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Event Advertisement: Friends Book Sale - Members Preview Night (More information is listed below in Event Details.)

Friends Book Sale - Bag Day

Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Main Library in Hillsborough
Age Group:
Everyone
Event Details:

It's time for the Friends of the Orange County Public Library Spring Book Sale from Thursday, March 20th through Sunday March 23rd at Main Library located at 137 West Margaret Lane...

Library Branch: Main Library in Hillsborough
Age Group: Everyone
Event Details:

It's time for the Friends of the Orange County Public Library Spring Book Sale from Thursday, March 20th through Sunday March 23rd at Main Library located at 137 West Margaret Lane in Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278.

Babsit lapsit storytime. Mother reading to child on her lap.

Baby Lapsit

Monday, March 24, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Main Meeting Room 116 at Main Library in Hillsborough
Program Type:
Recurring, Storytime
Age Group:
Young Child
Baby Lapsit Storytime for Babies:

Babies and their caregivers are invited to participate in a 20-minute lapsit program that incorporates age-appropriate books, rhymes, music, and movement. A 30-minute Stay and Play...

Library Branch: Main Library in Hillsborough
Room: Main Meeting Room 116
Age Group: Young Child
Program Type: Recurring, Storytime

Baby Lapsit Storytime for Babies

Babies and their caregivers are invited to participate in a 20-minute lapsit program that incorporates age-appropriate books, rhymes, music, and movement. A 30-minute Stay and Play follows storytime.

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Photos at events

Photos may be taken at this event and used on the library's website and social media and in other promotional pieces. Please let program staff know if you do not want pictures taken of you or your family.

Event Advertisement: Seed Share (More information is listed below in Event Details.)

Seed Share - Compartiendo Semillas

All Day
Main Library in Hillsborough
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Families, High School, Adults, Everyone
Event Details:

Seed Share - Compartiendo Semillas | Share health, hope, and joy by planting seeds of wildflowers native and naturalized to our area. While supplies last, get seeds for a different...

Library Branch: Main Library in Hillsborough
Age Group: Families, High School, Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Seed Share - Compartiendo Semillas | Share health, hope, and joy by planting seeds of wildflowers native and naturalized to our area.

Tiny Tots. Picture of a young boy playing with a toy.

Storytime at the Library

Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Main Meeting Room 116 at Main Library in Hillsborough
Program Type:
Recurring, Storytime
Age Group:
Young Child
Event Details:

Children from walkers to age 5 and their caregivers are invited to participate in a 25-minute interactive program that incorporates age-appropriate books, rhymes, music, and moveme...

Library Branch: Main Library in Hillsborough
Room: Main Meeting Room 116
Age Group: Young Child
Program Type: Recurring, Storytime
Event Details:

Children from walkers to age 5 and their caregivers are invited to participate in a 25-minute interactive program that incorporates age-appropriate books, rhymes, music, and movement.

Disclaimer(s)

Photos at events

Photos may be taken at this event and used on the library's website and social media and in other promotional pieces. Please let program staff know if you do not want pictures taken of you or your family.

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Babytime at Southern Branch

Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Southern Branch in Carrboro
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Young Child
Event Details:

Join us in the kid's area of the Southern Branch LibraryFor a 20 minute early literacy program for babies with stories, rhymes, bounces, and songs! For newborns up to walkers with ...

Library Branch: Southern Branch in Carrboro
Age Group: Young Child
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join us in the kid's area of the Southern Branch Library

For a 20 minute early literacy program for babies with stories, rhymes, bounces, and songs!

Image of a book with a rose on top, next to a basket full of flowers. Text Carrboro Book Club every 4th Tuesday of the month at the Southern Branch Library, 203 S Greensboro St

4th Tuesday Carrboro Book Club

Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Southern Branch in Carrboro
Program Type:
Book Club, Recurring
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join us in-person on the 4th Tuesday of the month at the Southern Branch Library in Carrboro for an engaging discussion on a great selection of books. You can pick up a copy of thi...

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Required
Library Branch: Southern Branch in Carrboro
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, Recurring
Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

Join us in-person on the 4th Tuesday of the month at the Southern Branch Library in Carrboro for an engaging discussion on a great selection of books.

