Chapel Hill Public Library
A department of the Town of Chapel Hill
News Archives
May 19, 2010BOOKSALE WEEKEND--May 21-23
Cheap entertainment! Food for the soul! Deals for book addicts! Let summertime roll!
May 11, 2010Friends Annual Meeting: May 14May 11, 2010
May 14 Meet-the-Author Tea
Author Suzy Barile to read from her “Undaunted Heart: The True Story of a Southern Belle & a Yankee General”.
Apr 16, 2010Earth Week at Chapel Hill Public Library
Celebrate Earth Week at the Chapel Hill Public Library.
Mar 26, 2010Books Sandwiched In: April 7 at 11:30 am
Book discussion about America, America: A Novel by Ethan Canin.
Mar 25, 2010WRAL-TV's Bill Leslie Here Sunday, Jan. 24
“My songwriting began in the stairwell of my Morganton home in the 7th grade with a cheap Sears guitar laden with brutal steel strings…” (Bill Leslie)
Mar 22, 2010Meet-the-Author Tea: February 19
Southern Pines author James Dodson to discuss his memoir, “A Son of the Game.”
Mar 13, 2010Mallarme Youth Orchestra--April 3, 4-5 pm
Seating is limited! Please RSVP for this “Beyond the Books” program.
Dec 11, 20092010 Piedmont Laureate Announced
Durham County novelist Zelda Lockhart has been selected as the region’s 2010 Piedmont Laureate.
Dec 02, 2009Special Gift-Quality Book Sale! Dec. 16, 3-5 pm
The previous sale was so well-received, we are doing it again—offering gift-quality books at bargain prices. Happy Holidays!
Dec 02, 2009Friends' Meet-the-Author Tea: December 18
Author Erica Eisdorfer to read from, and discuss, her novel, “The Wet Nurse’s Tale”.
Nov 03, 2009Books Sandwiched In: Nov. 4 at 11:30
Ann Shearer will lead the discussion of Pete Hamill’s book “North River”
Oct 30, 2009An Unlikely Friendship: Nov. 7 at 3pm
An amazing documentary about a friendship that developed between a KKK leader and an outspoken black woman activist. Don’t miss this!
Oct 15, 2009"Tar Heel Fiction" Discussion Group
Just two sessions left in this wonderful scholar-led series!
Oct 15, 2009H1N1 Flu Information
We have it in 17 languages.
Oct 06, 2009September's Most Downloaded Books
Dan Brown’s “The Lost Symbol” Takes Top Spot
Sep 28, 2009Books Sandwiched In: Oct. 7, 11:30
“The House at Sugar Beach: in search of a lost African childhood” by Helene Cooper.
Sep 28, 2009Meet-the-Author Tea: Oct. 9 at 3:30
Featured guest will be William Conescu (“Being Written”).
Sep 23, 2009Time Change for PAGE Forum at CHPL
7:00 pm, not 8:30 pm
Sep 10, 2009Sat. (9/12) Videography Workshop Cancelled
The Videography Workshop scheduled for Saturday, September 12 has been rescheduled for October 24 at 4:00.
Sep 01, 2009NC Library Card Sign-up Month
Did you know that over 5 million North Carolinians have library cards?
Aug 20, 2009ATTENTION STUDENTS AGES 16-22!
Do you love making films? Check out the Friends’ first annual Student Film Festival-Contest.
Aug 19, 2009BSI Reads "To Kill A Mockingbird" Sept. 2
Books Sandwiched In to discuss this classic banned book.
Aug 19, 2009Free Online Business Resources
Here’s our top 10!
Jul 22, 2009Paul Cuadros: "A Home on the Field"
On August 5, the Friends’ Books Sandwiched In discussion will be led by author Paul Cuadros (“A Home on the Field”). (Please note the 11 a.m. time change for this special program.)
Jul 09, 2009CHPL Expands DVD Collection
CHPL’s DVD collection is not just for children anymore!
Jun 04, 20092009 Adult Summer Reading Program
Join us for the first ever Adult Summer Reading Program!
Jun 03, 2009E-Resources Donated by CHPL Foundation
Thanks to the Chapel Hill Public Library Foundation, children, teens and adults now have access to a variety of new and wonderful electronic resources.
May 15, 2009Friends Book Sale: May 29-31
The quarterly Friends book sale continues to be one of Chapel Hill’s most enjoyable recycling programs.
May 11, 2009Meet the Author Tea: May 15, 3:30-5:00
Dawn Shamp to read from her historical novel, “On Account of Conspicuous Women.”
May 04, 2009Piedmont Laureate's Poem of the Month
Jaki Shelton Green’s “digging for grandmothers”
Apr 27, 2009"Books Sandwiched In" - May 6
An informal brown bag book discussion of Jeannette Walls’ “The Glass Castle”.
Apr 25, 2009Free Resume Review & HelpApr 25, 2009
Monday Night Book Group!
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri will be discussed on Monday, April 20th 2009, at 7:00 pm in the Chapel Hill Public Library Conference Room.
Apr 25, 2009Meet-the-Author Tea: April 17
The April 17 Meet-the-Author Tea speaker will be Zelda Lockhart, author of Cold Running Creek.
Apr 03, 2009Employment Tips, Tools and Strategies
Learn to use the Internet to search for jobs online in CHPL’s free one-hour computer workshop.
Mar 11, 2009Poetry and Jazz to Benefit the Library!
The Chapel Hill Public Library Foundation cordially invites you to ‘Books and All That Jazz’ at the Siena Hotel on Sunday, April 19, 2009, from 3:00 until 5:00pm.
Feb 23, 2009Friends Book Sale: Feb 20-22
Curl up with a cheap book…
Jan 28, 2009Attention Southern Writers
“Writing the New South” project hopes to deepen understanding of “where we live, who we are and what we believe in this historic moment”.
Jan 22, 2009Having More Trouble Reading Than You Used To?
Check out the Friends’ February 14 program on assistive technology for people with low vision.
Jan 20, 2009Attention: Opera Program Venue Change
The Opera Company of North Carolina preview of La Cenerentola will be held at the Library on Sunday, January 25 at 3:00 pm.
Dec 18, 2008Meet-the-Author Tea: Nancy Peacock
Award Winning author Nancy Peacock will replace Louise Hawes as the key speaker this Friday, December 19.
Dec 04, 2008New Library Hours
CHPL has new open hours: Mon-Tue-Wed: 10am-9pm; Thur-Fri: 10am-6pm; Sat: 9am-6pm; Sun: 1pm-5pm.
Nov 14, 2008Meet-the-Author Tea: Nov. 21 at 3:30 pm
Featuring Joyce Allen, author of Hannah’s House.
Nov 13, 2008Prompt Writing Workshop - Sunday, Nov. 16, 3 pm
For writers and wannabe writers!
Oct 16, 2008Hidden Voices--"More than a performance!"
Clyde Edgerton says that Hidden Voices is “an event to be experienced and its power changes lives.”
Sep 16, 2008Opera About Town: Sunday, September 21
This Friends’ Sunday Series program will feature performers of the Opera Company of North Carolina and its General Director Frank Grebowski. Opera novices welcome!
Aug 13, 2008Friends Book Sale: August 22-24
Want books?
Aug 06, 2008CHPL Closing for Staff Training
CHPL will be open from 9am to 12pm on Thursday, August 28. The library will be closed for the remainder of the service day and all day on Friday, August 29 for staff training.
Jun 23, 2008No Morning Story Time on June 24
Due to the runoff primary elections in the Library’s meeting room, there will be no morning story time on Tuesday, June 24.
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