Humanities Programs at Durham County Library Brought to you with support from Durham Library Foundation. All programs are free and open to the public. ARTISAN BAKERS OF DURHAM
DCL Sunday, June 3, 3 p.m. Library, 300 N. Roxboro St. Foodie Main Join long-time Durham baker Frank Series Ferrell, of Ninth Street Bakery,
as he moderates a panel of Durham’s artisan bakers including Anna Branley of The Cupcake Bar, Claudia Kemmet-Cooper of Guglhupf, Kevin Farmer of Rue Cler, Phoebe Lawless of Scratch, Rob Nichols (a Durham resident) of Weaver Street and Ronald Graff of Loaf. The panel will be followed by a Q&A session.
THE DOC BRANCH BAND Sunday, June 10, 3 p.m. North Regional Library, 221 Milton Rd. The Doc Branch Band performs a concert of old time fiddle tunes, original compositions, bluegrass standards and more, prefaced by a conversation with the audience led by Doc Branch historian and aficionado Peter Kramer. The roots of this band are deep in northern Durham County. Their ancestors settled the area over two centuries ago, and the family has been playing music for themselves and for community gatherings and dances for as long as anyone can remember. Join band members Harold Terry, Tim Terry, Roland Terry, Hal Mekeel and Johnny Taylor for a delightful afternoon of fine music. This event is dedicated to the memory of fiddler Edsel Terry, Dec. 8, 1921-Dec. 29, 2011. MAYBERRY MODERNISM Tuesday, June 12, 7 p.m. Main Library, 300 N. Roxboro St. Join George Smart, founder of Triangle Modernist Houses, in an exploration of these innovative, North Carolina’s Favorite Food has the third largest forward-looking structures. The Triangle concentration of such buildings in the United States, behind only Southwest Regional • 3605 Shannon Rd. Los Angeles and Chicago.
Barbecue:
Tuesday, July 10, BARBECUE: NORTH CAROLINA’S 7 pm– 8 pm FAVORITE FOOD Join one of America’s leading Tuesday, July 10, 7 p.m. barbecue experts, Bob Garner, as he discusses his newestLibrary, 3605 Shannon Rd. Southwest Regional book, Bob Garner’s Book of Barbecue: North Carolina’s Join one of America’s leading barbecue Favorite Food. A book-signing will follow the talk. experts, Bob Garner, as he discusses his newest book, Bob Garner’s Book of Barbecue: North Carolina’s Favorite Food. A book-signing will follow the talk.
FROM GOOBER PEAS TO LIBERTY MEAT: PEANUTS IN AMERICAN CULTURE AND CUISINE Tuesday, July 17, 7 p.m. Main Library, 300 N. Roxboro St. Join historian Dr. David Walbert for a talk about the strange history of the peanut. Since the nineteenth century, peanuts have been hailed as a boon to farmers, nutrition for kids, a vegetarian’s staple, protein for the poor and a patriotic answer to wartime shortages – yet we eat them mostly as peanut butter sandwiches and Snickers bars. Dr. Walbert is the former editor of the North Carolina digital Textbook Project from LEARN NC and a popular blogger. MEET THE AUTHOR: DR. MAURICE WALLACE Sunday, July 29, 3 p.m. Main Library, 300 N. Roxboro St. Dr. Maurice Wallace, associate professor of English and African & African American Studies at Duke University, will discuss Pictures and Progress: Early Photography and the Making of African American Identity which he co-wrote with Shawn Michelle Smith. This book explores how prominent nineteenth-century African-American intellectuals and activists understood photography’s power to shape perceptions about race and employed. Featuring over 70 images, this book brings to light the wide-ranging practices of early African-American photography and studies the effects photography had on radicalized thinking. MEET THE AUTHOR: DR. KATHERINE MELLEN CHARRON Sunday, August 5, 3 p.m. Main Library, 300 N. Roxboro St. Join Dr. Katherine Charron, associate professor of history at North Carolina State University, for a discussion of her book Freedom’s Teacher: The Life of Septima Clark. In the mid-1950s, Clark developed a citizenship training program that enabled thousands of African Americans to register to vote. Dr. Charron demonstrates Clark’s crucial role – and the role of many black women teachers – in making education a cornerstone of the twentieth-century freedom struggle. A book signing will follow the discussion.
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