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Closed for Christmas

All Day 12/24 - 12/26
Main Library in Hillsborough, Southern Branch in Carrboro, Online Event, Offsite

All library locations are closed Wednesday December 24-Friday December 26 for Christmas.

Closing
Branches:
Main Library in Hillsborough, Southern Branch in Carrboro, Online Event, Offsite
Description:

All library locations are closed Wednesday December 24-Friday December 26 for Christmas.

Holiday break flyer

Programming Break - Youth Services at Main

All Day 12/27 - 12/31
Main Library in Hillsborough
Age Group:
Families, Young Child, K - 2nd Grade, 3rd - 5th Grade, Middle School, High School

Youth Services staff at the Main Branch in Hillsborough are taking a break from programming December 22 through January 2. We'll see you in the New Year for storytime and school-age programs!

 


 

Library Branch: Main Library in Hillsborough
Age Group: Families, Young Child, K - 2nd Grade, 3rd - 5th Grade, Middle School, High School
Event Details:

Youth Services staff at the Main Branch in Hillsborough are taking a break from programming December 22 through January 2. We'll see you in the New Year for storytime and school-age programs!

 


 

A small image with program title and and image of a father figure laughing with two smiling children.

Dads Playgroup

Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 9:00am - 10:30am
Main Meeting Room 116 at Main Library in Hillsborough
Program Type:
Recurring
Age Group:
Young Child

Join us for a fun and engaging playgroup for children under five years old. While this group is specially geared toward Dads, Grandpas, Uncles, and male caregivers, all caregivers are welcome to join in the fun and connect with others.

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

Join us for a fun and engaging playgroup for children under five years old. While this group is specially geared toward Dads, Grandpas, Uncles, and male caregivers, all caregivers are welcome to join in the fun and connect with others.

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.

An abstract line drawing of a person sitting cross-legged with a heart on their chest, and a bird above their head.

Sunday Bliss Meditation: Find Your Inner Peace

Sunday, December 28, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Flex Space at Southern Branch in Carrboro
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults

Relax and restore in this busy season with seated meditation sessions led by North America Institute of Vihangam Yoga. 

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Library Branch: Southern Branch in Carrboro
Room: Flex Space
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Registrion Enabled
Event Details:

Relax and restore in this busy season with seated meditation sessions led by North America Institute of Vihangam Yoga. 

winter scene with snow and snowflakes

NO BABYTIME-Holiday Break

All Day
Southern Branch in Carrboro
Age Group:
Families, Young Child, Everyone

Babytime is taking a break--enjoy the holiday with family and friends! We look forward to seeing you at our program on January 6th, 2026.

Library Branch: Southern Branch in Carrboro
Age Group: Families, Young Child, Everyone
Event Details:

Babytime is taking a break--enjoy the holiday with family and friends! We look forward to seeing you at our program on January 6th, 2026.

Closed for New Year's Day

All Day
Main Library in Hillsborough, Southern Branch in Carrboro, Online Event, Offsite

All library locations will be closed on January 1st, 2026 for New Year's Day.

Closing
Branches:
Main Library in Hillsborough, Southern Branch in Carrboro, Online Event, Offsite
Description:

All library locations will be closed on January 1st, 2026 for New Year's Day.

Holiday break flyer

Programming Break - Youth Services at Main

All Day
Main Library in Hillsborough
Age Group:
Families, Young Child, K - 2nd Grade, 3rd - 5th Grade, Middle School, High School

Youth Services staff at the Main Branch in Hillsborough are taking a break from programming December 22 through January 2. We'll see you in the New Year for storytime and school-age programs!

 


 

Library Branch: Main Library in Hillsborough
Age Group: Families, Young Child, K - 2nd Grade, 3rd - 5th Grade, Middle School, High School
Event Details:

Youth Services staff at the Main Branch in Hillsborough are taking a break from programming December 22 through January 2. We'll see you in the New Year for storytime and school-age programs!

 


 

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

Baby Lapsit

Monday, January 5, 2026 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.

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First Monday Classics Book Club

Monday, January 5, 2026 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Main Meeting Room 116 at Main Library in Hillsborough
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults

First Monday Classics is a Community Member-Led book club which meets on first Mondays of the month at 6:30pm at Main Library in Hillsborough. The club discusses classic books in a light atmosphere.

