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The Russell Library is closed for the holiday.

Join us for a fun family storytime in the Hubbard Room where we will read books and share rhymes and songs for kids birth to 6 years old and their families. We know family schedules can change from week to week, so please register for each week that you plan to attend! Registration is required and space is limited, so please let us know how many people will be in your party (all young people any caregivers = the number of people attending.) For kids age 0-6 (Babies - first grade), siblings and families welcome! Covid Library Event guidelines: to ensure everyone's safety if any member of your household is experiencing Covid symptoms or is quarantining, we ask that you and your family stay home. This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Russell Library! Find out more about how you can support them here: russelllibrary.org/friends-of-the-library/

Join us for a fun family storytime in the Hubbard Room where we will read books and share rhymes and songs for kids birth to 6 years old and their families. We are trying monthly registration out, signing up for this storytime will sign you up for every Tuesday in January. Go ahead and sign up for the whole series, even if you can't make it to all of them! Registration is required so please let us know how many people will be in your party (all young people any caregivers = the number of people attending.) For kids age 0-6 (Babies - first grade), siblings and families welcome! Covid Library Event guidelines: to ensure everyone's safety if any member of your household is experiencing Covid symptoms or is quarantining, we ask that you and your family stay home. This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Russell Library! Find out more about how you can support them here: russelllibrary.org/friends-of-the-library/

Russell Library presents weekly opportunities to network with other job seekers, as well as receive the advice of professionals. The focus will be on the job market and provide updated industry information during this uncertain time of COVID19. The Job and Career Group hosts workshops and a weekly networking sessions. Registration is required. Questions? Christy Billings cbillings@russelllibrary.org This group is possible from a Liberty Bank Foundation Grant, and The Family of Thomas J. Regan.

Our January title is Six walks : in the footsteps of Henry David Thoreau by Ben Shattuck. Copies available at the Borrowing Desk. Join us at Stubborn Beauty Brewing at 180 Johnson St, Middletown, CT. Questions? E-mail Christy Billings at cbillings@russelllibrary.org Sponsored by the Friends of Russell Library. Place a hold for curbside pick-up or E-copies are available at www.russelllibrary.org. No purchase is required. Registration is suggested.

The Russell Library is closed for the holiday.

Join us for a fun family storytime in the Hubbard Room where we will read books and share rhymes and songs for kids birth to 6 years old and their families. We are trying monthly registration out, signing up for this storytime will sign you up for every Tuesday in January. Go ahead and sign up for the whole series, even if you can't make it to all of them! Registration is required so please let us know how many people will be in your party (all young people any caregivers = the number of people attending.) For kids age 0-6 (Babies - first grade), siblings and families welcome! Covid Library Event guidelines: to ensure everyone's safety if any member of your household is experiencing Covid symptoms or is quarantining, we ask that you and your family stay home. This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Russell Library! Find out more about how you can support them here: russelllibrary.org/friends-of-the-library/

You’re invited to start your new year calm and collected by learning to become better organized and clutter-free with Dana K. White, creator of popular podcast and blog, A Slob Comes Clean, as she imparts tips from her books Organizing for the Rest of Us and Decluttering at the Speed of Life. Click here to register.

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January is National Radon Action Month (NRAM). We will be joined by the Middletown Health Department and CT Department of Public Health for a program meant to increase the public’s awareness of radon and to promote radon testing. Radon is a naturally occurring, radioactive gas released in rock, soil, and water formed from the breakdown of Uranium. Come learn about the dangers of prolonged exposure to Radon, as well as how you can protect yourself. As a part of NRAM, the Middletown Health Department and the CT DPH are providing program participants with a free testing device to screen for radon exposure at home. This program will take place in the Hubbard Room, and start at 6:00 PM. Registration is required, and will be open until program start time.

Special Guest: Ben Bissell: Platform to Employment Russell Library presents weekly opportunities to network with other job seekers, as well as receive the advice of professionals. The focus will be on the job market and provide updated industry information during this uncertain time of COVID19. The Job and Career Group hosts workshops and a weekly networking sessions. Registration is required. Questions? Christy Billings cbillings@russelllibrary.org This group is possible from a Liberty Bank Foundation Grant, and The Family of Thomas J. Regan.

We are inviting homeschooling families with children ages 6-12 in our communitity to connect with Russell Youth and Familiy Learning librarians! The librarians will have a vareity of science based activities to work on while we all get to know each other. This is a great opportunity to meet with other families and provide the library feedback on ways to best work with homeschooling families for future meet ups. The activities we have planned are aimed at children 6-12, and a caregiver. Please register below, registrations will close 24 hours before the event starts. Supplies are limited, so please register each young person who plans to participate. Covid Library Event guidelines: to ensure everyone's safety we request that if any member of your household is experiencing Covid symptoms or is quarantining, we ask that you and your family stay home. This program is made possible though the generosity of the Friends of the Russell Library! Find out more about how you can support them here: https://russelllibrary.org/friends-of-the-library/

What: Mystery! is a Russell Library-run book club for mystery lovers. The book group discusses a new mystery novel every month. When: The group meets on last Thursday of the month at 3pm (or, if Russell is closed at that time, the latest Thursday in the month that we’re open). Where: The group will meet in the Courtyard whenever weather allows. When weather does not allow, we will gather in Meeting Room 2. Books: Book copies are available at the Circulation desk. Click Here to See the List of Upcoming Mystery! Books. Registration: Not required - but if you register, you will be notified via email of any event changes. Questions: contact librarian/group leader Amy Slowik (860-782-4722).