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Today’s hours
- Main Library 9:30 AM - 8:00 PM
- East Regional 9:30 AM - 8:00 PM
- North Regional 9:30 AM - 8:00 PM
- South Regional 9:30 AM - 8:00 PM
- Southwest Regional 9:30 AM - 8:00 PM
- Stanford L. Warren 9:30 AM - 8:00 PM
- Bragtown 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- NC Collection 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Library Fest 2026
The Stories that Built U.S.
April 20 – 25, 2026
A weeklong celebration including authors, performers, literature, art, music, and so much more!
More about Library Fest >
Upcoming program Indie Lens Pop-Up Screening: The Inquisitor
Tuesday, March 10
6 – 8:30 p.m.
Main Library
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Upcoming program Reading for the End of the World
Thursday, April 30
6 – 9 p.m.
Main Library
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Upcoming program All About Medicare
Tuesday, April 28
10 – 11:30 a.m.
Main Library
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Upcoming program 2nd-3rd Grade Book Club: The Borrowers
Tuesday, April 28
4:30 – 5:15 p.m.
South Regional Library
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Upcoming program Bricks & Beyond: A Lego Challenge Club
Monday, April 27
and the last Monday of the month through November
5 p.m.
Main Library
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Upcoming program The Magic of Louis Sachar
Monday, May 11
6 – 7:30 p.m.
Main Library
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Upcoming program Spring Community Plant Swap!
Saturday, May 2
12:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Main Library
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Upcoming program Big Band Jazz @ the Library!
Wednesday, May 6
6 – 7 p.m.
Southwest Regional Library
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Book club Fiction Book Club
3rd Tuesday of the month
South Regional Library
Upcoming reads:
May: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
June: The River is Waiting by Wally Lamb
July: The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
Online resource Morningstar Investing Center
Stock and fund info for the individual investor – free with your Durham County Library card!
Upcoming program Storytelling with Willa Brigham
Saturday, April 25
10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Main Library
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Upcoming program Driving the Green Book with Alvin Hall
Library Fest 2026 Keynote Speaker
Friday, April 24
6 – 7:30 p.m.
Main Library
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Upcoming program Friends of the Durham Library present: A Conversation with Sarah Vowell
Thursday, April 23
6 – 7:30 p.m.
Main Library
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Upcoming program Unraveling the Dark
Stories of Mystery and the Uncanny
Tuesday, April 21
6 – 7:30 p.m.
Main Library
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Upcoming program Shelf Sessions w/ Freedom
Tuesday, April 21
6:30 – 7 p.m.
Main Library
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Upcoming program Paperhand Puppet Project presents “A World of Wonder!”
Monday, April 20
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
1 – 2 p.m.
Main Library
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Upcoming program Stories from the Water and the Land: Sustaining Communities
Monday, April 20
6 – 7:30 p.m.
Main Library
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Upcoming program Plastic Earth – Documentary Screening
Wednesday, April 15
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Main Library
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Upcoming program Voices in the Stacks
Local Author Showcase
Saturday, April 18
11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
East Regional Library
Upcoming program Roaming Readers: A Walking Audiobook Club!
Sunday, April 12
9:30 – 11 a.m.
The trails of RTP
Meet at 3151 Elion Drive, Durham, NC 27713
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Upcoming program
Technology Thursday:
Code Like a Girl
Thursday, March 26
4 – 5 p.m.
North Regional Library
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Book club Colorful Reads Book Club
4th Wednesday of the month
Southwest Regional Library
Upcoming reads:
March: Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
April: Evil Eye by Etaf Rum
May: No One Is Coming to Save Us by Stephanie Powell Watts
Upcoming program Tweens & Teens: Design Altered Books
Monday, April 13
5 – 6 p.m.
East Regional Library
At our locations The Hattie Meadows Gardening School
Upcoming sessions:
January 31 – Seed Starting
February 14 – Design Thinking
February 28 – Garden Design with Native Plants
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Upcoming program Prostate Cancer Awareness featuring Terry and Tracy Hill
Saturday, March 28
1 – 2:30 p.m.
South Regional Library
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Book club Genre of the Month Book Club
2nd Wednesday of the month
Boxyard RTP
900 Park Offices
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Upcoming genres:
April: Poetry
May: Cozy Mystery
June: Epistolary
Upcoming program Alzheimer’s Association Dementia and Caregiving Education Programs
Upcoming sessions:
March 20 – Understanding Alzheimer’s and Dementia
April 17 – Building Foundations of Caregiving
Main Library
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Upcoming program Tweens & Teens: Make OREO Cookie Pops!
Monday, March 16
5 – 6 p.m.
East Regional Library
Upcoming program The Pictographic Origins of Chinese Characters
Saturday, March 14
2 – 5 p.m.
South Regional Library
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Featured service 3D printing
Our new Bambu H2S 3D printers are here! Learn how to get started with 3D printing at the library >
Book club Romance Lovers Book Club
Last Wednesday of the month
Online
February reads:
The Princess and the P.I. by Nikki Payne
And Then There Was the One by Martha Waters
At our locations Tax preparation
AARP Tax-Aide will offer sessions at Main Library from January 30 – April 13, 2026. Make a Tax-Aide appointment online >
For appointment help, call 919-695-7548 or email durhamtaxaide@gmail.com.
Please do not call the library for an appointment.
Book list South Regional Staff Favorites of 2025
Book list Main Library’s Favorites of 2025
Book list Southwest Regional Staff Faves 2025
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Book listApril is National Poetry Month
Book listLittle Learners: Big Body Questions
Book list Stay Focused
Book list Examining the End Times
Book list The Last of Us
Book list Afrofuturism
Book list On Tyranny
Book list Choose Kindness
Book list Building Community
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