Current exhibits, galleries, and museum shows in Kent. Art, history, science, and interactive exhibits.
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For kids of all ages through grade 6No registration required.“Shop” our collection of crayons, markers, scissors, glue, paper, yarn, felt, beads, foam shapes, and lots of other craft supplies. Take your supplies to a table and use your imagination to create a masterpiece. Visit anytime during the...
Join the Children’s Museum for a fun day of nature exploration at the Roaring Brook Nature Center. Bus pick up from the Campfield Library at 11:15am. Bus drop off at 4:00pm.
Join the Children’s Museum at the library to get your hands dirty as we explore environmental science through worms, dirt, and bugs! Lunch provided.
It’s the grand finale of Insane Insects spring break week! The Children’s Museum is visiting with real live bugs and insects for kids to see up close. Curious minds won’t want to miss this creepy-crawly celebration of science and nature.
It’s never too soon to start learning the basic concepts behind STEAM programming. In Mixed Media Art we’ll spend the time tapping into kids’ creativity and problem solving by giving them the opportunity to create whatever they can imagine with the supplies we provide. Dress to make a mess!
Holiday Art is a creative program where participants explore seasonal and cultural holidays through arts and crafts.
The New Haven Symphony Orchestra partners with the Beardsley Zoo for a family concert. This concert features live animals from the Beardsley Zoo and real musicians with instruments from the New Haven Symphony Orchestra. Explore how animals move while a brass quintet plays animal-themed pieces of...
MiLB Double-A: Richmond Flying Squirrels at Hartford Yard Goats at Dunkin' Park
Award-winning and bestselling author Miranda Cowley Heller takes us on an intimate journey through the life stages of a woman in her new poetry collection, What the Deep Water Knows. Delicate, yet exceedingly raw, these poems will transport you as vividly as any work of fiction. If I could fly...
Families with children ages 0-5 are invited to join us for a short classical and nursery song concert with sing-alongs and dances. We will finish with a chance for the little ones to get up close and personal with some instruments. All are welcome! No registration required.
Hush little baby don’t say a word… it’s time for a bedtime story! Put on your coziest PJ’s and head over to the library for some soothing stories, songs, and goodnight stretches. You’ll be ready to snooze through the night after this sweet storytime.
Join Ty to explore timeless artistic techniques through hands-on projects focused on traditional painting and classic craft methods.
Savor the world of food through the stories and personal reflections of author Aimee Nezhukumatahil, in her newest book, Bite by Bite. If interested, please call Irene to register, 860-695-7401.
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 play. The activities we have planned are aimed at children age 1-5,...
Join us at Brown Eastside for the infamous egg drop challenge. Think you have the engineering skills to ensure your egg won't crack? Show up and find out! All materials provided.
Lighthouse serves lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer+ (LGBTQ+) teens and their allies with a welcoming, safe space. Lighthouse empowers LGBTQ youth to clarify issues, gain skills and resiliency, and envision and seek healthy, productive, and fulfilling adult lives. Teens can drop in to...
Join us for a Baby Yoga class designed for infants aged 9 weeks up to crawling and their caregivers. This program works best if your baby is not yet crawling or is at least willing to sit with you, as most of the poses and stretches are stationary. Enjoy a variety of playful activities, including...
“Billy Lee,” began serving Washington as a young boy, stood by his side as a valuable servant until he was an elderly man. He was the only one of Washington’s slaves freed immediately by Washington’s will. Mr. Keitt brings a unique insight into the story, life and...
Teens, join us in the Teen Room for some afternoon fun! We will have our Nintendo Switch ready to go, as well as coloring and board games. This is a drop-in program for grades 7-12. Snacks provided.
Children ages 4 through 8 are invited to join us to dive into science, technology, and engineering, with hands-on activities! Experience a different fun-filled STEM adventure designed especially for curious kids each time. No experience necessary—just bring your curiosity and a big...
Teens are welcome to come to the library to make a cool craft or do a fun activity!
Award-willing author/illustrator Barbara McClintock will be reading some of her works and conducting a brief artist's workshop. Free copies of Barbara's books will be available. You can read many of McClintock's works in our library. This is a drop-in event with no registration required, geared...
Come join us on a Simsbury schools half day to meet and learn about some different reptiles! Kids will have the opportunity to touch and interact with the animals in this fun program!
