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MAKING SENSE OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
SEE THE FIRST LECTURE ONLINE AND PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION
Sundays, Feb. 5. & 26; March 11; April 22
Dr. Freddie Parker, chair of North Carolina Central University’s History Department, leads these programs. Let’s Talk About It: Making Sense of the American Civil War, a reading and discussion series, has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association. Even though the program is already full, you will be able to participate online at our Let's Talk About It web site and comment on our blog.
FILM SCREENING: HARVEST OF DIGNITY
Saturday, February 4, 3 p.m.
Main Library, 300 N. Roxboro St.
This new film follows the lives of many Latinos in North Carolina, providing an in-depth portrait of the people who harvest our food today. It also includes clips from the original Harvest of Shame documentary by North Carolina-born journalist Edward R. Murrow. A panel discussion will follow the film presentation.
THE LIBERATED GARDENER: TIPS FOR EASY, SUSTAINABLE AND EDIBLE GARDENS WITH FRANK HYMAN
Thursday, February 9, 7 p.m.
East Regional Library, 211 Lick Creek Ln.
Fresh herbs thrown into the dinner pot are reasons enough to have them growing in your garden. But they're also evergreen, fragrant, drought hardy and the deer don't like them. Frank Hyman will teach techniques for grow herbs in the ground and in pots.
MEET THE AUTHOR: DR. JOHN Q. WILLIAMS
Saturday, February 11, 3 p.m.
Main Library, 300 N. Roxboro St.
Dr. Williams spent years researching his family history for his new book, Our Roots: African Origins of the Reclaimed Legacy of Three American Families. He’ll share some of the many fascinating stories he has uncovered. A book signing will follow the reading.
GUILTY PLEASURES: A CELEBRATON OF GENRE FICTION
MEET THE AUTHOR: SARAH WENDELL
Sunday, February 12, 3 p.m.
Southwest Regional Library, 3605 Shannon Rd.
Join Sarah Wendell, author and popular blogger, as she reads from and discusses her book, Everything I Know about Love I Learned from Romance Novels. A book signing will follow the reading.
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE: TRADITIONAL & ETHNIC LITERATURE: RECONSTRUCTION AND THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
Sunday, February 19, 3 p.m.
Main Library, 300 N. Roxboro St.
Join Dr. Otis Alexander for dramatizations of the works of Georgia Douglas Johnson, Dudley Randell, Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, Paul Laurence Dunbar and other writers of the Reconstruction and Harlem Renaissance. Audience participation will be encouraged.
STORIES OF DURHAM FAMILIES DURING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
Thursday, February 23, 7 p.m.
North Regional 221 Milton Road
Meet with site managers Alton Mitchell, from Stagville; John Guess from Bennett Place; and Jennifer Farley, from Duke Homestead for a lively discussion about what was happening here before, during and after the Civil War.
MEET WILL ALLEN OF GROWING POWER
Wednesday, February 29, 7 p.m.
Reynolds Auditorium, Duke University
Meet MacArthur genius award winner Will Allen, founder of Growing Power, as he discusses the importance of high-quality safe and affordable food for people in all communities. Presented by Triangle University Food Studies, cosponsored by Durham County Library and supported by Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill.
To register for this program, please go to the Shared Tables web site.
GUILTY PLEASURES: A CELEBRATON OF GENRE FICTION
MEET THE AUTHOR: SHARON EWELL FOSTER
Thursday, March 15, 7 p.m.
Stanford L. Warren Branch, 1201 Fayetteville St.
Meet Durham author Sharon Ewell Foster as she shares a reading from her new work of historical fiction, The Resurrection of Nat Turner. A book signing will follow the reading.
GREEN FIRE: ALDO LEOPOLD & A LAND ETHIC FOR OUR TIME
Sunday, March 18, 3 p.m.
Main Library, 300 N. Roxboro St.
Green Fire highlights Leopold’s extraordinary career, tracing how he shaped and influenced the modern environmental movement. Leopold remains relevant today, inspiring projects all over the country that connect people and land. A discussion will follow the film.
STORIES FROM THE ENO WITH THE ENO RIVER BOYS
Thursday, March 22, 7 p.m.
North Regional Library, 221 Milton Rd.
In celebration of Durham’s Creek Week, join Wayne Poole and Dave Cook for a night of stories and songs. This event is co-sponsored by Durham’s Creek Week and the School House of Wonder.
WOMEN’S VOICES CHORUS: COMMEMORATION OF WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH
Sunday, March 25, 3 p.m.
Main Library, 300 N. Roxboro St.
Join the Women’s Voices Chorus in an encore concert featuring a mix of secular and spiritual music. The chorus will perform songs composed by female American composers and poets.
Photo by Mark Manring
IN THE WINGS: PLAYMAKERS ON NOISES OFF
Monday, March 26, 7 p.m.
South Regional Library, 4505 S. Alston Av.
Join members of the Playmakers Repertory Company in a discussion of Noises Off by Michael Frayn. In this uproarious comedy, a fifth-rate theatre troupe on a bottom tier provincial tour shows us both sides of comedic calamity.
MEET FRANCES WRIGHT: FIGHTER FOR FREEDOM
Saturday, March 31, 3 p.m.
Main Library, 300 N. Roxboro St.
Scholar and actor, Dr. Sally Ann Drucker, presents Frances Wright, early 19th-century feminist and abolitionist. Wright will join us in the library to present her ideas, some of which are still controversial today.
To see a list of all the current programs and events, please go to our Calendar or check out the current Branching Out. 
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