221 Milton Road
Durham, North Carolina 27712 (map)
Phone: 919-560-0231
Manager: Stephanie Fennell
North Regional Library is served by DATA bus route 9B.
Hours
Mon. 9 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Tue. 9 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Wed. 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Thu. 9 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Fri. 9:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sat. 9:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sun. 2 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Monday, September 16, 2019 • All day North Regional Library (North - Meeting Room - Full Room) BoE Room Set up for Municipal Primary Early Voting Ages: Adult Monday, September 16, 2019 • 9:00am - 11:00am North Regional Library (North - Tutoring/Study Room #2) Do you enjoy knitting? Join the knitting club! Bring a pair of size 8 bamboo needles and a skein of light-colored worsted weight yarn. New members of all experience levels welcome. Ages: Senior Citizen, Adult Monday, September 16, 2019 • 10:30am - 11:00am North Regional Library (North - Children's Programming Room) Weekly Monday 10:30am crafts program. Expect to create toys, paintings, and other little masterpieces. Appropriate for varied ages! Ages: Pre-School, Kindergarten Monday, September 16, 2019 • 12:30pm - 4:30pm North Regional Library (North - Children's Programming Room) Enjoy an afternoon devoted to this ancient game of skill, strategy, and calculation- and a little luck! Players of all skill levels welcome. Ages: Senior Citizen, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, Adult Monday, September 16, 2019 • 4:30pm - 5:15pm North Regional Library (North - Tutoring/Study Room #2) Grade School Masterminds meets every Monday at 4:30pm to offer after-school fun and educational programming. All K-5 students, siblings, and families welcome! Ages: Elementary School Monday, September 16, 2019 • 5:00pm - 7:00pm North Regional Library (North - Children's Programming Room) Where teens make the difference in the education of elementary students. Ages: Teen, High School, Elementary School Tuesday, September 17, 2019 • All day North Regional Library (North - Meeting Room - Full Room) BoE Room Set up for Municipal Primary Early Voting Ages: Adult Tuesday, September 17, 2019 • 10:00am - 12:00pm North Regional Library Breastfeeding support group Ages: Baby, Adult Tuesday, September 17, 2019 • 10:30am - 11:00am North Regional Library (North - Children's Programming Room) Join us for family storytime! Ages: Toddler, Pre-School, Baby Tuesday, September 17, 2019 • 3:00pm - 5:00pm North Regional Library (North - Children's Programming Room) Come beat your friends at video and board games! Ages: Teen, Middle School, High School Tuesday, September 17, 2019 • 4:30pm - 5:30pm North Regional Library (North - Tutoring/Study Room #1) mbelford@dconc.gov for more information- Ages: Elementary School Tuesday, September 17, 2019 • 6:30pm - 8:00pm North Regional Library (North - Tutoring/Study Room #1) This quarter we will venture out and read MYSTERY Books. Ages: Adult Tuesday, September 17, 2019 • 6:30pm - 8:00pm North Regional Library (North - Tutoring/Study Room #2) Get hooked on crochet with your neighbors at the evening Crochet Club! Ages: Senior Citizen, Adult Wednesday, September 18, 2019 • All day North Regional Library (North - Meeting Room - Full Room) One-Stop Early Voting for Municipal Primary Ages: Senior Citizen, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, Adult Wednesday, September 18, 2019 • 10:30am - 11:00am North Regional Library (North - Children's Programming Room) Join us for stories, songs, and movement! Ages: Toddler, Pre-School, Baby Wednesday, September 18, 2019 • 12:30pm - 2:00pm North Regional Library (North - Children's Programming Room) Whether you're always browsing the cookbook aisle or just want to try something new in the kitchen, this fun and tasty program is for you! Ages: Senior Citizen, Adult Thursday, September 19, 2019 • All day North Regional Library (North - Meeting Room - Full Room) One-Stop Early Voting for Municipal Primary Ages: Senior Citizen, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, Adult Thursday, September 19, 2019 • 10:00am - 11:00am North Regional Library Join us for a day of service! We will go walk the trails at our neighboring Hub Farm. While we are out, we will talk about trails, hiking etiquette, and pick up trash. Dress appropriately. Ages: Teen, Middle School, High School, Elementary School Thursday, September 19, 2019 • 3:00pm - 4:00pm North Regional Library (North - Children's Programming Room) Anyone can be a leader! Develop leadership skills with Duke University students through activities such as acting, public speaking, and open discussions. Ages: Teen, Middle School Thursday, September 19, 2019 • 5:00pm - 6:00pm North Regional Library (North - Children's Programming Room) Come learn Spanish with Edd! Registration is required and you must come to all 10 sessions on Thursdays from 5-6pm. Edd is fluent in both English and Spanish and his students give him rave reviews. Ages: Adult Thursday, September 19, 2019 • 6:00pm - 8:00pm North Regional Library (North - Tutoring/Study Room #2) Do you enjoy knitting? Join the knitting club! Bring a pair of size 8 bamboo needles and a skein of light-colored worsted weight yarn. New members of all experience levels welcome. Ages: Senior Citizen, Adult Thursday, September 19, 2019 • 6:30pm - 7:30pm North Regional Library This introductory course will guide you through the basic while providing up-to-date information on the latest online tools and technologies. Ages: Adult Friday, September 20, 2019 • All day North Regional Library (North - Meeting Room - Full Room) One-Stop Early Voting for Municipal Primary Ages: Senior