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Poet Billy Collins, looking at you with a subtle expression that may be amusement.

Upcoming program DCoL Humanities Presents – Billy Collins

Tuesday, January 28 – 6-7:30 p.m.
Main Library
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Photos of trans and nonbinary people of many races and cultures in loving situations with their parents, partners, children, and siblings.

At our locations Authentic Selves

Celebrating trans and nonbinary people and their families.
Photographs and interviews on display:
East Regional Library: January 9-23
Southwest Regional Library: February 1-15

Red pencil lying on a paper with slightly blurry math problems printed on it.

Upcoming program SAT and ACT Test Preparation

SAT Prep: Wednesday, January 22 – 6:30-7:30 p.m.
ACT prep: Wednesday, January 29 – 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Main Library
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Smiling animated coffee cup, walking jauntily with coffee splashing upward and giving a thumbs up.

Upcoming program Stitched Together

Tuesday, January 21 – 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
and every first and third Tuesday of the month
South Regional Library

Two illustrated balls of yarn, one white and one orange-brown, with a crochet hook.

Upcoming program Teen Detanglers

Tuesday, January 21 – 6-7:30 p.m.
and every first and third Tuesday of the month
North Regional Library

A young Black woman sitting at a desk with a laptop and a stack of books. Superimposed text: "I want to take a course..."

Online resource Universal Class

Learn something new this year! Self-paced, instructor-led video classes on career and office skills, crafts and hobbies, self-help, and more – all free with your Durham County Library card.

Covers of books including A Kind Life, A More Just Future, All I Know About Management I Learned From My Dog, and more.

Book list Forging Ahead

Friends of the Durham Library

At our locations Friends of the Durham Library Pop-Up CD Sale

RESCHEDULED: Saturday, January 25 – 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Main Library
Thousands of CDs, featuring every kind of music out there! Also puzzles and games.

Annual Report 2024 / Informe Anual - Año Fiscal 2024. The costumed Read A Bull mascot points their thumb at the text.

Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Report

Get this year’s snapshot of some of the many things the library has been up to!

¡Obtenga un resumen de este año de algunas de las numerosas actividades de la biblioteca!

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