This Week In the Lab: SPECIAL EDITION - Makey Makey Music
Saturday, October 04, 2025 • 11:00am - 1:00pm
Join the Maker + STEAM Team in the Innovation Lab during specified open hours to form complete electrical circuits with our Makey Makey kits! For this Saturday, we're focusing on making music with our Makey Makey electrical circuit kits to...
Ages: Adult, Elementary School, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, High School, Intergenerational, Kindergarten, Middle School, Pre-School, Senior Citizen, Teen, Toddler, Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds, DPS
Storytime with Phonte Coleman
Saturday, October 04, 2025 • 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Main Children's Programming Room
Join acclaimed musician, songwriter, and writer Phonte Coleman for a special reading session at the Durham County Library as part of Missy Lane’s Block Party. Best known as a member of the pioneering hip-hop group Little Brother and the...
Ages: Adult, Baby, Elementary School, High School, Intergenerational, Kindergarten, Middle School, Pre-School, Senior Citizen, Teen, Toddler, Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds
Wealth Building Workshop
Saturday, October 04, 2025 • 12:45pm - 1:15pm
Main Auditorium
Join representatives from Mechanics & Farmers Bank, Self-Help Credit Union, and Knox St. Studios for an engaging conversation on pathways to wealth building. This session will explore practical strategies for achieving financial stability and...
Ages: Adult, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds
Adaptation Station: Trombone Shorty
Saturday, October 04, 2025 • 11:30am - 1:30pm
Main Library - Outdoors - Amphitheatre
Adaptation Station is a literacy-focused drama workshop designed to help young readers build confidence, strengthen comprehension skills, and explore their own creative perspectives. In this interactive session, participants will work together to...
Duke University's Books and Ballet
Saturday, October 04, 2025 • 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Ballet & Books is a national nonprofit organization striving to reduce the literacy gap through the paired storytelling of dance and reading. ...
Ages: Elementary School, Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds
Bilingual Storytime with Book Harvest and Museum of Life and Science
Saturday, October 04, 2025 • 1:45pm - 2:45pm
Main Children's Programming Room
Join Book Harvest Storyteller Gia Parker & their friends from The Museum of Life & Science for a fun-filled bilingual storytime! This session will include a STEAM-themed story followed by a science activity led by the Museum. Plus, there will...
Ages: Baby, Elementary School, Intergenerational, Kindergarten
Multi-Sensory Environment Drop-in
Saturday, October 04, 2025 • 10:00am - 5:00pm
Multi Sensory Environment
During Missy Lane’s Block Party, Durham County Library’s Multi-Sensory Environment will be open to all from 10:00am-5:00pm. The Multi-Sensory Environment provides immersive, interactive experiences through sight, sound, touch, and smell....
Ages: Adult, Baby, Elementary School, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, High School, Intergenerational, Kindergarten, Middle School, Pre-School, Senior Citizen, Teen, Toddler, Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds
This Week In the Lab: SPECIAL EDITION - Makey Makey Music
Saturday, October 04, 2025 • 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Join the Maker + STEAM Team in the Innovation Lab during specified open hours to form complete electrical circuits with our Makey Makey kits! For this Saturday, we're focusing on making music with our Makey Makey electrical circuit kits to...
Ages: Adult, Elementary School, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, High School, Intergenerational, Kindergarten, Middle School, Pre-School, Senior Citizen, Teen, Toddler, Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds, DPS
Downtown Durham Chess Club
Saturday, October 04, 2025 • 1:30pm - 5:30pm
Meeting Room #4347
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Ages: Adult, Elementary School, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, High School, Intergenerational, Middle School, Senior Citizen, Teen, Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds
Maker + STEAM Take and Make: Observe the Moon Night kit
Saturday, October 04, 2025 • All day
October 4, 2025 is International Observe the Moon Night! Observe and study the moon in our night sky with several NASA resources in this month's Maker + STEAM Take and Make! Even if you get this kit after the official Observe the Moon Night, you...
Ages: Adult, Elementary School, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, Middle School, Senior Citizen, Teen, Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds
Reading Logs
Tuesday, September 02, 2025 • 11:59pm - Thursday, October 16, 2025 • 11:59pm
Stay on track with your reading goals by picking up a reading log at the Children's Information Desk at the Main Library. After you fill in all the books, turn it back in at the desk and you get to pick a prize out of the treasure chest. ...
Ages: Elementary School, Kindergarten, Pre-School, Toddler, Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds, DPS