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Girl scouts

10:00am - 11:00am
Main Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Veterans Room

Young & Restless

11:00am - 11:30am
Main Library
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Kids & Families, Storytimes
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20

Young & Restless

Babies learn to associate books with fun and shared moments with favorite adults during this storytime designed for one-on-one interactions between caregivers and children birth to 24 months. One-year-olds love to wander and listen while they explore, and caregivers can help them participate while on the move. 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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Masks Encouraged

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

World Peace-Austyn

12:00pm - 2:30pm
Main Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Lobby Community Space
Meeting/Event Description
Open discussion and the public are welcome....

International Poetry Series: Asian Poetry

12:30pm - 2:00pm
Main Library
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Small Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Arts & Culture
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 16
Event Details:
Please join us for a survey of poetry around the world. We will meet in four monthly gatherings and begin our investigation with a literary culture of modern and contemporary Asian poets. In the subsequent sessions, we will read Middle Eastern&n...

Cuenta Cuentos con Kathy/Spanish Storytime With Kathy

2:00pm - 2:30pm
Main Library
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Preschool
Program Type: Kids & Families, Multicultural, Storytimes
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 25
Event Details:
Acompañanos para una media hora de cuentos en español con Kathy Valdivia. Ven a escuchar historias, canciones, y baile! Este evento ayudará con el crecimiento cognitivo y fomentará el amor por la lectura y el aprendizaje. Este programa está abiert...

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Masks Encouraged

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

Juneteenth Oratory Contest

2:30pm - 3:30pm
Main Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Small Meeting Room
Meeting/Event Description
We would love to use this space for its privacy to host the judging for a Juneteenth Oratory Contest. ...

Book Bike: Blast Off to Kindergarten

10:00am - 12:00pm
Offsite
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Offsite
Age Group: Preschool, Elementary School
Program Type: Kids & Families

Book Bike

The Book Bike brings the library to you and your neighbors by popping up throughout the village—April through October, weather permitting! Learn more about Oak Park’s Book Bike »

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The Book Bike visits the Rehm Park for Blast Off to Kindergarten, presented by the Collaboration for Early Childhood, weather permitting. Check out materials, read a book in the park with your child, learn about library services and events, ...

World Peace

12:00pm - 2:30pm
Maze Branch Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Maze Branch Library
Room: Maze Branch Meeting Room
Meeting/Event Description
Open discussion and the public are welcome....

HOLD

12:00pm - 3:00pm
Main Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Veterans Room

Juneteenth Oratory Contest

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Main Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Small Meeting Room
Meeting/Event Description
We would love to use this space for its privacy to host the judging for the Oratory Contest. Thank you!...

Troop 47289 Meeting

2:00pm - 4:30pm
Main Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Lobby Community Space
Meeting/Event Description
Final meeting for the girl scout season...

Juneteenth Oratory Contest

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Maze Branch Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Maze Branch Library
Room: Maze Branch Meeting Room
Meeting/Event Description
Juneteenth Original Oratory Competition...

Oak Park and River Forest Neurodiverse Social Club Support Group Meeting

3:00pm - 4:30pm
Main Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Small Meeting Room
Meeting/Event Description
This meeting is a combined support group/social connection opportunity for neurodiverse adults (18+) in the Chicago area, hosted by the Oak Park and River Forest Neurodiverse Social Club at the Main Branch of the Oak Park Public Library. Feel free to...

Shake, Rattle & Read at Maze

10:30am - 11:00am
Maze Branch Library
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Library Branch: Maze Branch Library
Room: Maze Branch Meeting Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Kids & Families, Storytimes
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 24
Event Details:
An energetic program designed for children up to age 5, with caregivers. Get ready to sing, dance, and listen to great stories! Register for each class you will attend. No need to fill out the form for each family member, just once per group. Walk...

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Masks Encouraged

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

MHS: Beyond the Books

4:00pm - 5:30pm
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Small Meeting Room
Age Group: Middle School, High School
Program Type: Students Grades 6-8, Students Grades 9-12
Event Details:
A Greater Good Foundation—together with the library—is offering a comprehensive co-ed mentor program to inspire all students 13-18 to look inward and harness their inherent capabilities and resources to realize their fullest potential. T...

Oak Park Meditation Group

6:00pm - 8:00pm
Maze Branch Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Maze Branch Library
Room: Maze Branch Meeting Room
Meeting/Event Description
The Oak Park Meditation Group is open to all who want to learn and practice meditation together. Meditation practice provides a warm, genuine basis for realizing the full potential of our inherent wisdom and compassion. Through the practice, we lea...

IN-PERSON & VIRTUAL: Guide to Reading Readiness and Early Literacy

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Main Library
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Veterans Room
Age Group: Preschool, Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Kids & Families
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 60
Event Details:
Caregivers often want to know what they can do to help their children reach developmental milestones of reading readiness. Learn about the seven ways to build early literacy skills, how to support children to become readers for the fun of it, and wha...

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Virtual & In-Person Program

After you register (below), you will receive an email with information about attending in person and a specific link to join the event virtually.

Please indicate whether you plan to attend the event in person or virtually when you register. 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.