Teen Programs & Events

Crafty Book Club

9/29, 10/13, 11/10, 12/15, 5:00-7:15pm


Join Miss Kristen for a unique book club! As a group we’ll be listening to an audiobook while doing crafts and discussing the book. At the end of the session we’ll finish the book and have a party where we’ll discuss our overall feelings about the book while enjoying refreshments.

Our first book is Percy Jackson & The Olympians by Rick Riordan.

Craft options will be provided, but if you have something you’re already working on please bring it! (Kristen will probably be crocheting something!)

For teens entering grades 6-12, registration is required.

Register HERE beginning June 1st

Halloween Teen Test Kitchen

Test Kitchen is getting spooky! Taste tests, edible experiments and culinary creations. Join Miss Kristen to make yummy treats!!

For teens entering grades 6-12. 

Registration required.

Register HERE

Teen Half Day Trivia & Games

Join Kristen for an afternoon of Blooket, games and group puzzles after your half day!

Registration is required, for teens in grades 6+.

Register HERE

Teen Half Day Hangout

Stop by the teen department for games, art projects and snacks to celebrate your last week of school!

No registration required, just stop by!

For teens in grades 6 & up only please.

Teen Art Kits

Love doing art, but have a hard time getting to the library for our scheduled programs? We’ve got you!

Each month we’ll have a new art kit filled with the instructions and supplies you’ll need to create a beautiful piece of art!

Come any time on the designated week to pick up your kit, and do your art whenever you have the time.

For teens in grades 6-12. 

Registration is required for each project.

Register for October: Pixel Art
Register for November: TBA
Register for December: TBA

Herbology: Kitchen Scrap Gardening & Spooky Fairy Gardens

Welcome to Hogwarts! This fall we’re continuing to explore Herbology.

We’ll be learning about growing plants from kitchen scraps, planting some in the library’s new planter, and watching them grow throughout the winter. We’ll also be planning, planting and decorating our very own SPOOKY fairy gardens that each participant will be able to take home.

All materials provided, registration is required as space is limited.

For teens in grades 6+ only.

Register HERE

Extreme BINGO!

It’s like regular BINGO, but Miss Kristen makes the rules…

For teens in grades 6+, registration is required.

10/23 Register HERE
11/20 Register HERE
12/18 Register HERE

Divination

Part of our Welcome to Hogwarts Series. Join Miss Kristen in Divination where we’ll be designing crystal balls and creating your own set of Rune Tiles.

All materials provided, registration required.

Teens in grades 6+ only.

Register HERE

Teen Book Box

Fill out the updated form (https://tinyurl.com/DPLTBB ) to receive a monthly Teen Book Box from the Durham Public Library.

(If you leave the optional questions blank we will just surprise you with a pick)

Inside you’ll find;

  • YA title checked-out to you
  • Surprise(s) 
  • Candy
  • A Sticker

We will email you when your box is ready. Stop by the front desk to pick up your box. When you are finished simply return the book (and the box if you’d like to help us recycle). You may keep the rest of the items in your box!

You will be notified when each month’s Teen Book Box is ready for you. You will have one week to come and pick up your box.

Books will be checked out to you for two months, however, in order to receive the next month’s box you MUST have returned the book to the library!

Miss a month? That’s ok we will be in touch again the following month. If you miss two pick-ups in a row we will just remove you from our list. You are welcome to register again if you want to re-join the program.