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Girl Scouts Troop 47337 Meeting

Sunday, October 5, 2025 at 3:00pm - 4:15pm
Maze Branch Meeting Room at Maze Branch Library
Maze Branch Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Maze Branch Library
Room: Maze Branch Meeting Room
Puppets on a stage

Shake, Rattle & Read at Maze

Monday, October 6, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Maze Branch Meeting Room at Maze Branch Library
Program Type:
Kids & Families, Storytimes
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Preschool

An energetic program designed for children up to age 5, with caregivers. Get ready to sing, dance, and listen to great stories!

 

 

 

Library Branch: Maze Branch Library
Room: Maze Branch Meeting Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Kids & Families, Storytimes
Event Details:

An energetic program designed for children up to age 5, with caregivers. Get ready to sing, dance, and listen to great stories!

 

 

 

Disclaimer(s)

Masks Encouraged

Masks for everyone age 2+ are encouraged while attending this program.

“The right information can change your situation”

Beyond the Books Co-Ed Mentor Program

Monday, October 6, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Veterans Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Careers & Businesses, Community Partner, Health & Wellness, Students Grades 6-8, Students Grades 9-12
Age Group:
Middle School, High School
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Veterans Room
Age Group: Middle School, High School
Program Type: Careers & Businesses, Community Partner, Health & Wellness, Students Grades 6-8, Students Grades 9-12

Oak Park Raging Grannies and Friends Rehearsal

Monday, October 6, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:15pm
Small Meeting Room at Main Library
Meeting/Event Description:

Oak Park Raging Grannies and Friends Rehearsal

Main Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Small Meeting Room
Meeting/Event Description

Oak Park Raging Grannies and Friends Rehearsal

Puppets on a stage

Shake, Rattle & Read at Lindberg Park

Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Offsite
Program Type:
Kids & Families, Storytimes
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Preschool

We’re partnering with the Park District of Oak Park to bring the library to your neighborhood! Share books, songs, and play with fun storytimes in our parks. Best for families with kids 0-5.

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Offsite
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Kids & Families, Storytimes
Event Details:

We’re partnering with the Park District of Oak Park to bring the library to your neighborhood! Share books, songs, and play with fun storytimes in our parks. Best for families with kids 0-5.

Puppets on a stage

Baby Lapsit

Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Storytime Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Kids & Families, Storytimes
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers
Baby Lapsit:

This storytime is designed for one-on-one interactions between caregivers and babies who are not yet walking. Babies learn to associate books with fun and shared moments with their...

 

#babytoddler

Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Kids & Families, Storytimes
Event Details:

Baby Lapsit

This storytime is designed for one-on-one interactions between caregivers and babies who are not yet walking. Babies learn to associate books with fun and shared moments with their favorite adults. Short books are paired with songs and rhymes that are modeled to introduce pre-literacy skills. #babytoddler See all upcoming storytimes »

 

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Disclaimer(s)

Masks Encouraged

Masks for everyone age 2+ are encouraged while attending this program.

Yoga mats stacked next to a chair

VIRTUAL: Chair Yoga

Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 12:30pm - 1:00pm
Virtual Program at Virtual
Program Type:
Equity & Anti-Racism, Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults, Older Adults
Chair Yoga:

Calm and center your mind while moving your body through intentional poses and sequences. Chair yoga can improve your flexibility, concentration, and strength, while boosting your ...

Register now
Registration Required
Virtual Event
Registration will close on December 30, 2025 @ 12:30pm.
Library Branch: Virtual
Room: Virtual Program
Age Group: Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Equity & Anti-Racism, Health & Wellness
Registration Required

Chair Yoga

Calm and center your mind while moving your body through intentional poses and sequences. Chair yoga can improve your flexibility, concentration, and strength, while boosting your mood, and reducing stress and joint strain. Now is a great time to start a practice or revisit one.

What to know before you join

  • Chair yoga and meditation are accessible and open for all
  • Dress comfortably
  • Find a location where you can focus and dedicate 30 minutes to you
  • You are not required to keep your camera on
  • Prepare to take time to match your movement and motion and have a little fun
  • Have a chair that can be stationary

About the instructor
Instructor DuShaun Branch is focused on bringing yoga to as many BIPOC and plus-sized communities as possible. She believes people not only need rest and relaxation, but resistance. Yoga is a powerful way to tap into the balance of ease and positive effort. DuShaun teaches through the lens of equity and trauma-informed, hosting classes in “nontraditional” settings all over the city. She intends on taking down as many barriers as possible to bring yoga to those who are looking for calm and relaxed minds. DuShaun truly believes yoga is for all, and shares that throughout Chicago and beyond.

Disclaimer(s)

Virtual Program

After you register (below), you will receive an email with a specific Zoom link to join the event.