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Teen Advisory Group Meeting, Grades 8-12

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Teen Room at Main Library in Hillsborough
Age Group:
Middle School, High School
Event Details:

The Teen Advisory Group (TAG) is a group of 8th-12th graders dedicated to making a positive impact at the library for themselves and other teens. For more information, please see o...

Library Branch: Main Library in Hillsborough
Room: Teen Room
Age Group: Middle School, High School
Event Details:

The Teen Advisory Group (TAG) is a group of 8th-12th graders dedicated to making a positive impact at the library for themselves and other teens.

Disclaimer(s)

Photos at events

Photos may be taken at this event and used on the library's website and social media and in other promotional pieces. Please let program staff know if you do not want pictures taken of you or your family.

Parent-Free Event

This program is designed for youth participants to attend unaccompanied. Please make arrangements to drop-off and pick-up participants 5-10 minutes before a program ends.

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Storytime and Playtime

Thursday, March 27, 2025 at 10:30am - 12:00pm
Southern Branch in Carrboro
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Young Child
Event Details:

Join us at The Drakeford Library Complex for storytime and playtime!Starting at 10:30am, Southern Branch librarians will lead a 25 minute program with stories, songs, and movement ...

Library Branch: Southern Branch in Carrboro
Age Group: Young Child
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join us at The Drakeford Library Complex for storytime and playtime!

Starting at 10:30am, Southern Branch librarians will lead a 25 minute program with stories, songs, and movement for toddlers-preschoolers a

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Chihuly's Rainbow Windows - Kids @ OCPL Main (NEW Program!)

Thursday, March 27, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Main Meeting Room 116 at Main Library in Hillsborough
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Recurring
Age Group:
Families, K - 2nd Grade, 3rd - 5th Grade
Event Details:

This program for kids in grades K-5 and their families is a fantastic way for young artists to explore their creativity while learning about one of the world’s most famous glass ar...

Library Branch: Main Library in Hillsborough
Room: Main Meeting Room 116
Age Group: Families, K - 2nd Grade, 3rd - 5th Grade
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Recurring
Event Details:

This program for kids in grades K-5 and their families is a fantastic way for young artists to explore their creativity while learning about one of the world’s most famous glass artists.

Event Advertisement: Library After Dark (More information is listed below in Event Details.)

Library After Dark: A Silent Reading Club

Thursday, March 27, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Main Meeting Room 116 at Main Library in Hillsborough
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Library After Dark is a librarian-led silent reading club which takes place on 4th Thursdays of the month from 6:30-7:30pm at Main Library in Hillsborough located at 137 West Marga...

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Required
Library Branch: Main Library in Hillsborough
Room: Main Meeting Room 116
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining: 13
Event Details:

Library After Dark is a librarian-led silent reading club which takes place on 4th Thursdays of the month from 6:30-7:30pm at Main Library in Hillsborough located at 137 West Margaret Lane, Hillsborough, NC 27

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Friendly Fiber Fridays Meet-Up

Friday, March 28, 2025 at 9:00am - 10:30am
Main Meeting Room 116 at Main Library in Hillsborough
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Friendly Fiber Fridays Meet-Up | First and fourth Fridays of the month from 9am to 10:30am at Main Library located at 137 West Margaret Lane, Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278.&nb...

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Required
Library Branch: Main Library in Hillsborough
Room: Main Meeting Room 116
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 30
Event Details:

Friendly Fiber Fridays Meet-Up | First and fourth Fridays of the month from 9am to 10:30am at Main Library located at 137 West Margaret Lane, Hil

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Music and Movement Storytime

Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Main Meeting Room 116 at Main Library in Hillsborough
Program Type:
Recurring, Storytime
Age Group:
Young Child
Event Details:

Dance the morning away to our favorite songs and enjoy instructor-led movement activities to really get the wiggles out!  For ages 2 - 5, with a caregiver. Siblings are welcom...

Library Branch: Main Library in Hillsborough
Room: Main Meeting Room 116
Age Group: Young Child
Program Type: Recurring, Storytime
Event Details:

Dance the morning away to our favorite songs and enjoy instructor-led movement activities to really get the wiggles out!  For ages 2 - 5, with a caregiver. Siblings are welcome. No registration required.

