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Social Stitchers

Friday, August 14, 2026 • 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Southwest Regional Library (3605 Shannon Rd)

Spanish Conversation

Saturday, August 15, 2026 • 11:00am - 12:30pm

South Regional Library (4505 S. Alston Ave)

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At our locations Declaration of Independence: Rare Prints on Display

View rare 19th-century prints of the Declaration of Independence at Durham County Main Library!
September 8 – 20
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Upcoming program Black Evidence: A History and a Warning

Wednesday, August 19
6 – 7:30 p.m.
Main Library
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Upcoming program Kids Flicks

Saturdays – August 15, 22, and 29
11 a.m.
East Regional Library
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Upcoming program Durham Grown: Getting To Know Your Trees!

Saturday, August 15
10 – 11:30 a.m.
Main Library
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Upcoming program Cretaceous Crawl: An Extinction-Level Downtown Event

Saturday, August 8
6 – 9 p.m.
Downtown Durham
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Upcoming program Teen Art Club

First and third Wednesdays of each month
3:30 – 5 p.m.
South Regional Library
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Upcoming program Evening Family Storytime

Wednesday evenings
5:30 – 6 p.m.
Main Library
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Upcoming program Pokemon Trivia Night: Fossils and Stones

Tuesday, August 4
6 – 7 p.m.
Stanford L. Warren Branch Library
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Upcoming program HELL PIGS: Prehistoric Beasts of North Carolina

Wednesday, July 22
6 – 7:30 p.m.
Main Library
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Upcoming program “Unearth the History of the Wild West” for Children

Thursday, July 9
3 – 4 p.m.
Main Library

Upcoming program Welcome to “The Labyrinthosaurus!”

Wednesday, July 15 – Thursday, July 18
Various times
Main Library

Book club Baby-sitters Club Book Club

2nd Monday of the month
Southwest Regional Library

Upcoming reads:

August: Baby-sitters Little Sister: Karen’s Worst Day
September: Baby-sitters Little Sister: Karen’s Kittycat Club
October: Baby-sitters Little Sister: Karen’s School Picture

Upcoming program DRAGONFLIES!

Tuesday, July 28
6 – 7:30 p.m.
Main Library
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Upcoming program Durham Grown: Exploring Summer Light in the Garden!

Saturday, July 25
2 – 3:30 p.m.
Main Library
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Upcoming program The Blueprint Production Presents Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Thee Blueprint and so much more!

Saturday, July 25
2 – 4 p.m.
Stanford L. Warren Branch Library

Upcoming program Cemetery Stories: Discoveries From The Friends of Geer Cemetery

Wednesday, July 22
6 – 7:30 p.m.
Stanford L. Warren Branch Library
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Covers of books that highlight the many advantages of adopting a slower pace in daily life, including stress reduction and enhanced mental clarity.

Book list Slow Down

Covers of books with strategies for managing the complexities of life that interfere with our ability to focus.

Book list Stay Focused

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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