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Spring Piano Recital

11:00am - 3:00pm
Main Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Veterans Room
Meeting/Event Description
The event is a spring piano recital for all my students....

Proctoring

1:30pm - 4:30pm
Main Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Conference Room

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.

Spanish Conversation Hour / Conversación en español

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Dole Branch Library
Library Branch: Dole Branch Library
Room: Dole Branch Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Arts & Culture, Equity & Anti-Racism, Multicultural

Spanish Conversation Hour

Join us for a casual hour of open conversation with other Spanish speakers. Whether you speak enough to hold a basic conversation or can rattle off long stories, all levels are welcome. No class, no formal lesson—just practice for current Spanish speakers.

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Masks Encouraged

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

Girls' Day Out: Pizza and Paint

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Main Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Veterans Room
Meeting/Event Description
The Gamma Chapter of Lambda Kappa Omega Sorority is hosting a Girls' Day Out Pizza and Paint Party. All are welcomed to come eat, paint and learn about our organizations. ...

Circulo Ñ: Leyendo y escribiendo en español para preadolescentes/Reading & Writing in Spanish for Tweens

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Maze Branch Library
Library Branch: Maze Branch Library
Room: Maze Branch Meeting Room
Age Group: Elementary School, Middle School
Program Type: Arts & Culture, Kids & Families, Multicultural
Event Details:
Únete a nuestro programa de lectura y escritura en español diseñado para ayudar a los niños que ya hablan español a mejorar sus habilidades lingüísticas y la conciencia cultural. Este programa ofrece una experiencia atractiva e interactiva que ayudar...

Fashion Show: 50 Years of Hip Hop Style

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Main Library
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Veterans Room
Age Group: High School, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Culture, Equity & Anti-Racism, Multicultural
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 111

50 Years of Hip Hop

Oak Park Public Library is thrilled to be one of more than 30 organizations around the country—including libraries, museums, colleges, universities, and archives—partnering for Collections of Culture: 50 Years of Hip Hop Inside Libraries, Museums and Archives. This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Learn more at oppl.org/hip-hop-50 »

Event Details:
Celebrate 50 years of hip hop style that changed fashion as we know it! Watch looks inspired by hip hop icons come down the runway. Enjoy performances by Just Cause Dancers, music from a DJ, and the chance to see the work of local fashion retailers a...

Death Cafe

2:00pm - 3:30pm
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: 30

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.

Shake, Rattle & Read

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: 18
Event Details:
An energetic program designed for children up to age 5, with caregiver support. 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 grou...

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Masks Encouraged

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

Stories & Nature Crafts for Preschoolers

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Maze Branch Library
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Library Branch: Maze Branch Library
Room: Maze Branch Meeting Room
Age Group: Preschool
Program Type: Kids & Families, Storytimes
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 17
Event Details:
Join us for stories, music, songs, and nature-themed crafts in this storytime devoted to preschoolers. We will have a fun time exploring books and art together in this hands-on interactive program. For ages 3-6 and caregivers. ...

Mix of Minds Meeting

2:30pm - 5:00pm
Main Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Small Meeting Room
Meeting/Event Description
Monthly small group discussion of articles chosen by members of the group...

Book Bike: Mills Park Tower

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Offsite
Library Branch: Offsite
Age Group: Adults, Older Adults

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 »

Event Details:
The Book Bike visits Mills Park Tower for monthly pop-ups, weather permitting. Check out materials, learn about library services and events, or sign up for a library card on the spot. Residents of Mills Park Tower are encouraged to stop by and see wh...

Candy Sushi

3:00pm - 5:00pm
Main Library
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Middle School Space
Age Group: Middle School
Program Type: Arts & Culture, Students Grades 6-8
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 14
Event Details:
Participants will learn to create 2 different types of sushi rolls with candy and rice krispie treats. ...

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 learn...