Disclaimer(s)

Photos at events

Photos may be taken at this event and used on the library's website and social media and in other promotional pieces. Please let program staff know if you do not want pictures taken of you or your family.

Hands manipulating fabric and rotary cutter nearby

Sew Together

Sunday, March 30, 2025 at 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Main Meeting Room 116 at Main Library in Hillsborough
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
High School, Adults
Event Details:

Join us for an afternoon of sewing. Bring your sewing machine and your current project. Or use our space to spread out for cutting patterns or to enjoy the company of other sewists...

Register
Required
Library Branch: Main Library in Hillsborough
Room: Main Meeting Room 116
Age Group: High School, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 8
Event Details:

Join us for an afternoon of sewing. Bring your sewing machine and your current project. Or use our space to spread out for cutting patterns or to enjoy the company of other sewists while you catch up on some hand-stitching.

Advertisement: Climate & Environment Action For All! (More information is listed below in Event Details.)

Climate & Environment Action For All! | March 2025

All Day
Main Library in Hillsborough
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Families, High School, Adults, Everyone
Event Details:

Climate & Environment Action For All! | March 2025Main Library's Climate & Environment Action For All! station is an initiative by Orange County Public Library, the Town of...

Library Branch: Main Library in Hillsborough
Age Group: Families, High School, Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Climate & Environment Action For All! | March 2025

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Literary Peeps Show - Last Day for Entries

All Day
Main Library in Hillsborough
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Families, Young Child, K - 2nd Grade, 3rd - 5th Grade, Middle School, High School, Adults, Everyone
Event Details:

It's time for the 7th Annual Literary Peeps Show contest at the Main Library in Hillsborough! The library invites you to make and bring in a literary-themed, marshmallow peeps...

Library Branch: Main Library in Hillsborough
Age Group: Families, Young Child, K - 2nd Grade, 3rd - 5th Grade, Middle School, High School, Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

It's time for the 7th Annual Literary Peeps Show contest at the Main Library in Hillsborough! 

Babsit lapsit storytime. Mother reading to child on her lap.

Baby Lapsit

Monday, March 31, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Main Meeting Room 116 at Main Library in Hillsborough
Program Type:
Recurring, Storytime
Age Group:
Young Child
Baby Lapsit Storytime for Babies:

Babies and their caregivers are invited to participate in a 20-minute lapsit program that incorporates age-appropriate books, rhymes, music, and movement. A 30-minute Stay and Play...

Library Branch: Main Library in Hillsborough
Room: Main Meeting Room 116
Age Group: Young Child
Program Type: Recurring, Storytime

Baby Lapsit Storytime for Babies

Babies and their caregivers are invited to participate in a 20-minute lapsit program that incorporates age-appropriate books, rhymes, music, and movement. A 30-minute Stay and Play follows storytime.

Disclaimer(s)

Photos at events

Photos may be taken at this event and used on the library's website and social media and in other promotional pieces. Please let program staff know if you do not want pictures taken of you or your family.

Event Advertisement: Hillsborough Climate Challenge Begins! (More information is listed below in Event Details.)

Hillsborough Climate Challenge Begins!

All Day
Main Library in Hillsborough
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Everyone
Event Details:

Hillsborough Climate Challenge (HCC) is a month-long series of events for all ages that present practical and accessible things people can do in their everyday lives to combat clim...

Library Branch: Main Library in Hillsborough
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Hillsborough Climate Challenge (HCC) is a month-long series of events for all ages that present practical and accessible things people can do in their everyday lives to combat climate change.

Event Advertisement: Seed Share (More information is listed below in Event Details.)

Seed Share - Compartiendo Semillas

All Day
Main Library in Hillsborough
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Families, High School, Adults, Everyone
Event Details:

Seed Share - Compartiendo Semillas | Share health, hope, and joy by planting seeds of wildflowers native and naturalized to our area. While supplies last, get seeds for a different...

Library Branch: Main Library in Hillsborough
Age Group: Families, High School, Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Seed Share - Compartiendo Semillas | Share health, hope, and joy by planting seeds of wildflowers native and naturalized to our area.

Tiny Tots. Picture of a young boy playing with a toy.

