Week Calendar

Gardening helps build strong bodies and minds!

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

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.

The Book Bike visits Lindberg Park for Shake, Rattle & Read Storytime, weathe

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.

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.

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

This storytime is designed for one-on-one interactions between caregivers and children up to age 5. Music and movement are paired in this big, joyful class. Get ready to sing and dance with your child!

Join us for a summer morning of sketching and appreciating nature led by the library's own graphic designer Gabriela Denton. The first hour will include a demonstration by Gabriela and an exercise to practice observational life drawing of plants.

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Do you have something to say, but don't know how to say it? Have you ever wanted to make your own book to let people see your creativity, or digest your thoughts?

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Visit us to purchase new branded merchandise (or shop online anytime at oppl.org/store).

All sales are final; no refunds, no exchanges.

The Book Bike visits Oak Park Township Senior Services Dine-in Lunch Program for monthly pop-ups, weather permitting.

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 Middle Eastern poets.

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

An unlikely friendship is forged between a small community of striking miners in Wales and a team of London-based gay-and-lesbian activists who help fight their cause.

Learn how to use Fusion 360, a 3D modeling CAD program used by industry professionals, to create 3D models.  This workshop will teach students how to use Fusion 360's tools and focus on taking real life objects to re-create them in 3D.

Students, come join us for some summertime fun and games! We'll be hosting some "old school" games like Tag, Simon says, Johnny Come Across, and much more! Let's make summer Wednesdays THE BEST DAY EVER!

A monthly locker decorating program designed to transform the second-floor lockers in our high school space into vibrant and inspiring murals.

Students! Come with your best solo or group performance for karaoke with Middle and High School services. Good clean music and fun!

All aboard! We supply the wooden tracks and train cars for your little ones to be railroad builders and engineers. 

"I Hear a Búho" is a rhyming story with text in both English and Spanish, which encompasses language, the parent-child bond, nature, and the benefit of being still and listening.

Join us to hear from author Gloria Monaghan as she discusses her title

A hands-on weekly program for high school students to conquer the latest social media trends while exploring various aspects of content creation.

Applying to colleges can be daunting.

Join us here at the Maze Branch of the Oak Park Public Library for a round of board games, video games and card games!

Children learn more when watching educational programming with their caregiver! Structured discussions and activities, paired with an episode of Mr.

An inclusive drop-in playgroup for children who receive or are considering therapy services, ages 0-5.  Children play while families meet and find support.

In this month's program, we'll have fun exploring coding concepts playing with different programmable floor robots such as code a mouse, Botley, and Bee Bot.

Best for Kids in PreK-Grade 2.

The Book Bike visits Downtown Oak Park for Thursday Night Out, weather permitting. 

June Book Pick: "You Dreamed of Empires" by Álvaro Enrigue  

Utilizing digital tools, discover your family history and find your ancestors’ stories. This class will help you start, or refresh, your journey into compiling a family history project online.

Designed for children with disabilities 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.