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Today’s hours
- Main Library 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
- East Regional 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
- North Regional 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
- South Regional 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
- Southwest Regional 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
- Stanford L. Warren 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
- Bragtown 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- NC Collection 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Summer Reading 2026
June 15 – August 8
For all ages • at all library locations
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Book club Graphic Book Club
Online
Meets monthly – check the event calendar for upcoming meetings
July meeting:
Date: Tuesday, July 14
Theme: Robots 🤖
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 Youth Entrepreneurial Exploration Summit
Thursday, June 18
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Main Library
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Upcoming program Dinosaur Fossil Dig
Thursday, June 18
4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Stanford L. Warren Branch Library
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Book club Finance Book Club – Personal Branding for Introverts
Wednesday, June 24
6- 7 p.m.
Main Library
June read: Personal Branding for Introverts by Goldie Chan
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Upcoming program Dino Explorers!
Wednesday, June 10
Wednesday, June 24
10 – 10:40 a.m. and 11 – 11:40 a.m.
Rock Quarry Park
701 Stadium Drive
Durham, NC 27704
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Book club Teen Book Club
4th Saturday of the month
Southwest Regional Library
Upcoming reads:
June: Ash by Malinda Lo
July: Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler
August: TBD – teen participants choose!
Upcoming program Reading for the End of the World
Thursday, April 30
6 – 9 p.m.
Main Library
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Carolina Blaze Family Storytime
Wednesday, June 24
3:30 – 4:15 p.m.
4:30 – 5:15 p.m.
North Regional Library
At our locations Explore Lost Worlds with Mad Science!
Multiple dates and locations
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Upcoming program Kathi’s Klowns: Dino Adventure Show
Multiple dates and locations!
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At our locations East Regional Library Turns 20!
The staff over at East invites everyone to join them in celebrating this milestone from June 13-17. See all East Regional Library birthday events >
Upcoming program Bull For Initiative
Live D&D with Mettlesome Theater
Monday, June 29
6 – 7:30 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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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
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 Plastic Earth – Documentary Screening
Wednesday, April 15
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Main Library
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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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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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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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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 list Examining the End Times
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Book list Afrofuturism
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Book list Choose Kindness
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