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Latine Author Book Cafe: "The Friend"

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Arts & Culture, Authors & Books, Equity & Anti-Racism, Multicultural
Main Library
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Small Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Arts & Culture, Authors & Books, Equity & Anti-Racism, Multicultural
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Seats Remaining: 18

Latine Author Book Cafe

Join us on the second Tuesday of each month as we discuss works written by Latine authors.* Spanish language copies will be made available when possible. Learn more about library-led book discussions »

*After discussion with community members and staff, the library changed its usage from “Latinx” to “Latine.” Latine is a term created by LGBTQIA+ Spanish speakers. This term uses the letter "e" to illustrate gender inclusivity within existing Spanish pronunciation rules. It is a more inclusive term that acknowledges the gender and language diversity of the community.

Event Details:

Book Pick: "The Friend" by Sigrid

Adult Improv

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Arts & Culture
Maze Branch Library
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Library Branch: Maze Branch Library
Room: Maze Branch Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Arts & Culture
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 63

Adult Improv

Looking for a way to let your inner comedian run free? Want to improve your quick-thinking skills? Join us for a night of spontaneous comedy. All skill levels welcome. Warning: Hilarity will ensue.

Adult Improv is held both in person at the Maze Branch Library and virtually every month; see all upcoming Adult Improv events »

Wednesday Movie Matinee: "River"

1:00pm - 3:30pm
Arts & Culture, Sustainability
Main Library
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Veterans Room
Age Group: Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Arts & Culture, Sustainability
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Seats Remaining: 149

Wednesday Movie Matinee

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

Event Details:

April is Earth Month; the film "River" explores the timeless relationship between human civilization and Earth's rivers. Spanning six continents, this visual and musical tour-de-force is celebratory, cautionary, and ultimately hopeful.

Zines & Chapbooks: A Self-Publishing Workshop (Part 2)

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Arts & Culture, Digital Learning, Equity & Anti-Racism, Multicultural
Main Library
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Creative Studio
Age Group: Middle School, High School, Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Arts & Culture, Digital Learning, Equity & Anti-Racism, Multicultural
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

Have you ever wanted a way to let people see your creativity, express your thought?

The Community Blood Center: Blood Drive

12:00pm - 4:00pm
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Veterans Room
Age Group: Adults, Older Adults
Event Details:

Community Blood Center Blood Drive

VIRTUAL: Library Love With Mychal Threets

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Arts & Culture, Civic Learning, Equity & Anti-Racism
Virtual
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Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Room: Virtual Program
Age Group: High School, Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Arts & Culture, Civic Learning, Equity & Anti-Racism
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 463
Event Details:

Celebrate National Library Week with library sensation Mychal Threets, in conversation with one of our very own librarians, Jabez. 

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.

VIRTUAL: Illinois Libraries Present: The Art of Foraging With Alexis Nikole Nelson

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Arts & Culture
Virtual
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Room: Virtual Program
Age Group: Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Arts & Culture
Event Details:

Alexis Nikole Nelson is a forager and an outdoor educator using her platforms, TikTok account @alexisnikole and Instagram page @blackforager, to celebrate all the edible plants hiding in plain sight.

Disclaimer(s)

Illinois Libraries Present Virtual Program

After you register (using the registration link above), 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.

This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present, a statewide collaboration among 200+ public libraries—including Oak Park Public Library—offering premier events for participating member libraries of all sizes and budgets. Funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, a Department of the Office for the Secretary of State, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).

Illinois Libraries Present is committed to inclusion and accessibility. To request accommodations, please email illinoislibrariespresent@gmail.com.

Laser Cutter Workshop: Garden Markers

11:30am - 12:30pm
Arts & Culture, Digital Learning
Main Library
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Creative Studio
Age Group: Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Arts & Culture, Digital Learning
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Seats Remaining: 7
Event Details:

Join us in creating a customized garden marker to organize your vegetable or flower garden using a laser cutter! Attendees will design the shape and text of their garden marker, then cut their design with the Makery's Glowforge.

English Language Conversation

10:00am - 11:00am
Equity & Anti-Racism
Main Library
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Small Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Equity & Anti-Racism
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Seats Remaining: 32
Event Details:

Join other English language learners to practice English and learn new vocabulary in an informal setting. Conversation Facilitators will lead the session with a variety of topics for conversation.

Arab American Heritage Celebration

12:00pm - 3:00pm
Arts & Culture, Community Partner, Equity & Anti-Racism, Kids & Families, Multicultural
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Veterans Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool, Elementary School, Middle School, High School, Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Arts & Culture, Community Partner, Equity & Anti-Racism, Kids & Families, Multicultural
Event Details:

Please join the Oak Park Public Library and our community partners in celebrating Arab American Heritage Month! This vibrant cultural program is designed to foster understanding, appreciation, and celebration of Arab American heritage.

VIRTUAL: Chair Yoga

12:30pm - 1:00pm
Health & Wellness
Virtual
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Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Room: Virtual Program
Age Group: Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
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Seats Remaining: Unlimited

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.

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.

