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Understanding AI

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Main Library
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Creative Studio
Age Group: Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Arts & Culture, Careers & Businesses, Civic Learning, Digital Learning, Equity & Anti-Racism, Multicultural, Sustainability
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Seats Remaining: 3
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Join Creative Technology Specialist Kay and Health & Wellness Specialist Claire for a discussion of the social and ethical issues surrounding AI.

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Masks Required

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

Dole Branch closed

All Day 7/29 - 8/5
Dole Branch Library
Closing
Branches:
Dole Branch Library
Description:

Dole Branch Library will be closed for new window installation from Monday, July 29 through Monday, August 5.

Emotions and Environmentalism: a Group Discussion

6:00pm - 7:15pm
Maze Branch Library
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Library Branch: Maze Branch Library
Room: Maze Branch Meeting Room
Age Group: High School, Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Civic Learning, Sustainability
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Seats Remaining: 65
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Join us for a discussion about emotions and environmentalism. We will spend the first thirty minutes of the program listening to the podcast Think Sustainability: Emotions Let Us Make Better Decisions (S. 6 Ep.

An Inside Look at Climate Reporting in Chicagoland

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Main Library
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Veterans Room
Program Type: Civic Learning, Equity & Anti-Racism, Sustainability
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Seats Remaining: 120
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Come join us for an inside look at current climate stories in the Chicago area with Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco.

Earth Lounge: An Environmental Book Discussion: "All We Can Save"

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Main Library
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Small Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Authors & Books, Sustainability
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Seats Remaining: 30

Earth Lounge: An Environmental Book Discussion

Explore the curiosities and complexities of nature, environmentalism, and sustainability through fiction and nonfiction literature. Learn more about library-led book discussions »

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All We Can Save, an anthology edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine Keeble Wilkinson, is a colle

Green Living: Learning from Your Neighbors

1:30pm - 3:00pm
Main Library
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Veterans Room
Age Group: Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Civic Learning, Sustainability
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Seats Remaining: 100
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Interested in greening your home or lifestyle but feeling overwhelmed and not sure where to start?

Children's Halloween Costume Swap Drop-Off

All Day 10/1 - 11/7
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Children's Services Area
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool, Elementary School
Program Type: Kids & Families, Sustainability
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Have a Halloween costume to donate to the swap?

Children's Halloween Costume Swap

1:00pm - 5:00pm
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool, Elementary School
Program Type: Kids & Families, Sustainability
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Looking for Halloween costumes for children ages 0-11? "Shop" the free swap—even if you don't have a costume to swap:

Children's Halloween Costume Swap

9:00am - 8:00pm
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool, Elementary School
Program Type: Kids & Families, Sustainability
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Looking for Halloween costumes for children ages 0-11? "Shop" the free swap—even if you don't have a costume to swap:

Earth Lounge: An Environmental Book Discussion: "The Seed Keeper"

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Main Library
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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Small Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Authors & Books, Sustainability
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Seats Remaining: 30

Earth Lounge: An Environmental Book Discussion

Explore the curiosities and complexities of nature, environmentalism, and sustainability through fiction and nonfiction literature. Learn more about library-led book discussions »

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The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson is a

Library closed; log in at oppl.org

All Day
All Branches
Closing
Branches:
Main Library, Maze Branch Library, Dole Branch Library, Virtual, Offsite
Description:

Scheduled library closing

  • One Friday each year, the library closes to the public so all staff can be together at once for professional learning.