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Hydration Station

Tuesday, March 18, 2025 • 10:00am - 12:00pm

Main Library (300 N. Roxboro St)

Stitched Together

Tuesday, March 18, 2025 • 11:00am - 12:30pm

South Regional Library (4505 S. Alston Ave)

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Upcoming program RED WOLVES!

Wednesday, March 12 – 6-7 p.m.
Main Library
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Upcoming program Test Your Knowledge Bingo – Women’s History Edition!

Wednesday, March 19 – 6:00pm – 7:30 p.m.
Main Library
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Covers of books about Black history in America.

Book list Black History

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Free for All: The Public Library

Indie Lens Pop-Up Preview Screening

Thursday, March 20 – 7-8:45 p.m.
Main Library

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Upcoming program Click Clique – Teen Photography Club

Mondays in March and April
Stanford L. Warren Branch Library
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Upcoming program Bilingual Storytime at The Nasher

Thursday, March 6 – 10:30 & 11 a.m.
and the first Thursday of every month
At the Nasher Museum

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Upcoming program Coding for Teens

Monday, March 10 and Monday, March 24
4:30-5:30 p.m.
East Regional Library
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At our locations Tax preparation

Main Library

Sessions offered by AARP Tax-Aide
January 29 – April 14
Make a Tax-Aide appointment online
For appointment help, call 919-695-7548 or email durhamtaxaide@gmail.com

South Regional Library

Sessions offered by the IRS’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program
February 1 – April 19
Same day walk-in appointments only – signups start at 9:45 a.m.

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At our locations The Other Side of the Story

Community Forum of the Stagville Descendants Council Library series
Saturdays, February 8 – March 22

Online resource Transparent Language

Learn a new language or build language skills in over 110 languages. Includes American Sign Language and English for foreign-language speakers. Free with your Durham County Library card!

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Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Report

Get this year’s snapshot of some of the many things the library has been up to!

¡Obtenga un resumen de este año de algunas de las numerosas actividades de la biblioteca!

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