Learn to code and change the world! Kids Who Code is a national program that is on a mission to change the image of what a programmer looks like and does. Through bravery, resilience, curiosity and creativity Kids Who Code will help ignite your passion for computer science.
Join Ms. Linda at the Ropkins library to explore your creativity with a seasonal weekly craft!
Sing, dance, and experience the parachute in this fun early childhood music program.
Creative kids in grades 4-7 will be handed a finished painting and a brush. That's when the fun begins! Hack that painting however you like! Add something serious or silly, subtle or bold: it's up to you! Wear clothes you don't mind getting paint on! Registration required. Drop-ins welcome if...
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. After stories and songs, we will do a craft based on the books we read together!
Sit in the library garden, listen to the gentle waterfalls, breathe in stillness and create mindful art.
Much of what we learn about Connecticut’s past comes from a colonized perspective that has almost entirely left out the voices of Indigenous people who have called this land home for over 12,000 years. How knowledge about the past is preserved and passed down in different cultures affects how...
Children ages 4 through 8 are invited to come celebrate Earth Day with a hands-on STEM activity. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about the process of seed germination, and create their own seed clusters to take home. Dress for mess! Registration required. Drop-ins welcome if space..
Award-winning and bestselling author Miranda Cowley Heller takes us on an intimate journey through the life stages of a woman in her new poetry collection, What the Deep Water Knows. Delicate, yet exceedingly raw, these poems will transport you as vividly as any work of fiction. If I could fly...
Tutoring and college readiness support for immigrant teens
Registration is highly recommended but not required. Walk-ins are always welcome. This program brings caregivers and babies together to nurture bonds and increase awareness of the child’s development. Our primary focus is the healthy development of infants ages 0-24 months old with an emphasis on..
Join us in conversation with acclaimed author Brad Taylor on his latest work, Shadow Strike, book 20 (yes, you read that right!) of the bestselling Pike Logan series. After its proxies are devastated and its offensive capability pummeled in the latest war in the middle east, a rogue group of...
Children ages 6 months to 2 years old will enjoy this fun storytime with music, puppets, picture books, and nursery rhymes. No registration required.
For families with kids ages 5 & underNo registration neededPut on your P.J.’s, grab your teddy bear, and settle down for a half-hour of stories, songs and rhymes.
Like axolotls? Or want to know what they even are? The Amphibian and Reptile Center will be bringing live axolotls to the Hubbard Room for a special Axolotl Spring Break. Learn around about them, and meet some in person. Drop-in; no registration required. Recommended for kids ages 3 and up;...
Children and caregivers will participate in a creative movement class where stationary and locomotor skills will be explored. These concepts include rhythm, tempo, levels, and opposites. Classical music will be used to inspire and engage children. Let's dance! Please sign up for only ONE session...
Join us for lively book discussions on the third Thursday of each month from 6:30-8:00 in the Rimer Room. Our first selection is The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong. An Oprah’s Book Club pick and named a best book of 2025 by The New Yorker and NPR, The Emperor of Gladness is "a bighearted novel.
THIS PROGRAM IS FULL. YOU MAY ADD YOUR CHILD TO THE WAITLIST OR REGISTER FOR THE 12:30pm CLASS.For Pre-K children ages 3-5, on their own Resident registration period is March 2nd – March 9th.All registrations will be processed randomly on March 10th. You will be notified of your child's status by...
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 Tuesday, March 24th, 2026. Expected hatching occurs around Tuesday, April 14th. The chicks will live in the kids...
Join us as we explore colors, numbers, and letters through stories, songs, movement, and more!
Students will create various types of jewelry from crystal wrapping, to braiding, and more.
Active children ages 1 and up and their caregivers are invited to join us for this family storytime! Participants will hear stories, sing songs, learn rhymes, do movement activities, and use scarves or instruments, while building literacy and social skills. No registration required.
Time to shake, rattle and roll… at the library. We’ll read some groovy stories, sing songs and play instruments in this loosely structured, rockin’ storytime.
Join us for stories, songs, friends, and free play. Drop-in, no registration required. Recommended for children ages 0-5, siblings welcome. This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Russell Library. To get all of the Youth & Family Learning department events right into your inbox every other...