Humanities events
Our humanities program brings nationally recognized authors and world-class scholars to the library community through events that focus on music, art, local history, religion, literature, and culture.
Programs are often developed in partnership with our many local arts and humanities organizations, nonprofits, and institutions.
Humanities programming is funded by the Durham Library Foundation.
2024-2025 Humanities Events Calendar
Upcoming Events
Afrofuturism Fest - Double Feature
Friday, May 16, 2025 • 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Offsite
Friday, May 16, 2025, 6:00 p.m....
Ages: Adult, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, High School, Senior Citizen
AfroFuturism Fest
Saturday, May 17, 2025 • 11:00am - 5:30pm
Main Library (300 N. Roxboro St) (Main Auditorium)
Afrofuturism Fest - Black History in Visions of a Black Future...
Ages: Adult, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, High School, Intergenerational, Senior Citizen
Nature Writing Workshop
Saturday, May 31, 2025 • 10:00am - 11:30am
Main Library (300 N. Roxboro St) (Meeting Room #4347)
Nature has inspired countless pieces of poetry and prose over the course of time and space. Nature writing puts us in intimate touch with our own inner landscapes, while filling us with awe and reverence for our natural world. If you have ever been...
Ages: Adult, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, Senior Citizen
DCoL Humanities Presents - Bakari Sellers
Tuesday, June 03, 2025 • 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Main Library (300 N. Roxboro St) (Main Auditorium)
New Event Date! - June 3, 2025...
Ages: Adult, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, Senior Citizen
Registration full. Join the waitlist >
The End Of The World: A History of Apocalypse
Wednesday, June 04, 2025 • 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Are we living in the End Times? Are we doomed? Is History really over?...
Ages: Adult, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, Intergenerational, Senior Citizen
Small is All Productions Presents: Circle & Square @ Southwest
Saturday, June 07, 2025 • 10:00am - 10:30am
Southwest Regional Library (3605 Shannon Rd) (Southwest Meeting Room)
Join Small is All Productions for Circle and Square, a play designed for ages 2-5 and their parents/caregivers to attend and enjoy together. In this interactive, mostly nonverbal story, audiences meet the free spirit Circle, followed by highly...
Ages: Kindergarten, Middle School, Toddler
Small is All Productions Presents: Circle & Square @ Southwest
Saturday, June 07, 2025 • 11:15am - 11:45am
Southwest Regional Library (3605 Shannon Rd) (Southwest Meeting Room)
Join Small is All Productions for Circle and Square, a play designed for ages 2-5 and their parents/caregivers to attend and enjoy together. In this interactive, mostly nonverbal story, audiences meet the free spirit Circle, followed by highly...
Ages: Kindergarten, Middle School, Toddler
Mallarmé Music: Space Pants
Saturday, June 28, 2025 • 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Main Library (300 N. Roxboro St) (Main Auditorium)
Come join us in the Main Library Auditorium for Space Pants: Intergalactic Music & Multi-media Storytelling, featuring Jen Beattie's vocals and Diane Wade on the Viola.
Get in touch!
Celeste
Email: choltzmann@dconc.gov
Celeste is a North Carolina native from the small town of Ridgeway. A winding road of customer service jobs and volunteer opportunities fed her passion for serving community and the various members of it. A graduate of UNC Asheville (BA) focusing in the art of printmaking and from NCCU (MLS) focusing in public libraries, she is thrilled to now take on the role of Humanities Coordinator for the exceptional community of the Durham County Library system. If you could only know one thing about her, she’d want you to know that she wants to HEAR FROM YOU! The humanities and libraries share the common thread of community and sharing voices, so please share yours! There may not be enough days in the year to do it all, but your ideas, interests, and suggestions matter!
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