Keep learning.
At The Forest, we are seekers of knowledge. We are devoted to lifelong learning, education, and exploration.
The people who live here are curious and love learning about new people, places, and things. Our residents enjoy attending classes, lectures, workshops, and concerts on site. They also frequent Durham’s downtown theater options, activities on area campuses, and sporting events all over the Triangle. We take every possible opportunity to exercise the mind and energize the spirit.
PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES
The Forest at Duke offers 400+ monthly opportunities to keep doing, contributing, and achieving. Want to take a hike by the Eno River? Learn a new skill? Join a chorus, try a new restaurant, or discuss the latest bestseller? Here you can do all of that and more.
There are always new and interesting programs and activities to discover here and beyond. In addition to our on-site schedule and classes organized by the renowned Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Duke University, there are always plenty of off-campus excursions in every direction, too! Here is a small sampling of the many events, clubs, services, and workshops we host and places we visit throughout the year:
- Billiards
- Bingo
- Book Discussion Group
- Bridge
- Catholic Mass
- Christian Fellowship and Bible Study
- Clay Creativity
- Diversity & Inclusion Collaborative
- Duke Chapel Sunday Service Simulcast
- Drawing, Sketching, Color, and Painting
- Encore Store
- Episcopal Service
- Exploring Clay
- Forest Film Festival
- Forest Singers
- Friday Shabbat Service
- Friday Social Hour
- Great Decisions Discussion Group
- Guest Lecture Series
- Handwork Gathering
- Health Center Volunteers
- Henry Rogers Art Program
- Jewelry Design and Repair
- Laughter Crafters
- Local hiking trails, parks, and greenways
- Magnolia Melodies Music Therapy
- Mahjong
- Meditation
- Mix & Mingle dinners
- Movie evenings and matinees
- Music appreciation
- Musician Luke Lowe
- Musician Tom Neuhauser
- NorCCRA
- OLLI French Round Table
- OLLI Symposia Excursions & Diversions
- Pianist Christian Foushee-Green
- Pictorial Directory
- Play Readers Troupe
- Resident Readers
- Rose Clippers
- Saturday Night Sing-Along
- Souped Up Social Hour
- Tasting the Triangle
- Tech Corner
- TED Talks Discussion Group
- TFAD Residents’ Association
- The Forester
- Triangle CCRC Meet-Up
- Watercolor Class
- American Ballet Theatre
- American Dance Festival
- Carolina Performing Arts
- Carolina Ballet
- Chamber Arts Society
- Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle
- Choral Society of Durham
- Ciompi Quartet
- Duke Athletics
- Duke Performances
- Duke University Chorale
- Durham Bulls Baseball
- Durham Performing Arts Center
- Mallarmé Music
- Metropolitan Opera Live in HD
- Nasher Museum of Art
- North Carolina Museum of Art
- North Carolina Symphony
- OASIS Library Program (Durham County Library)
- The Piatigorsky Foundation
- PlayMakers Repertory Company
- Sarah P. Duke Gardens
- SONAM (Singers of New and Ancient Music)

