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Death Cafe

Monday, December 22, 2025 • 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Southwest Regional Library (3605 Shannon Rd)

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Fiscal Year 2025 Annual Report: Stanford L. Warren Edition. A classical-style brick building with a tall central window, with colorful decals backlit in the style of stained glass.

Fiscal Year 2025 Annual Report

Get this year’s snapshot of some of the many things the library has been up to – Stanford L. Warren Edition:
Annual Report – English
Annual Report – Spanish

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Upcoming program Tweens & Teens: Decorate Cupcakes!

Monday, December 22 – 3:30-4:30 p.m.
East Regional Library

Online resource IndieFlix

A streaming movie service with award-winning shorts, feature films, and documentaries – free with your Durham County Library card! Available via the Libby app.

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Book club SciFi & Fantasy Book Club

First Wednesday of the month
Main Library

Upcoming reads:

The Earthsea Cycle by Ursula K. LeGuin
January: A Wizard of Earthsea
February: The Tombs of Atuan
March: The Farthest Shore

A rainbow of fresh vegetables, from red peppers and tomatoes through purple cabbage and onions.

Durham Area Food Resources Map /
El mapa de alimentos y recursos del área de Durham

Are you looking for food? The Durham Area Food Resources Map helps you find food pantries and more.
Visit the map >

¿Está buscando alimentos? El mapa de alimentos y recursos del área de Durham le ayuda a encontrar despensas de alimentos y mas.
Ver el mapa >

Covers of books with strategies for managing the complexities of life that interfere with our ability to focus.

Book list Stay Focused

Covers of books looking at the future and alternate realities through a Black cultural lens.

Book list Afrofuturism

Covers of books featured on HBO's White Lotus.

Book list White Lotus

Covers of nonfiction books about tyranny and propaganda. Lots of red and black in the color scheme.

Book list On Tyranny

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