Upcoming Events

Featured Events

Tech Help @ The Seymour Center

Tech Help @ The Seymour Senior Center

Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 10:00am - 12:00pm

Program Type:

Special Events

Age Group:

Adults
Location: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Special Events

Autism Acceptance Month Film Screening and Panel

Saturday, April 4, 2026 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Program Type:

Special Events

Age Group:

Adults
Registration will close on April 4, 2026 @ 2:00pm.
Location: Library
Room: Meeting Room B
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Special Events
Registration Required
Event Details:

For autism acceptance month, join us for our annual screening of a film that centers the neurodivergent experience, followed by a panel conversation with Autistic adults.

kids chess club

Kids Chess Club

Monday, April 6, 2026 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Program Type:

After School

Age Group:

Kids
Location: Library
Room: Meeting Room A
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: After School
Event Details:

Our chess club invites kids of all skill levels for friendly, open play. 

thinking with philosophy

Thinking with Philosophy with the UNC-Chapel Hill Philosophy Department

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 at 2:00pm - 3:45pm

Program Type:

Special Events

Age Group:

Adults
Location: Library
Room: Meeting Room B
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Special Events
Event Details:

Explore life’s most pressing questions alongside students from diverse life stages and backgrounds in this Spring 2026 series offered by the Philosophy Department at UNC-Chapel Hill in partnership with Chapel Hill Pub

Books & Belonging

Books and Belonging

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 at 2:15pm - 3:00pm

Program Type:

Special Events

Age Group:

Teens, Adults
Location: Library
Room: Meeting Room A
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Special Events
Event Details:

 B3 Coffee and Chapel Hill Public Library are excited to present: Books and Belonging!

byob ook club

B.Y.O.Book Club

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Age Group:

Adults
Registration will close on April 8, 2026 @ 6:30pm.
Location: Library
Room: Meeting Room A
Age Group: Adults
Registration Required
Event Details:

"Keep a poem in your pocket and a picture in your head, and you'll never feel lonely." That's the idea behind this month's Bring Your Own Book Club.

big book sale

Friends Big Book Sale — Members Only Sale

Friday, April 10, 2026 at 2:00pm - 5:30pm

Program Type:

Book Sale

Age Group:

Kids, Teens, Adults
Location: Library
Age Group: Kids, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Book Sale
Event Details:

The Friends Big Book Sale has thousands of great books and puzzles for all ages at bargain prices — just in time for holiday shopping! 

big book sale

Friends Big Book Sale

Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 10:00am - 5:00pm

Program Type:

Book Sale

Age Group:

Kids, Teens, Adults
Location: Library
Age Group: Kids, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Book Sale
Event Details:

The Friends Big Book Sale has thousands of great books and puzzles for all ages at bargain prices — just in time for holiday shopping! 

hora de cuentos

Hora de cuentos

Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 10:15am - 10:45am

Program Type:

Story Time

Age Group:

Kids
Location: Library
Room: Kids' Program Room
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:

¡Únete a la Sra. Yelitza para la hora del cuento en español! Niños y sus cuidadores están invitados a participar en un programa interactivo, completamente en español, que incluye libros, rimas, música y movimiento. 

bird watch

Bird Watch

Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Program Type:

Explore More

Age Group:

Kids, Teens, Adults
Location: Library
Room: Terrace
Age Group: Kids, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Explore More
Event Details:

Grab your binoculars (or use ours) and join us on the library terrace to contribute to science at Bird Watch.

big book sale

Friends Big Book Sale — $10 Bag Sale

Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 10:00am - 3:00pm

Program Type:

Book Sale

Age Group:

Kids, Teens, Adults
Location: Library
Age Group: Kids, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Book Sale
Event Details:

The Friends Big Book Sale has thousands of great books and puzzles for all ages at bargain prices — just in time for holiday shopping! 

medicare basics

Medicare Basics

Monday, April 13, 2026 at 5:30pm - 7:00pm

Age Group:

Adults
Registration will close on April 13, 2026 @ 5:30pm.
Location: Library
Room: Meeting Room C
Age Group: Adults
Registration Required
queer comics club

Queer Comics Club

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm

Program Type:

After School

Age Group:

Teens
Registration will close on April 14, 2026 @ 5:00pm.
Location: Library
Room: Meeting Room D
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: After School
Registration Required
Event Details:

Theme: In the Garden

mini med school

Mini Med School

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Program Type:

Special Events

Age Group:

Adults
Location: Library
Room: Meeting Room A
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Special Events
Event Details:

Ever wondered how doctors think about diseases, current therapies and groundbreaking research? Welcome to Mini Med School brought to you by the UNC MD-PhD program!

thinking with philosophy

Thinking with Philosophy with the UNC-Chapel Hill Philosophy Department

Wednesday, April 15, 2026 at 2:00pm - 3:45pm

Program Type:

Special Events

Age Group:

Adults
Location: Library
Room: Meeting Room B
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Special Events
Event Details:

Explore life’s most pressing questions alongside students from diverse life stages and backgrounds in this Spring 2026 series offered by the Philosophy Department at UNC-Chapel Hill in partnership with Chapel Hill Pub

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Age Group

LEGO Club

4:00pm–4:45pm
Kids
After School, STEAM
Location: Library
Room: Meeting Room A
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: After School, STEAM
Event Details:

Come build with us! Create your own stories through LEGO challenges and free builds. 

