Wearing Words: A Mask-Making & Poetry Workshop
Date: Tue, Jun 16, 2026
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Venue: Main Library – Conference Room #3214, Durham
Price: Free
Category: Family
<blockquote> <p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Join author and poet <a href="https://khalisarae.com/">Khalisa Rae</a> in her <strong>Inspired Writer Series</strong> with Durham County Library!</span></span></p> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#242424"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><font data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">Inspired by Paul Laurence Dunbar’s <em>“We Wear the Mask”</em></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#242424"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">What masks do we wear to survive?<br /> Who are we underneath them?</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Inspired by Paul Laurence Dunbar’s iconic poem <em>“We Wear the Mask,”</em> this workshop invites participants to explore the emotional, social, cultural, and personal masks they wear every day. Through guided discussion, collage, reflection, and poetry writing, participants will create both a physical “mask” and a