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Library Branch: Main Library in Hillsborough
Room: Main Meeting Room 116
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registrion Enabled
Event Details:

First Monday Classics is a Community Member-Led book club which meets on first Mondays of the month at 6:30pm at Main Library in Hillsborough. The club discusses classic books in a light atmosphere.

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

Storytime at the Library

Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Main Meeting Room 116 at Main Library in Hillsborough
Program Type:
Recurring, Storytime
Age Group:
Young Child

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.

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.

woman kissing baby's cheek

Babytime at Southern

Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Southern Branch in Carrboro
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Families, Young Child

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

For a 15-20 minute early literacy program for babies with stories, rhymes, bounces, and songs!

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

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

For a 15-20 minute early literacy program for babies with stories, rhymes, bounces, and songs!

A cartoon woman holding a coffee cup says Hola to a cartoon man who says Hello to her.

Hora de Hablar: Practicar Inglés/Talking Time: Practice Spanish

Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Southern Meeting Room 114 at Southern Branch in Carrboro
Program Type:
Recurring, Workshop & Classes
Age Group:
Adults

Invitamos a las personas que están aprendiendo inglés o español a que vengan y practiquen conversando entre ellas en este evento.

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Library Branch: Southern Branch in Carrboro
Room: Southern Meeting Room 114
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Recurring, Workshop & Classes
Registrion Enabled
Event Details:

Invitamos a las personas que están aprendiendo inglés o español a que vengan y practiquen conversando entre ellas en este evento.

Winter Scenes program information for January 7, 2026

Make Your Own Winter Scenes, Grades 6-12

Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Main Meeting Room 116 at Main Library in Hillsborough
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Middle School, High School

Experiment with a mix of art materials to design your own unique winter scene. Whether you want swirling northern lights, snowy trees, or cozy winter creatures, you’ll get to explore color, texture, and creativity in this hands-on art program.

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Registrion Enabled
Library Branch: Main Library in Hillsborough
Room: Main Meeting Room 116
Age Group: Middle School, High School
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registrion Enabled
Event Details:

Experiment with a mix of art materials to design your own unique winter scene. Whether you want swirling northern lights, snowy trees, or cozy winter creatures, you’ll get to explore color, texture, and creativity in this hands-on art program.

Disclaimer(s)

Age Range Info

Information About Age Ranges

While the library's family programs are open to all ages, other programs in youth services are designed for a specific age or grade range. Establishing age and grade ranges allows us to plan programs that are appropriate for each range of child development, maintain quality in our programming, and promote fairness to all. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at library@orangecountync.gov.

Event title made with torn magazine letters. A gold picture frame around a stick figure who is making a painting of a house on an easel.

New Year, New "Bad" Art

Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Flex Space at Southern Branch in Carrboro
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults

Break out of perfectionism with prompts to spark a random, creative idea...ring in the New Year by making “bad” art!

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Registrion Enabled
Library Branch: Southern Branch in Carrboro
Room: Flex Space
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registrion Enabled
Event Details:

Break out of perfectionism with prompts to spark a random, creative idea...ring in the New Year by making “bad” art!

3 children in a ball pit of mutlicolored toy balls

Storytime and Playtime at Southern

Thursday, January 8, 2026 at 10:30am - 12:00pm
Southern Branch in Carrboro
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Families, Young Child

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

Library Branch: Southern Branch in Carrboro
Age Group: Families, 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

penguin palooza

Adventure Squad, K-5th - Penguin Palooza!

Thursday, January 8, 2026 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Main Meeting Room 116 at Main Library in Hillsborough
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Games & Trivia, Recurring
Age Group:
K - 2nd Grade, 3rd - 5th Grade

Waddle into a world of icy fun! Join us for a penguin egg relay, a blubber-glove experiment, sugar-cube igloo building, and create a penguin masterpiece to take home.  For children in Kindergarten through 5th grade and their caregivers.

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

Waddle into a world of icy fun! Join us for a penguin egg relay, a blubber-glove experiment, sugar-cube igloo building, and create a penguin masterpiece to take home.  For children in Kindergarten through 5th grade and their caregivers.