By registering, you agree to library policy and understand that no conduct is permitted that may reasonably be expected to create a disturbance or otherwise interfere with the safe use and enjoyment of the library and program by others. All times are listed in Central time.

Puppets on a stage

Supported Storytime & Family Play

Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Storytime Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Equity & Anti-Racism, Kids & Families, Storytimes
Age Group:
Preschool, Elementary School

Designed for children with disabilities and support needs ages 3+ with caregiver support. Classes are structured with visual schedules and include fun picture books and songs, with fine and gross motor movement activities.

Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Preschool, Elementary School
Program Type: Equity & Anti-Racism, Kids & Families, Storytimes
Event Details:

Designed for children with disabilities and support needs ages 3+ with caregiver support. Classes are structured with visual schedules and include fun picture books and songs, with fine and gross motor movement activities.

Disclaimer(s)

Masks Encouraged

Masks for everyone age 2+ are encouraged while attending this program.

What's Your Craft 2025

What's Your Craft

Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
High School Space at Main Library
Program Type:
Arts & Culture, Students Grades 6-8, Students Grades 9-12
Age Group:
Middle School, High School

What's Your Craft is a DIY program designed to inspire self-motivation and personal growth through art for teens.

Register now
Registration Required
Registration will close on October 7, 2025 @ 4:00pm.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: High School Space
Age Group: Middle School, High School
Program Type: Arts & Culture, Students Grades 6-8, Students Grades 9-12
Registration Required
Event Details:

What's Your Craft is a DIY program designed to inspire self-motivation and personal growth through art for teens.

Lights, Camera, Community!

🎬 Lights, Camera, Community

Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Veterans Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Arts & Culture, Careers & Businesses, Community Partner, Multicultural, Students Grades 6-8, Students Grades 9-12
Age Group:
Middle School, High School

🎬 Lights, Camera, Community | A Creative Adventure is your chance to step behind (and in front of) the camera to capture the real stories of Oak Park — through 

Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Veterans Room
Age Group: Middle School, High School
Program Type: Arts & Culture, Careers & Businesses, Community Partner, Multicultural, Students Grades 6-8, Students Grades 9-12
Event Details:

🎬 Lights, Camera, Community | A Creative Adventure is your chance to step behind (and in front of) the camera to capture the real stories of Oak Park — through 

Balancing pile of pebbles

Self Defense Workshop for Adults

Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Veterans Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Arts & Culture
Age Group:
Adults, Older Adults

Join Lindsey Daehnke, Founder and Lead Instructor at Strictly Self Defense, as she teaches simple self-defense techniques and strategies.

Register now
Registration Required
Registration will close on October 7, 2025 @ 6:30pm.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Veterans Room
Age Group: Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Arts & Culture
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join Lindsey Daehnke, Founder and Lead Instructor at Strictly Self Defense, as she teaches simple self-defense techniques and strategies.

Disclaimer(s)

Physical Activity

By joining this class, you declare that you are physically fit and ready to participate and understand any physical activity may involve some risk of injury. You may rest at any time during the class. It is your responsibility to consult with your physician with respect to any past or present injury, illness, health problem, or any other condition or medication that may affect your participation.

The participant assumes all risks of injury and illness that may result from such participation. The participant agrees to waive and release the Oak Park Public Library, its officers, employees, trustees, and agents and shall hold such persons/entity harmless from any and all liability for any claim, suit, or other cause of action which might arise from injuries, illness, damages, or loss which may occur on account of participation in such activities.

Puppets on a stage

Shake, Rattle & Read at Scoville Park

Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Offsite
Program Type:
Kids & Families, Storytimes
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Preschool

We’re partnering with the Park District of Oak Park to bring the library to your neighborhood! Share books, songs, and play with fun storytimes in our parks. Best for families with kids 0-5.

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Offsite
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Kids & Families, Storytimes
Event Details:

We’re partnering with the Park District of Oak Park to bring the library to your neighborhood! Share books, songs, and play with fun storytimes in our parks. Best for families with kids 0-5.

Wednesday Movie Matinee: "My Girl"

Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:30pm
Veterans Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Arts & Culture
Age Group:
Adults, Older Adults
Wednesday Movie Matinee:

Join us each Wednesday for an afternoon film screening at the Main Library!

In the heartfelt film My Girl, a girl (Anna Chlumsky) grieving the death of her mother befriends a boy (Macaulay Culkin) who suffers from allergies and helps her out of her shell.

Register now
Registration Required
Registration will close on October 8, 2025 @ 1:00pm.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Veterans Room
Age Group: Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Arts & Culture
Registration Required
Event Details:

Wednesday Movie Matinee

Join us each Wednesday for an afternoon film screening at the Main Library!