Things to Know

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Photography

We frequently take photos and videos at our events. Here's what we do with them.

Tech Help @ The Seymour Senior Center

10:00am–12:00pm
Adults
Special Events
Offsite Event
Location: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Special Events

We'll be bringing our staff for Tech Help to the Seymour Center once a month. Need a hand using your smartphone? Have questions about new technology or setting up online accounts? Need help downloading an eBook? Unsure how to navigate social media?
Chapel Hill Public Library staff will be available to answer questions and help with your tech needs! 

Family Story Time

10:15am–10:45am
Kids
Story Time
Location: Library
Room: Kids' Program Room
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Story Time

30 minutes of stories, songs, rhymes, and movement for the whole family.

For ages 2 +.

Things to Know

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Photography

We frequently take photos and videos at our events. Here's what we do with them.

Kids' Crafternoon

4:00pm–4:45pm
Kids
Craft, Special Events
Location: Library
Room: Meeting Room A
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Craft, Special Events
Event Details:

Join us for Kid's Crafternoon and get creative with a hands-on mosaic craft! Air-dry clay and a variety of tesserae materials will be provided to spark your creativity.

Baby Time

10:15am–10:45am
Kids
Story Time
Location: Library
Room: Kids' Program Room
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Story Time

15-20 minutes a short story or two and lots of songs and rhymes that help babies learn language.

For ages 0-24 months.

Things to Know

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Photography

We frequently take photos and videos at our events. Here's what we do with them.

Baby Time

11:00am–11:30am
Kids
Story Time
Location: Library
Room: Kids' Program Room
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Story Time

15-20 minutes a short story or two and lots of songs and rhymes that help babies learn language.

For ages 0-24 months.

Things to Know

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Photography

We frequently take photos and videos at our events. Here's what we do with them.

Family Story Time

10:15am–10:45am
Kids
Story Time
Location: Library
Room: Kids' Program Room
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Story Time

30 minutes of stories, songs, rhymes, and movement for the whole family.

For ages 2 +.

Things to Know

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Photography

We frequently take photos and videos at our events. Here's what we do with them.

Ballet and Books

1:00pm–2:30pm
Kids
Special Events
Location: Library
Room: Meeting Room A
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Special Events
Event Details:

Ballet and Books is a national, non-profit organization striving to reduce the literacy gap through the hybrid storytelling of dance and reading. The program is once a week for 8 weeks.

Autism Acceptance Month Film Screening and Panel

2:00pm–3:30pm
Adults
Special Events
Sign-Up Open
Registration Required
Registration will close on April 4, 2026 @ 2:00pm.
Location: Library
Room: Meeting Room B
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Special Events
Registration Required
Event Details:

For autism acceptance month, join us for our annual screening of a film that centers the neurodivergent experience, followed by a panel conversation with Autistic adults.

Things to Know

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Photography

We frequently take photos and videos at our events. Here's what we do with them.

Food Allergy

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

Easter

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Library, Off Site, Staff 1-on-1

Kids Chess Club

4:00pm–5:00pm
Kids
After School
Location: Library
Room: Meeting Room A
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: After School
Event Details:

Our chess club invites kids of all skill levels for friendly, open play. 

Things to Know

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Photography

We frequently take photos and videos at our events. Here's what we do with them.

Preschool Story Time

10:15am–10:45am
Kids
Story Time
Location: Library
Room: Kids' Program Room
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Story Time

30 minutes of longer stories, songs, and other early literacy activities that prepare preschoolers and kindergartners to read.  

For ages 3 - 6 years.

Things to Know

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Photography

We frequently take photos and videos at our events. Here's what we do with them.

Foundations of Finance for Teens

5:30pm–7:00pm
Teens
Sign-Up Open
Registration Required
Registration will close on April 7, 2026 @ 5:00pm.
Location: Library
Room: Meeting Room C
Age Group: Teens
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for Foundations of Finance, a spring series presented in collaboration with Volunteers for Youth. Participants will build financial foundations, craft resumes, and develop skills for confident real-world decision-making.

Things to Know

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Photography

We frequently take photos and videos at our events. Here's what we do with them.

