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Summer Reading 2025

June 14 – August 2
For all ages • at all library locations
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Upcoming program Tabletop Troupe

Tuesdays in June – 4-5 p.m.
South Regional Library
For ages 7-14
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Upcoming program Small is All Productions Presents: Circle & Square

Saturday, June 7 – 11:15-11:45 a.m.
Southwest Regional Library
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Upcoming program Make a Fidget Quilt

Monday, June 9 – 12-2 p.m.
Tuesday, June 10 – 5-7 p.m.
North Regional Library
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Upcoming program Heartfulness Meditation

Mondays, June 2 and June 16 – 6-6:45 p.m.
Southwest Regional Library

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Upcoming program Rainbow Storytime with Spray J

Friday, June 20 – 11-11:30 a.m.
North Regional Library
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Upcoming program Rainbow Story Hour with Stormie Daie

Saturday, June 21 – 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Main Library
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Upcoming program Pride Candy Mosaics

Saturday, June 21 – 4-5 p.m.
Southwest Regional Library
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Rainbow In The Dark: Exploring Queer Horror

Wednesday, June 25 – 6-7:30 p.m.
Main Library
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Upcoming program Be an Ally: Create a Pride Flag Pin!

Thursday, June 26 – 3-4 p.m.
South Regional Library
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Upcoming program Teen LGBTQ Book Club

Saturday, June 28 – 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Southwest Regional Library

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Online resource LearningExpress Library

Test prep for the SAT, GED, ASVAB, occupational exams, and more. Skills building tools for students from elementary to adult. Basic computer classes. All free with your Durham County Library card!

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

Book list Afrofuturism

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Upcoming program Adult Study Hall

Co-Working Led by an Executive Function Coach

June 10 – 10-11:30 a.m.
and every other Tuesday
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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 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

Cover art of the Two-Sided Tales anthology. On the left side is a group of mostly sinister-looking characters against a dramatic sunset sky with backlit shapes in the background covered with eyes. On the right side is a group of mostly friendly-looking characters on a green hill in front of a blue sky.

New! Two-Sided Tales: A Triangle Comics Creator Network anthology

There are two sides to every story! The newest anthology by the Triangle Comics Creator Network features 18 comics from 19 North Carolina artists.

This anthology was made possible thanks to the generosity of the Durham Library Foundation.

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Download the anthology (PDF)

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