In the heartfelt film My Girl, a girl (Anna Chlumsky) grieving the death of her mother befriends a boy (Macaulay Culkin) who suffers from allergies and helps her out of her shell.

Tea Talk

Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Middle School Space at Main Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness, Students Grades 6-8
Age Group:
Middle School
Tea Talk:

A place for middle school students to drink tea while getting the "tea" they need to succeed.

Register now
Registration Required
Registration will close on October 8, 2025 @ 4:00pm.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Middle School Space
Age Group: Middle School
Program Type: Health & Wellness, Students Grades 6-8
Registration Required

Tea Talk

A place for middle school students to drink tea while getting the "tea" they need to succeed.

Community Mental Health Board Community Input Session

Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Veterans Room at Main Library
Meeting/Event Description:

(1) To provide information to the Oak Park community about the prevalence of behavioral health needs and the gaps in services. (2) To receive input from the Oak Park community abou...

Main Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Veterans Room
Meeting/Event Description

(1) To provide information to the Oak Park community about the prevalence of behavioral health needs and the gaps in services. (2) To receive input from the Oak Park community about the priorities and needs they are experiencing.

Medicare Changes for 2026

Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Small Meeting Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Civic Learning, Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults, Older Adults

Medicare is not a one-size-fits-all program.  If you need to make changes to your plan this November, Annese Piazza will walk you through the process so you can maximize your benefits and get the coverage you need.

Register now
Registration Required
Registration will close on October 8, 2025 @ 6:30pm.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Small Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Civic Learning, Health & Wellness
Registration Required
Event Details:

Medicare is not a one-size-fits-all program.  If you need to make changes to your plan this November, Annese Piazza will walk you through the process so you can maximize your benefits and get the coverage you need.

RfR Monthly Meeting

Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Conference Room at Main Library
Main Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Conference Room
Puppets on a stage

Shake, Rattle & Read at Euclid Square Park

Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Offsite
Program Type:
Kids & Families, Storytimes
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Preschool

We’re partnering with the Park District of Oak Park to bring the library to your neighborhood! Share books, songs, and play with fun storytimes in our parks. Best for families with kids 0-5.

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Offsite
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Kids & Families, Storytimes
Event Details:

We’re partnering with the Park District of Oak Park to bring the library to your neighborhood! Share books, songs, and play with fun storytimes in our parks. Best for families with kids 0-5.

Youth Network Council

Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 10:30am - 12:00pm
Small Meeting Room at Main Library
Main Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Small Meeting Room
Tablet with lightbulb on screen

Tablet Time

Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Storytime Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Digital Learning, Kids & Families
Age Group:
Preschool, Elementary School
Tablet Time:

It's Tablet Time in the Children's Services Area! Try apps for drawing, music, and video creation, puzzles and games, coding, science, and more!

Try out a new app, play a favorite game, share with a friend or by play yourself. Kids will play on Children's Services iPad in the storytime room. For Kids in grades PK-5.

Register now
Registration Required
Registration will close on October 9, 2025 @ 4:00pm.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Preschool, Elementary School
Program Type: Digital Learning, Kids & Families
Registration Required
Event Details:

Tablet Time

It's Tablet Time in the Children's Services Area! Try apps for drawing, music, and video creation, puzzles and games, coding, science, and more!

Try out a new app, play a favorite game, share with a friend or by play yourself. Kids will play on Children's Services iPad in the storytime room. For Kids in grades PK-5.

MHS Presents: Game On: Mind & Play Challenge

MHS Presents: 🧠 Game On: Mind & Play Challenge!

Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Small Meeting Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Careers & Businesses, Multicultural, Students Grades 6-8, Students Grades 9-12
Age Group:
Middle School, High School

Ready to flex your brain and level up your game? Join us for Game On: Mind & Play Challenge, the ultimate hangout spot for teens 10-18!

Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Small Meeting Room
Age Group: Middle School, High School
Program Type: Careers & Businesses, Multicultural, Students Grades 6-8, Students Grades 9-12
Event Details:

Ready to flex your brain and level up your game? Join us for Game On: Mind & Play Challenge, the ultimate hangout spot for teens 10-18!

League of Women Voters fall kickoff

Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 5:00pm - 8:30pm
Veterans Room at Main Library
Main Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Veterans Room

TPI Board of Directors Meeting

Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Conference Room at Main Library
Meeting/Event Description:

Quarterly Board of Directors meeting

Main Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Conference Room
Meeting/Event Description

Quarterly Board of Directors meeting

Oak Park Runners Club October Meeting

Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Dole Branch Meeting Room at Dole Branch Library
Meeting/Event Description:

Special club meeting with keynote Marathon speaker.

Dole Branch Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Dole Branch Library
Room: Dole Branch Meeting Room
Meeting/Event Description

Special club meeting with keynote Marathon speaker.