Scrabble Club

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Arts & Culture
Main Library
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Small Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Arts & Culture
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Seats Remaining: 24
Event Details:

Join us for a friendly game of Scrabble. All skills levels and ages are welcome.

Encoded Memories: DIY Printmaking Workshop

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Arts & Culture, Community Partner, Digital Learning, Equity & Anti-Racism, Multicultural
Main Library
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Creative Studio
Age Group: Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Arts & Culture, Community Partner, Digital Learning, Equity & Anti-Racism, Multicultural
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Learn the art of DIY printmaking and contribute to a community art exhibition by creating collaged ink drawings from carbon copy paper and crayons.

Folk Music Series Performance: Kray Van Kirk

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Arts & Culture
Main Library
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Veterans Room
Age Group: Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Arts & Culture
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 57

Folk Music Series

This event is presented in part by the generous support of the Friends of the Oak Park Public Library. As a separate 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, the Friends have been raising funds and building valuable bridges between the library and community since 1948. Learn more about the Friends of the Oak Park Public Library »

Event Details:

Join us for a lively musical performance from Kray Van Kirk.

About Kray Van Kirk

Words on Wednesday: "What You Are Looking for Is in the Library"

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Authors & Books
Main Library
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Small Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Authors & Books
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 32

Words on Wednesday

Expect stimulating conversation about fiction and nonfiction titles selected by Adult Services Librarians. Learn more about library-led book discussions »

Event Details:

What you are looking for is in the library by Michiko Aoyama is a charming, internationally bestselling Japanese novel about how the perfect book recommendatio

Wednesday Movie Matinee: "The Lake at the Bottom of the World"

1:00pm - 3:30pm
Arts & Culture, Sustainability
Main Library
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Veterans Room
Age Group: Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Arts & Culture, Sustainability
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 149

Wednesday Movie Matinee

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

Event Details:

April is Earth Month, join us to watch this documentary about an international team of scientists that explores a subglacial lake buried 3,600 feet beneath the Antarctic ice to reveal hidden truths about our planet's dynamic past.

College Student Game Nights!

5:30pm - 7:00pm
Equity & Anti-Racism
Main Library
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Veterans Room
Age Group: High School, Adults
Program Type: Equity & Anti-Racism
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 50
Event Details:

If you're a college students and looking for more ways to expand beyond your social networks this is the event for you! 

Play some games, enjoy some snacks, and potentially make some new friends here at the library.

Bird Making Workshop: Bird Collisions in the Anthropocene

4:00pm - 6:00pm
Arts & Culture, Civic Learning, Kids & Families, Sustainability
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Lobby Community Space
Age Group: Elementary School, Middle School, High School, Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Arts & Culture, Civic Learning, Kids & Families, Sustainability
Event Details:

Do you enjoy crafting and giving back to the community? If so, please join us in this upcycled bird making workshop that will help contribute to raising awareness about bird collision deaths.

Music Making Workshop: Create Your Own Ringtone

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Arts & Culture, Digital Learning
Main Library
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Creative Studio
Age Group: Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Arts & Culture, Digital Learning
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Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

Use digital tools to make your own ringtone! Attendees will learn how to use various online in-browser tools to create, export, and edit their own ringtone. No music making experience required, only a willingness to experiment and play.

Love on the Page Book Discussion: "Spark of the Everflame"

2:30pm - 3:30pm
Authors & Books
Main Library
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Small Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Authors & Books
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 25

Love on the Page Book Discussion

Join us as we meet every other month to discuss romance books and subgenres—like romantic fantasy, historical romance, contemporary romance, and more. Learn more about library-led book discussions »

Event Details:

This month we will be discussing Spark of the Everfla

English Language Conversation

10:00am - 11:00am
Equity & Anti-Racism
Main Library
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Small Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Equity & Anti-Racism
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Seats Remaining: 32
Event Details:

Join other English language learners to practice English and learn new vocabulary in an informal setting. Conversation Facilitators will lead the session with a variety of topics for conversation.

Crime & Coffee: "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil"

3:30pm - 5:00pm
Arts & Culture, Authors & Books
Main Library
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Scoville Room
Age Group: Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Arts & Culture, Authors & Books
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited

Crime & Coffee

Talk history and crime with fellow true crime lovers over a hot cup of coffee. Each month, participants will be presented with a true-crime case to discuss as a group. Expect multiple points of access to each case, from books, ebooks, and audiobooks to true crime podcasts, documentaries, and more. Then join library staff for coffee and snacks as we discuss the details. Whether you like to read, listen, or watch—or all of the above!—there's an option for everyone. Learn more about library-led book discussions »

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Death Cafe

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Health & Wellness
Main Library
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Small Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 32

Death Cafe

At a Death Cafe people, often strangers, gather to discuss death. The objective is to bring awareness to the impermanent nature of life so that we may remember the sacredness of each breath.

Disclaimer(s)

Masks Encouraged

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

VIRTUAL: Chair Yoga

12:30pm - 1:00pm
Health & Wellness
Virtual
Register now
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Room: Virtual Program
Age Group: Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited

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.

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.