Citizen, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, Adult Friday, September 20, 2019 • 9:30am - 10:30am North Regional Library Each class offers a well-rounded sequence of yoga stretches and breathing exercises at easy pace. This is a gentle yoga class that especially welcomes older students. Ages: Senior Citizen Friday, September 20, 2019 • 11:00am - 11:30am North Regional Library (North - Children's Programming Room) Stories, music, and rhymes for babies birth – 24 months and their grown ups. Siblings are welcome! Ages: Baby Friday, September 20, 2019 • 3:00pm - 5:00pm North Regional Library (North - Children's Programming Room) Sometimes called roleplaying games, or RPGs, these games involve cooperative storytelling in which you and your friends are the heroes. Get ready for adventure! Pre-registration required. Ages: Elementary School Friday, September 20, 2019 • 3:00pm - 4:00pm North Regional Library (North - Tutoring/Study Room #1) Come read, talk about books, and enjoy a snack! Ages: Teen, Middle School Saturday, September 21, 2019 • All day North Regional Library (North - Meeting Room - Full Room) One-Stop Early Voting for Municipal Primary Ages: Senior Citizen, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, Adult Saturday, September 21, 2019 • 10:00am - 12:00pm North Regional Library (North - Tutoring/Study Room #2) Join fellow writers at North Regional Library to share ideas, destroy the writer's block, or just have a nice quiet place to get some writing done! Ages: Teen, Intergenerational, High School, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, Adult Saturday, September 21, 2019 • 10:30am - 12:00pm North Regional Library (North - Tutoring/Study Room #1) Learn the basics of machine sewing with this project-based class. All materials provided, no experience necessary. Space is limited. Registration required. Ages: Senior Citizen, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, Adult Saturday, September 21, 2019 • 11:00am - 1:00pm North Regional Library (North - Children's Programming Room) Familes are invited to create a Sensory Snake toy. A Sensory Snake is an easy way to calm sensory seekers through deep pressure. Ages: Pre-School, Kindergarten, Elementary School Saturday, September 21, 2019 • 2:00pm - 4:00pm North Regional Library Try new arts and crafts with these hands-on workshops. In July, we’ll play with acrylic paint; in August, we’ll be planting succulents; and in September we’ll make mobiles. Registration is required. Ages: Senior Citizen, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, Adult Saturday, September 21, 2019 • 2:00pm - 5:00pm North Regional Library (North - Tutoring/Study Room #1) Come learn and test your skills against other players. All ages and skill levels welcome. The North Durham Library Chess Club is an affiliate of the United States Chess Federation. Ages: Senior Citizen, Intergenerational, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, AdultBoE Room Set up
Knitting: AM Edition
Crafts for Kids
Mahjong
Grade School Masterminds
Peer Tutoring
BoE Room Set up
Baby Bistro
Family Storytime
Game On!
STEAM Stories Cuentos Creativos - Bilingual reading program for 2-5 grades
Tuesday Night Women Book Club - Book Club
Crochet Club: Evening
One-Stop Early Voting for Municipal Primary
Move and Groove Storytime
Testers & Tasters Cookbook Club
One-Stop Early Voting for Municipal Primary
Homeschool Learning Lab - Hub Farm Hike
Leaders UNITE
Adult Spanish for Beginners - 10 week committment required
Knitting: PM Edition
Introduction to Internet Basics (canceled)
One-Stop Early Voting for Municipal Primary
Morning Yoga for Wellness (canceled)
Book Babies
RPGs for Kids
Food and Fiction Fridays
One-Stop Early Voting for Municipal Primary
North Regional Writing Group: The Write Types
Sewing Machine Basics
DIY Sensory Snake
Crafty NC! (canceled)
North Regional Chess Club
North Regional Library opened on January 30, 2007.
LEED Certification
North Regional Library has earned Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification through the U.S. Green Building Council’s Green Building Rating SystemTM. LEED is an internationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings. LEED promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in five key areas of human and environmental health: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality. To earn LEED certification, a building project must earn “credits” by meeting prerequisites and performance benchmarks in each of the key areas. Projects are awarded Certified, Silver, Gold, or Platinum certification depending on the number of credits they achieve.
Facility:
- 25,000 square feet
- Public meeting room (seats 75)
- Children’s program room (seats 30)
- Two tutoring rooms (seat 8)
- Electric Vehicle Charging Station
Collection capacity:
- 128,200 total capacity
- 59,500 children
- 5,000 young adult
- 63,700 adults
Services and Features:
- 30 public Internet access work stations, 20 adults, 10 children
- Young Adult Area
- Audio-visual Collection
- Wireless environment
- Community board (must be approved by Branch Manager)
- Children’s programs and storytimes
- Adult programs
- Public access photocopiers
- Two self-check out units
Thank you for choosing the library as a place to study, meet, work and play. Your patronage has made the library one of the most popular gathering spaces in the county. We invite all members of the community to enjoy the resources available at Durham County Library.
You can reserve North Regional’s Meeting Room (capacity 75) or a Study Room (capacity 8) via our online room reservation system by clicking the button below. You will be taken to the Meeting/Study Room Policy page. You must read and acknowledge these terms before proceeding with your reservation.
You may also reserve a room in-person or by calling North Regional at 919-560-0231.