Desegregating Carolina: McKissick vs. Carmichael

6:00pm–8:00pm
Adults
Community History
Sign-Up Open
Registration Required
Registration will close on April 7, 2026 @ 5:30pm.
Location: Library
Room: Meeting Room B
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Community History
Registration Required
Event Details:

Harvey Beech, James Lassiter, J. Kenneth Lee, Floyd McKissick, and James Robert Walker enrolled in the UNC School of Law in 1951, following a court order that said the Law School must admit Black students.

Let's Get Moving : Chair-Based Exercise Class

10:00am–11:00am
Adults
Sign-Up Open
Registration Required
Registration will close on April 8, 2026 @ 10:00am.
Location: Library
Room: Meeting Room B
Age Group: Adults
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for a free, chair-based dance fitness class designed to deliver a full-body workout that is both uplifting and fun. This class is perfect for elders, people who live with disabilities, and anyone else who needs extra support.

Toddler Time

10:15am–10:45am
Kids
Story Time
Location: Library
Room: Kids' Program Room
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Story Time

20 minutes of shorter stories, songs, rhymes, and movement that help with toddlers' social, emotional, and language development.   

For ages 18-36 months.

Things to Know

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Photography

We frequently take photos and videos at our events. Here's what we do with them.

Toddler Time

11:00am–11:30am
Kids
Story Time
Location: Library
Room: Kids' Program Room
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Story Time

20 minutes of shorter stories, songs, rhymes, and movement that help with toddlers' social, emotional, and language development.   

For ages 18-36 months.

Things to Know

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Photography

We frequently take photos and videos at our events. Here's what we do with them.

Thinking with Philosophy with the UNC-Chapel Hill Philosophy Department

2:00pm–3:45pm
Adults
Special Events
Location: Library
Room: Meeting Room B
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Special Events
Event Details:

Explore life’s most pressing questions alongside students from diverse life stages and backgrounds in this Spring 2026 series offered by the Philosophy Department at UNC-Chapel Hill in partnership with Chapel Hill Pub

Things to Know

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Photography

We frequently take photos and videos at our events. Here's what we do with them.

Books and Belonging

2:15pm–3:00pm
Teens, Adults
Special Events
Location: Library
Room: Meeting Room A
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Special Events
Event Details:

 B3 Coffee and Chapel Hill Public Library are excited to present: Books and Belonging!

Things to Know

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Photography

We frequently take photos and videos at our events. Here's what we do with them.

Internet

Chapel Hill Public Library provides free and open access to the Internet and does not use any filtering software. We also provide free WiFi on an open, unsecured network. We are not responsible for any content accessed via our computers or WiFi.

CWS Spring 2026: Drop-In Tech Help

3:00pm–4:00pm
Adults
Technology Class
Sign-Up Open
Registration Required
Registration will close on April 8, 2026 @ 3:00pm.
Location: Library
Room: Tech Lab
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Technology Class
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for free computer workshops and drop-in tech help with instructors from the UNC School of Information and Library Science, every Wednesday from 3-4 PM in the Tech Lab. 

B.Y.O.Book Club

6:30pm–7:30pm
Adults
Sign-Up Open
Registration Required
Registration will close on April 8, 2026 @ 6:30pm.
Location: Library
Room: Meeting Room A
Age Group: Adults
Registration Required
Event Details:

"Keep a poem in your pocket and a picture in your head, and you'll never feel lonely." That's the idea behind this month's Bring Your Own Book Club.

Things to Know

Photography

We frequently take photos and videos at our events. Here's what we do with them.

Food Allergy

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

Family Story Time

10:15am–10:45am
Kids
Story Time
Location: Library
Room: Kids' Program Room
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Story Time

30 minutes of stories, songs, rhymes, and movement for the whole family.

For ages 2 +.

Things to Know

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Photography

We frequently take photos and videos at our events. Here's what we do with them.

Kids Graphic Novel Book Club

4:00pm–4:45pm
Kids
After School
Sign-Up Open
Registration Required
Registration will close on April 9, 2026 @ 4:00pm.
Location: Library
Room: Kids' Program Room
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: After School
Registration Required
Event Details:

Can’t stop reading graphic novels?

Things to Know

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Photography

We frequently take photos and videos at our events. Here's what we do with them.

Food Allergy

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

Solar System Walk

All Day 4/10–4/30
Kids, Teens, Adults
Explore More
Location: Library
Age Group: Kids, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Explore More
Event Details:

Travel 3.6 billion miles from the Sun to Pluto without leaving Pritchard Park! Our Solar System Walk, created in partnership with Morehead Planetarium, will be available from April 10-30.

Things to Know

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Supervision

Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Photography

We frequently take photos and videos at our events. Here's what we do with them.