summer!  This month, children will draw and paint a still life inspired by Vincent van Gogh.  All supplies will be provided.  Registration is encouraged.

Celebrate PRIDE month with our graphic novel book club! This year's selection is Stage Dreams, a young adult western graphic novel sure to be full of interesting topics to chat about!

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 blankets! 

Families with children ages 4-12 are welcome to join us to play classic BINGO and win books and small prizes.

This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Russell Library!

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 including building materials, crafts, sensory toys and imaginative

Kick off the summer season with Russell Library and Dog Man! We still be showing the movie and serving up popcorn. This movie is rated PG and has a run time of 1 hour and 34 minutes. 

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. 

Join us for stories, songs, friends, and free play. Registration is recommended for event updates.

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 including building materials, crafts, sensory toys and imaginative

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-themed picture book.

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 including building materials, crafts, sensory toys and imaginative

Do you have an interest in local history?  Would you like an overview of the materials that are available in the Middletown Room?

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. 

Acompaña al autor e ilustrador Raúl the Third mientras nos habla de su libro ¡Vamos! ¡A leer! Conoce a Lobito y sus amigos mientras exploran el Festival del Libro Love de su biblioteca.