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For adults

The library is not just for kids (although we love them) and not just about books (although we’ve got them). We offer a wide range of adult-specific programs and services created to inspire lives and transform our community. Wherever you are in life, we’re there for you.

At the library, you can:

There’s something for everyone – come check us out!

Upcoming events

Accepting Submissions: Poetry on Display

Thursday, March 26, 2026 • All day

East Regional Library (211 Lick Creek Lane)

Submit your poetry to be featured in the East Regional Library's National Poetry Month display!...

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

Advanced Spanish Language and Culture for Folks Over Fifty

Friday, March 27, 2026 • 11:00am - 1:00pm

North Regional Library (221 Milton Rd) (North Regional - Children's Programming Room)

Want to learn to speak Spanish? Interested in exploring the culture of Spain and Latin America, including music, dance, and geography? Come learn with Oma, an instructor with more than a decade of experience teaching Spanish. Registration is...

Ages: Adult, Senior Citizen

Registration full. Join the waitlist >

Conceptos Básicos de Computación para Nuevos Usuarios

Friday, March 27, 2026 • 10:00am - 2:00pm

Main Library (300 N. Roxboro St) (Computer Lab)

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Ages: Adult, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, Senior Citizen

Beginner Spanish Language and Culture for Folks Over Fifty

Friday, March 27, 2026 • 1:30pm - 3:30pm

North Regional Library (221 Milton Rd) (North Regional - Children's Programming Room)

Want to learn to speak Spanish? Interested in exploring the culture of Spain and Latin America, including music, dance, and geography? Come learn with Oma, an instructor with more than a decade of experience teaching Spanish. Registration is...

Ages: Adult, Senior Citizen

Registration full. Join the waitlist >

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Staff picks

The Personal Library of Emma M. Lion

As it currently stands, save for Vermilion and the Flaming Sword, which unfortunately does not really exist. The other fictional items in Emma's library have been substituted with (hopefully) similar books.

Womens' History Month

A booklist focused on "bad" women, bold women, the groundbreakers and innovators...of women (well-behaved and otherwise) who made history.

Classics for the Restless Heart

Classic literature that explores deep feelings of yearning and longing with introspective melancholy. Inspired by the Brontë sisters, but also just a mood for our times — take...

Meet the adult services librarians

Laura as a child, wearing the classic glasses-nose-and-mustache costume

Laura

Location: South Regional Library

Laura works at South Regional Library. She enjoys reading historical fiction, fantasy, and forgotten middlebrow titles of the 1920s through 1950s. In her off time, she enjoys baking cupcakes, petting cats, and collecting tiny things from Japan.

Pronouns: she/her

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