Storytime at the Park

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Offsite
Program Type:
Recurring, Storytime
Age Group:
Young Child
Event Details:

Join us for songs and stories at the Farmers' Market Pavilion in downtown Hillsborough, 140 E. Margaret Lane.  Children from walkers to age 5 and their caregivers are inv...

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Offsite
Age Group: Young Child
Program Type: Recurring, Storytime
Event Details:

Join us for songs and stories at the Farmers' Market Pavilion in downtown Hillsborough, 140 E.

Disclaimer(s)

Photos at events

Photos may be taken at this event and used on the library's website and social media and in other promotional pieces. Please let program staff know if you do not want pictures taken of you or your family.

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Babytime at Southern Branch

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Southern Branch in Carrboro
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Young Child
Event Details:

Join us in the kid's area of the Southern Branch LibraryFor a 20 minute early literacy program for babies with stories, rhymes, bounces, and songs! For newborns up to walkers with ...

Library Branch: Southern Branch in Carrboro
Age Group: Young Child
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join us in the kid's area of the Southern Branch Library

For a 20 minute early literacy program for babies with stories, rhymes, bounces, and songs!

Event Advertisement: Photo Foraging Stroll (More information is listed below in Event Details.)

Photo Foraging Stroll - Hillsborough Climate Challenge

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Main Library in Hillsborough
Program Type:
Cultural, Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Middle School, High School, Adults
Event Details:

The Hillsborough Climate Challenge event series presents a Photo Foraging Stroll along the Riverwalk on Tuesday, April 1st at 11am beginning at Main Library in Hillsborough lo...

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Required
Library Branch: Main Library in Hillsborough
Age Group: Middle School, High School, Adults
Program Type: Cultural, Health & Wellness
Required
Seats Remaining: 40
Event Details:

The Hillsborough Climate Challenge event series presents a Photo Foraging Stroll along the Riverwalk on Tuesday, April 1st at 11am beginning at&n

Advertisement: Ecological Landscaping (More information is listed below in Event Details.)

Ecological Landscaping - Hillsborough Climate Challenge

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Main Meeting Room 116 at Main Library in Hillsborough
Program Type:
Cultural
Age Group:
Adults, Everyone
Event Details:

The Hillsborough Climate Challenge event series presents Ecological Landscaping on Tuesday, April 1st from 6:30-8pm at Main Library in Hillsborough located at 137 West Margare...

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Required
Library Branch: Main Library in Hillsborough
Room: Main Meeting Room 116
Age Group: Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Cultural
Required
Seats Remaining: 60
Event Details:

The Hillsborough Climate Challenge event series presents Ecological Landscaping on Tuesday, April 1st from 6:30-8pm at Main Library in Hillsborough located at 137 West Margaret Lane, Hillsborough, NC 27278.

Event Advertisement: Sustainable Choices Displays Begin (More information is listed below in Event Details.)

Sustainable Choices Visual & Hands-On Displays Begin - Hillsborough Climate Challenge

All Day
Main Library in Hillsborough
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Cultural, Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Everyone
Event Details:

The Hillsborough Climate Challenge event series presents Sustainable Choices Visual Hands-On Displays from Tuesday, April 1st through Thursday, April 17th at Main Library in H...

Library Branch: Main Library in Hillsborough
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Cultural, Health & Wellness
Event Details:

The Hillsborough Climate Challenge event series presents Sustainable Choices Visual Hands-On Displays from Tuesday, April 1st through Thursday, April 17th at Main Library in Hillsborough located at 137 West Margaret Lane, Hillsborough

Event Advertisement: Youth Climate Action Art (More information is listed below in Event Details.)

Youth Climate Action Art Display Begins- Hillsborough Climate Challenge

All Day
Main Library in Hillsborough
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Cultural, Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Everyone
Event Details:

The Hillsborough Climate Challenge event series presents a display of Youth Climate Action Art Reception from Tuesday, April 1st through Thursday, April 17th at Main Library i...

Library Branch: Main Library in Hillsborough
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Cultural, Health & Wellness
Event Details:

The Hillsborough Climate Challenge event series presents a display of Youth Climate Action Art Reception from Tuesday, April 1st through Thursday, April 17th at Main Library in Hillsborough located at 137 West Margaret Lane, Hillsboro