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Today’s hours

Main Library
9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
East Regional
9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
North Regional
9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
South Regional
9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Southwest Regional
9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Stanford L. Warren
9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Bragtown
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
NC Collection
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

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Featured events

CANCELLED Open Office Hours: Small Business Assistance from SCORE

Thursday, February 20, 2025 • 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Main Library (300 N. Roxboro St)

CANCELLED Computer Literacy Classes at Main Library!

Thursday, February 20, 2025 • 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Main Library (300 N. Roxboro St)

Registration required

CANCELED - CRAFT-tastic Creations: Make Your Own Hanging Paper Hearts! - CANCELED

Thursday, February 20, 2025 • 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Southwest Regional Library (3605 Shannon Rd)

Registration full.

Pieces of Durham We Love

Thursday, February 20, 2025 • 9:30am - 6:00pm

Main Library (300 N. Roxboro St)

Children's Super Mario Take and Make Crafts

Thursday, February 20, 2025 • All day

South Regional Library (4505 S. Alston Ave)

Bilingual Storytime

Friday, February 21, 2025 • 11:00am - 11:30am

Southwest Regional Library (3605 Shannon Rd)

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Title frame from the historic film "Negro Durham Marches On."

At our locations Black History Month programming

Group of young Black women speaking in front of news cameras at a protest, one holding a Black Lives Matter sign in the foreground

Online resource Black Life in America

The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today

A two-story wooden house with a brick chimney, painted white with a red roof and porch roof. It sits in a field at the end of a dirt road.

At our locations The Other Side of the Story

Community Forum of the Stagville Descendants Council Library series
Saturdays, February 8 – March 22

Post-it note reading "Need help?" next to a tax form 1040.

At our locations Tax preparation

Main Library

Sessions offered by AARP Tax-Aide
January 29 – April 14
Make a Tax-Aide appointment online
For appointment help, call 919-695-7548 or email durhamtaxaide@gmail.com

South Regional Library

Sessions offered by the IRS’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program
February 1 – April 19
Same day walk-in appointments only – signups start at 9:45 a.m.

Two smiling cartoon teeth brushing the tops of their heads with toothbrushes, creating lots of cheerful bubbles.

Upcoming program Dental Health Playtime with Free Dental Screenings for Kids

Wednesday, February 19 – 10:30-11 a.m.
North Regional Library

Stylized ballot boxes and and a sample voter ID card for John Doe

At our locations NC Voter Photo IDs

Join our friends from the Durham County Board of Elections to learn about the new photo ID requirements to vote in North Carolina and get a free Voter Identification Card!
Next session:
Saturday, January 18 – 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Stanford L. Warren Branch Library
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