Low-Key Creations
Low-Key Creations is a relaxed art space where you can relax to some calming music and creative calming projects.
Concerts & Live Music in Granby, CT
Live music, concerts, jazz nights, and performances in Granby, CT. Find your next show.
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Anime Club
Are you a fan of anime/manga? Join the Library every Wednesday for our Anime Club! 6/3: Coloring and watching anime 6/10: National Best Friends Day: make bracelets and watch anime 6/17: Anime buttons 6/24: Read some manga, earn your summer reading minutes!
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.
Senior Center Book Discussion: First Family: Abigail & John Adams
Please join us as Michael Bellacosa leads a discussion of Joseph Ellis’s First Family: Abigail & John Adams. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Ellis (e.g. Founding Brothers) recounts the story of one of the most iconic husband-wife teams in all of American history. Both prolific letter writers,...
Altoona Curve at Hartford Yard Goats
MiLB Double-A: Altoona Curve at Hartford Yard Goats at Dunkin' Park
Registration Opens: Summer 2026 Teen Volunteering
Registration for all summer volunteer opportunities opens on Tuesday, May 26th at 7:00pm. This includes volunteering at our annual Summer Reading Fest on Saturday, June 20th. All summertime volunteer programs are tagged with *VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY* in the event title. Volunteer spots at these...
VIRTUAL - Your Ticket to the Best State Fair Crafts with Smithsonian Curator Mary Savig
Join us for a fascinating discussion with Smithsonian Curator Mary Savig on the history and significance of craft at state fairs—from blue-ribbon quilts to sculpted butter cows, and so much more! A Dolly Parton crop art portrait. Size-96 cowboy boots. A button quilt. State Fairs: Growing American...
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,...
Creative Corner
A hands-on art space where creativity takes the lead through open-ended projects, artistic exploration, and self-expression. Ages 12-19
Everyday Tech Help
Get your computer and smart phone questions answered. Computer training to earn a certificate is also available.
Your Ticket to the Best State Fair Crafts (Online)
Join us for a fascinating discussion with Smithsonian Curator Mary Savig on the history and significance of craft at state fairs—from blue-ribbon quilts to sculpted butter cows, and so much more! A Dolly Parton crop art portrait. Size-96 cowboy boots. A button quilt. State Fairs: Growing American...
Life Skills Through Literacy
Life Skills through Literacy is a free after-school literacy program for 6th- 8th grade Hartford Public School student, led by Hartford Health Initiative (HHI).
Celebrating the Heritage of Asian American and Pacific Islanders through Food!
Come join us in celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a community lecture and live cooking demonstration and sampling from Connecticut-based Food For Your Soul, LLC! With 20+ years of food industry experience, Chef Erika operates Food For Your Soul, LLC, a...
C & C: Conversation and Camaraderie
Conversation and Camaraderie (C&C) is a men's group that has been meeting successfully in Avon for the past two years. Meetings are informal discussions, led by facilitators whose goal is to maintain a safe, welcoming, non-confrontational, and engaging environment for all, where everyone's voice...
Thursday Night Book Club: Broken Country
Come talk books with other bibliophiles! This book group will meet on the fourth Thursday of the month. Limited copies of the current selection will be available at the Lending Desk. Registration is not required. This month we will be reading "Broken Country" by Clare Leslie Hall. Beth and her...
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.
Sketch Lab
Practice drawing techniques, strengthen artistic skills, and design original characters through creative sketching, line work, and visual storytelling. Ages 12-19
Cosplay Club
Learn to use everyday, easy-access materials to make lifelike props for your next cosplay or costume! Ages 12-19
Middle School Murder Mystery Party: Murder at the Pizzeria!
Spaghetti sauce or blood? Saucy pizza wheel or murder weapon?? Join us for another epic Murder Mystery Party as we travel to Bella Morte's Pizzeria and investigate the death of Karl Ickbread . . . We'll have pizza and give out awards for things like best actor, most likely to eat a whole pizza pie,.
Pride Treats & Trivia
Quiz yourself and your friends on LGBTQ+ history and culture while decorating cupcakes with rainbow frosting & sprinkles.
HYBRID- Parenting Book Group
Looking to read more parenting books and want someone to talk to about it? We've got you covered! Join us for our new Parenting Book Club group that will meet on the third Thursday of the month. You can come in person or via zoom! Each month we will discuss a different book. This month we will be..
Painting with Ty @ YOUmedia
Join Ty to explore timeless artistic techniques through hands-on projects focused on traditional painting and classic craft methods.
Bedtime Stories
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.
Alphabet Playtime
Join us for hands on letter play in the Activity Room! Drop in with your child to interact with a variety of multi-sensory alphabet activities promoting early literacy. No registration required. This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Russell Library. To get all of the Youth & Family...
Paint it Up!
Come join us for a fun and relaxing evening. We'll supply the canvas, paints, brushes and a collection of masterpieces to copy and inspire you. No art experience required. Just a desire to pick up a brush, have fun and let your inner self out! For adults, ages 18+. Space limited. Registration...
Tactile Graphic Design
From screen printing, to cyanotype, to stamping, to poster making, students will learn the various forms of creating graphics by hand. Ages 12-19
TAB Officer Meeting
Hey TAB Officers! Let's prep next month's meeting together. Open to current TAB officers and any TAB member interested in helping us run an upcoming activity.
Mystery!
Mystery! is a Russell Library-run book club for mystery lovers. The book group discusses a new mystery novel every month. The group meets on last Thursday of the month (or, if Russell is closed at that time, the latest Thursday in the month that we’re open). The group will meet in the Courtyard...
Needlework Crafts Group (Drop-In)
Weekly drop-in for Needlework Crafters. All welcome whether you knit, crochet, needlepoint, embroider or do any other needlework by hand. Make new friends, get tips and share ideas while working on your own projects, or a group project for donation to a charitable cause. Bring your own...
Cozy Crafters Club
Bring your latest project and supplies and join us at the Cozy Crafters Club! Whether you knit, crochet, embroider, quilt, needlefelt, make jewelry, or simply enjoy coloring, this welcoming group is the perfect spot to relax, share ideas, and connect with other creative spirits. Crafts should be...
3D101
Learn the basics of 3D printing, including where to find free models, how to make your own, and how to make your ideas real! Ages 12-19
Readers & Writers for Homeschooled Teens
Readers and writers unite! Join us for this creative writing/book club combo. We'll share our favorite books, chat about our latest writings, and get those creative juices flowing with fun activities. Students in grades 6-12 are invited to participate. Registration required.
Pearson VUE Test Center testing
Testing in the Downtown Library's Pearson VUE Test Center. By registration in advance only.
SMART Recovery Support Group
A supportive, non-judgmental space for anyone looking to build healthier habits and address addictive or problematic behaviors, including challenges with substances, gambling, food, shopping, and more. Drop in; registration not required. Presented in cooperation with Glastonbury Youth and Family...
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...
Romance Book Club
For the month of May, we will be reading and discussing From Lukov With Love by Mariana Zapata. If someone were to ask Jasmine Santos to describe the last few years of her life with a single word, it would definitely be a four-letter one. After seventeen years of figure skating - and countless...
Connecticut Foodshare
Come for a free bag of groceries. Helpful information regularly tabled by various organizations.
ALL MONTH LONG - Horses Scavenger Hunt
All Ages May is the Kentucky Derby so we thought it would be fun to have some horses running around the department! Can you find all 10 horses in the Children’s Department?
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