Disclaimer(s)

Age Range Info

Information About Age Ranges

While the library's family programs are open to all ages, other programs in youth services are designed for a specific age or grade range. Establishing age and grade ranges allows us to plan programs that are appropriate for each range of child development, maintain quality in our programming, and promote fairness to all. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at library@orangecountync.gov.

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.

Advertisement: Not a Book Club (More information is listed below in Event Details.)

Not a Book Club

Thursday, January 8, 2026 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Online Event
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults

Not a Book Club | The next best thing to reading a good book is talking about it with your fellow readers. Join us online on the 2nd Thursday of the month at 6:30pm for an informal book discussion.

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Virtual Event
Library Branch: Online Event
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registrion Enabled
Event Details:

Not a Book Club | The next best thing to reading a good book is talking about it with your fellow readers. Join us online on the 2nd Thursday of the month at 6:30pm for an informal book discussion.

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Dads Playgroup

Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 9:00am - 10:30am
Main Meeting Room 116 at Main Library in Hillsborough
Program Type:
Recurring
Age Group:
Young Child

Join us for a fun and engaging playgroup for children under five years old. While this group is specially geared toward Dads, Grandpas, Uncles, and male caregivers, all caregivers are welcome to join in the fun and connect with others.

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

Join us for a fun and engaging playgroup for children under five years old. While this group is specially geared toward Dads, Grandpas, Uncles, and male caregivers, all caregivers are welcome to join in the fun and connect with others.

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.

two children sitting on top of a stack of books

Hora de Cuentos en Español - Spanish Storytime!

Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Southern Branch in Carrboro
Program Type:
Recurring, Storytime
Age Group:
Families, Young Child

Join Sra. Yelitza every 2nd Saturday of the month for storytime in Spanish!

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

Join Sra. Yelitza every 2nd Saturday of the month for storytime in Spanish!

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.

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

Baby Lapsit

Monday, January 12, 2026 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.

Marketing image for Wonderkids program. A picture of a tundra landscape and a group of penguins walking and sliding towards an igloo. Text on the igloo reads "Brrrr. It's cold! Join us for icy weather activities."

Wonderkids - Frosty Fun!

Monday, January 12, 2026 at 3:45pm - 4:30pm
Main Meeting Room 116 at Main Library in Hillsborough
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Recurring
Age Group:
Young Child

WonderKids is an exciting and engaging program designed to spark curiosity in older preschoolers through interactive, hands-on activities that explore the wonders of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics.

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

WonderKids is an exciting and engaging program designed to spark curiosity in older preschoolers through interactive, hands-on activities that explore the wonders of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics.

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K-Pop Fan Meet-up in Teen Center

Monday, January 12, 2026 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Southern Branch in Carrboro
Program Type:
Games & Trivia
Age Group:
Middle School, High School

Library Night in the Teen Center!

Southern Branch Library invites teens to make photocards and buttons of their fave K-Pop idols while enjoying

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Library Branch: Southern Branch in Carrboro
Age Group: Middle School, High School
Program Type: Games & Trivia
Registrion Enabled
Event Details:

Library Night in the Teen Center!

Southern Branch Library invites teens to make photocards and buttons of their fave K-Pop idols while enjoying

Disclaimer(s)

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.

Event Advertisement: Welcome to Medicare! (More information is listed below in Event Details.)

Welcome to Medicare!

Monday, January 12, 2026 at 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Main Meeting Room 116 at Main Library in Hillsborough
Program Type:
Health & Wellness, Workshop & Classes
Age Group:
Adults

Welcome to Medicare! Are you turning 65, eligible for Medicare and feeling overwhelmed by all the information “bombarding” you?

Library Branch: Main Library in Hillsborough
Room: Main Meeting Room 116
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness, Workshop & Classes
Event Details:

Welcome to Medicare! Are you turning 65, eligible for Medicare and feeling overwhelmed by all the information “bombarding” you?

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

Storytime at the Library

Tuesday, January 13, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Main Meeting Room 116 at Main Library in Hillsborough
Program Type:
Recurring, Storytime
Age Group:
Young Child

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.

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.