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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.

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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.

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...

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Required
Library Branch: Main Library in Hillsborough
Room: Main Meeting Room 116
Age Group: High School, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 7
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.

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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.

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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: 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.

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Literary Peeps Show - Voting April 1st -16th

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! 

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

Main Library Seed Share

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

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

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

Seed Share - | 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

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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

Main Meeting Room 116 Reservation

Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at 11:30am - 1:30pm
Main Meeting Room 116 at Main Library in Hillsborough
Purpose of Meeting:

Association meeting, speaker for continuing legal education

Main Library in Hillsborough
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Main Library in Hillsborough
Room: Main Meeting Room 116
Purpose of Meeting

Association meeting, speaker for continuing legal education

Diamond art information

Diamond Art Coasters, Grades 6-12

Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Main Meeting Room 116 at Main Library in Hillsborough
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Recurring
Age Group:
Middle School, High School
Event Details:

Teens, get ready to sparkle at our Diamond Art Painting workshop! Join us for a chill crafting session where you’ll create your own set of colorful, blinged-out coasters. No experi...

Register
Required
Library Branch: Main Library in Hillsborough
Room: Main Meeting Room 116
Age Group: Middle School, High School
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Recurring
Required
Seats Remaining: 18
Event Details:

Teens, get ready to sparkle at our Diamond Art Painting workshop! Join us for a chill crafting session where you’ll create your own set of colorful, blinged-out coasters. No experience? No problem!

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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 Beth Hawkey, youth services supervisor.

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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Southern Storytime and Playtime

Thursday, April 3, 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

Helping our Earth: Gardening - Kids @ OCPL Main

Thursday, April 3, 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:

Celebrate Earth Day with a day full of fun, hands-on activities designed to inspire kids in grades K through 5 (and their families) to take care of our planet!  This week the ...

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:

Celebrate Earth Day with a day full of fun, hands-on activities designed to inspire kids in grades K through 5 (and their families) to take care of our planet!

Event Advertisement: Indigenous Environmental Justice Author Talk (More information is listed below in Event Details.)

Indigenous Environmental Justice Author Talk - Hillsborough Climate Challenge

Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Main Meeting Room 116 at Main Library in Hillsborough
Program Type:
Author Events, Cultural
Age Group:
Adults, Everyone
Event Details:

The Hillsborough Climate Challenge event series presents an discussion of the book On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice with the author, Dr. Ryan E. Emanuel,...

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

The Hillsborough Climate Challenge event series presents an discussion of the book On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice with the author, Dr. Ryan E.

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Friendly Fiber Fridays Meet-Up

Friday, April 4, 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

Event Advertisement: Good Ideas Gathering (More information is listed below in Event Details.)

Good Ideas Gathering - Hillsborough Climate Challenge

Friday, April 4, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm
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 a Good Ideas Gathering on Friday, April 4th from 2-3:30pm at Main Library in Hillsborough located at 137 West Margaret...

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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 a Good Ideas Gathering on Friday, April 4th from 2-3:30pm at Main Library in Hillsborough located at 137 West Margaret Lane, Hillsborough, NC 27278.

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

Youth Climate Action Art Reception - Hillsborough Climate Challenge

Friday, April 4, 2025 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Main Meeting Room 116 at Main Library in Hillsborough
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Cultural
Age Group:
Families, K - 2nd Grade, 3rd - 5th Grade, Middle School, High School, Adults, Everyone
Event Details:

The Hillsborough Climate Challenge event series presents the Youth Climate Action Art Reception on Friday, April 4th from 5-6pm at Main Library in Hillsborough located at 137 ...

Register
Required
Library Branch: Main Library in Hillsborough
Room: Main Meeting Room 116
Age Group: Families, K - 2nd Grade, 3rd - 5th Grade, Middle School, High School, Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Cultural
Required
Seats Remaining: 60
Event Details:

The Hillsborough Climate Challenge event series presents the Youth Climate Action Art Reception on Friday, April 4th from 5-6pm at Main Library in Hillsborough located at 137 West Margaret Lane, Hillsborough, NC 27278.

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Books and Movies On Display

All Day
Main Library in Hillsborough
Age Group:
Adults, Everyone
Event Details:

This month at Main Library, we have displays in Adult Services highlighting: Poetry Month | April is Poetry Month! Celebrate with books by NC & Local Poets Commu...

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

This month at Main Library, we have displays in Adult Services highlighting: 

Event Advertisement: Hiking Solo on the Appalachian Trail (More information is listed below in Event Details.)

Hiking Solo on the Appalachian Trail

Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Main Meeting Room 116 at Main Library in Hillsborough
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults, Everyone
Event Details:

Hiking Solo on the Appalachian Trail: A Presentation by Jen Brown occurring on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 from 2-3:30pm at Main Library in Hillsborough located at 137 West Marg...

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Required
Library Branch: Main Library in Hillsborough
Room: Main Meeting Room 116
Age Group: Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Required
Seats Remaining: 59
Event Details:

Hiking Solo on the Appalachian Trail: A Presentation by Jen Brown occurring on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 from 2-3:30pm at Main Library in Hillsborough located at 137 West Margaret Lane, Hillsborough, NC 27278.