Blanco en Durham

Join us for a night of poetry with Richard Blanco, the youngest, first Latino and first openly gay poet to serve as the presidential inaugural poet. He is the author of three prize winning books, "City of a Hundred Fires," "Directions to the Beach of the Dead" and "Looking for the Gulf Motel."A special fundraiser for the Durham County Library will precede the poetry reading, at 6 p.m., $50 per person. See website for details.