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New! Sunday Hours

Main Library is now open for Sunday hours. Please visit us from 1-6 p.m.

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Upcoming program Who Let The Dogs In? The Shared Human Canine Microbiome!

Wednesday, November 19 – 6-7:30 p.m.
Main Library
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Upcoming program Intro To Robotics Workshop 🤖

Monday, October 20 – 5-7 p.m.
Main Library
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Upcoming program Tweens & Teens: Build Hydraulic Arms!

Monday, November 17 – 5-6 p.m.
East Regional Library
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Upcoming program 2nd-3rd Grade Book Club: Charlie & the Chocolate Factory

Tuesday, November 18 – 4:30-5:15 p.m.
South Regional Library
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The sinister skull of a creature with large, sharp teeth, seen from the side. Its jaws are open around the words Where Dark Things Rise, written in a scratchy red font.

Upcoming program Where Dark Things Rise: Book Release & Author Talk

Saturday, November 22 – 1-2:30 p.m.
Main Library
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Upcoming program Tweens & Teens: Enjoy Squeegee Art!

Monday, November 10 – 5-6 p.m.
East Regional Library

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Upcoming program Seeking Human Rights for the Dead: The Case of Massachusetts

Monday, November 10 – 5:30-7 p.m.
Main Library
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Upcoming program PBS NC’s Screening of MAKE A CIRCLE

Friday, November 14 – 6-7:30 p.m.
Main Library
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Upcoming program Brewing in Babylon: A History of Beer in Ancient Mesopotamia

Saturday, November 15 – 5-6:30 p.m.
The Glass Jug Beer Lab RTP
5410 NC-55
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At our locations NC Voter Photo IDs

Join our friends from the Durham County Board of Elections to learn about the photo ID requirements to vote in North Carolina and get a free Voter Identification Card!
Next session:
Saturday, October 18 – 12:30-2:30 p.m.
Stanford L. Warren Branch Library
See all upcoming NC Voter Photo ID events at the Library >

Friends of the Durham Library

At our locations Friends of the Durham Library Holiday Head Start Pop-Up Sale

Saturday, November 16 – 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Main Library
Get a head start on your holiday shopping at bargain prices! Find fine books, puzzles & games, boxed sets, and other delightful surprises.

Upcoming program Maximizing Social Security

Tuesday, October 28
or Monday, November 3
6-7 p.m.
Main Library
Registration required
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At our locations DiNovember

Edible excavations, dino crafts, dinosaury-time, and more! Visit us this DiNovember for a roaring good time.

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Upcoming program North Carolina Collection Open House

Saturday, November 1 – 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Main Library
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Upcoming program The Hoot Fall Festival

Thursday, October 30 – 4-5 p.m.
South Regional Library
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Upcoming program Calavera Skull Painting / Pintura de calaveras

Saturday, November 1 – 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Main Library
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Upcoming program Make Glitter Eyeball Slime!

Monday, October 27 – 5-6 p.m.
East Regional Library

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Upcoming program Computer classes

This month’s computer classes at Main Library and Southwest Regional Library cover email basics. Need help outside of a class, or want some 1-on-1 time to figure out your tech? Join us for an open lab!

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Upcoming program Computer Classes at Main Library

Wednesdays in November and December
6-7:30 p.m.
Main Library
Join a supportive group environment for self-paced digital skills courses.
Learn more and register >

More computer classes at Durham County Library >

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Upcoming program Among Us

Tuesday, November 4 – 2-3:30 p.m.
Main Library
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Online resource Indigenous Peoples of North America

A comprehensive view of the history, cultures, and experiences of Indigenous peoples across North America and Canada, presented through primary documents. As with all our online resources, access is free with your Durham County Library card.

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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 >

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Upcoming program Home Buyer 101

Saturday, November 1 – 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
South Regional Library
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A cute cartoon witch waving a wand that sheds purple sparks, standing next to a bubbling cauldron with purple liquid and a black spider dangling from the bottom.

Upcoming program 2nd-3rd Grade Book Club: The Witches

Tuesday, October 28 – 4:30-5:15 p.m.
South Regional Library
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Upcoming program Ghost in a Jar

Thursday, October 30 – 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Stanford L. Warren Branch Library
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Gale Courses

Online resource Gale Courses

Six-week, instructor-led online courses to let you learn a new skill or enhance your existing ones. Free with your Durham County Library card!

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At our locations Litter Kits for Checkout

Your Durham County Library card lets you check out a kit to pick up litter and help beautify our community! Kits include a litter picker, vest, gloves, and trash bags. To get started, visit the checkout desk at your library location.

Kits are offered in partnership with Keep Durham Beautiful.

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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