Field Trip to the Roaring Brook Nature Center
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.
Arts & Culture in Windsor Locks
Museums, galleries, theater, dance, and cultural events in Windsor Locks. Feed your creative side.
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April Break with the Children's Museum
For ages 6-12. Come get your hands dirty as we explore environmental science through worms, dirt, and bugs! Lunch will be provided after the program. Registration required.
Insane Insects Week: Grand Finale with the Children's Museum
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.
Painting with Ty @ YOUmedia
Join Ty to explore timeless artistic techniques through hands-on projects focused on traditional painting and classic craft methods.
Storytime for Littles: Picnic Storytime!
Spread out a blanket and enjoy stories, a tasty snack, and springtime fun. After storytime, kids will create their own ant craft to take home. Perfect for little listeners and their caregivers!
Teen Scene Craft
Teens are welcome to come to the library to make a cool craft or do a fun activity!
Garden Peace Club
Sit in the library garden, listen to the gentle waterfalls, breathe in stillness and create mindful art.
Low-Key Creations
Low-Key Creations is a relaxed art space where you can relax to some calming music and creative calming projects.
Crafty Kids
Join Ms. Linda at the Ropkins library to explore your creativity with a seasonal weekly craft!
Tie Dye Tote Bags
Children, Youth & Teens All Ages. Get creative and have fun tie- dying your own tote bags! Registration is required.
Craft Corner
Join the fun and excitement each Wednesday with arts, crafts, and games for youth, ages 5 to 18, 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. No registration required.
Rock Painting
Children, Youth & Teens All Ages. Are you ready to have a rockin’ time? Turn ordinary rocks into colorful and creative pets!
Holiday Art
Holiday Art is a creative program where participants explore seasonal and cultural holidays through arts and crafts.
Music Production @ YOUmedia
Get hands-on experience in recording vocals, mixing and mastering tracks, and producing original beats. Develop your skills while learning industry-standard techniques.
The Symphony Goes to the Zoo
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...
Richmond Flying Squirrels at Hartford Yard Goats
MiLB Double-A: Richmond Flying Squirrels at Hartford Yard Goats at Dunkin' Park
Petite Concerts for Little Ones
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.
Play Pals
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,...
Lighthouse: A Program for LGBTQ+ Youth
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...
Art Academy with Author/Illustrator Barbara McClintock
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...
STEM Explorers : Hands-On Science at the Library
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...
Big Read: Family Food Memories
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.
Friday Family Storytime and Craft
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!
Little Learners: Stories and Crafts
Children under 5 and their families are invited to sing, play, listen to stories, and make crafts at the library. This month’s craft will be paper flowers.
Snap Circuits for Grades K-2
Kids in grades K-2 can put together creations that will whistle, flash and fly. Learning principles of electronics and engineering is a snap! Registration required. Drop-ins welcome if space allows.
Author Miranda Cowley Heller (Online)
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...
Baby Grand Jazz
Enjoy every Sunday at 3:00PM from January 4th through April 26th. Tune in virtually on Hartford Public Library’s Facebook page, Youtube channel or HPATV. April 26, 2026 Rene McLean: Music of the Spirit Born in New York City, René McLean, multi-reed instrumentalist (alto, tenor, soprano...
Hack That Painting: Spring Has Sprung! for Grades 4-7
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...
Family Bingo
Families with children are welcome to join us to play classic BINGO and win books and small prizes. Recommended for ages 4-12. 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 week, sign up..
CT Humanities and Freedom Trail Present: William (Billy) Lee
“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...
Teen Library Council
The Wilton Teen Library Council (TLC) is a monthly group for youth in grades 6-12 who are interested in becoming more involved with the library. All Wilton teens are welcome. Benefits include: helping librarians choose teen materials, brainstorming ideas for teen programs, gaining experience...
All About Axolotls
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;...
Pearson VUE Test Center testing
Testing in the Downtown Library's Pearson VUE Test Center. Registration in advance required.
America 250: The Web They Wove - Women & Their Wardrobes During New England’s Revolution
Please join us in the Brubeck Room for a special America 250 event from the Dirty Blue Shirts, who provide living history programming to New England and beyond. Underpinning the sensationalism of battle reports and broadsides is the often silent steadiness of women’s work with textiles. The choices.
Hang with the Chicks
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...
Celebrate Earth Day with STEM!
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..
Fables & Frolic
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...
Book Making (Comics and Zines)
Learn the art of self-publishing by designing, illustrating, and binding your very own original comic books and personal zines.
Mother Goose on the Loose
Children ages 6 months to 2 years old will enjoy this fun storytime with music, puppets, picture books, and nursery rhymes. No registration required.
Movie Monday
Join us for Movie Monday! We'll be serving popcorn and showing A Minecraft Movie, which is rated PG and has a run time of 1 hour and 41 minutes. Join us! 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..
Young Yogis Stretch and Grow!
Young yogis in grades K-3 are invited to a brand new yoga program. You will learn gentle stretches, fun new poses, and become in tune with your breath. Caregivers are welcome to join in. Yoga mats are provided, however feel free to bring your own. Registration required. Drop-ins welcome if space...
Paint A Treasure Box
Join us as we paint wooden boxes to store our keepsakes. Registration is encouraged.
Chess Club
Love chess or just want to learn? All ages and abilities are welcome at our new Russell Library Chess Club. Drop-in, no registration required. 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...
Third Thursday Book Club: The Emperor of Gladness
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.
STEM Day
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.
Terrific Tales for Tots
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.
Take & Make: Stranger Things Throwback Cupcakes
Before we head back to Hawkins in Tales from '85, come enjoy this throwback recipe for Stranger Things cupcakes! Come to the Teen room, take a cupcake, and use some decorating gel and M&M's to make a "Christmas lights" display on it. This program is for grades 6-12. Supplies are limited, so...
Imagination Station
Imagination Station is a creative space where ideas come to life through hands-on art, exploration, and self-expression.
Family Storytime
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.
Goldbas Music Storytime
Babies, toddlers, preschoolers and their families, are invited to join husband and wife team Jake and Kate Goldbas as they bring children's literature to life through song, imaginative play, and movement in their interactive storytime meets sing-a-long! Please note that this program will now be...
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