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This event is in the "Arts & Culture" group
This event is in the "Authors & Books" group
This event is in the "Careers & Businesses" group
This event is in the "Equity & Anti-Racism" group
This event is in the "Multicultural" group
Arts & Culture,
Authors & Books,
Careers & Businesses,
Equity & Anti-Racism,
Multicultural
Main Library
This event is in the "Arts & Culture" group
This event is in the "Authors & Books" group
This event is in the "Careers & Businesses" group
This event is in the "Equity & Anti-Racism" group
This event is in the "Multicultural" group
Sep-Oct
15
2025
Idea Box: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
All Day
9/15–10/15
Main Library
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Library Branch:
Main Library
Room:
Idea Box
Age Group:
Preschool,
Elementary School,
Middle School,
High School,
Adults,
Older Adults
Program Type:
Arts & Culture,
Authors & Books,
Careers & Businesses,
Equity & Anti-Racism,
Multicultural
Event Details:
Join the Oak Park Public Library as we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month! From September 15 to October 15, our Idea Box will host a special digital display of interviews of local leaders telling stories of their cultures.
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This event is in the "Arts & Culture" group
Arts & Culture
Main Library
This event is in the "Arts & Culture" group
Oct-Nov
1
2025
Art Exhibit: "Liminal Threshold" by Rick Sullivan
All Day
10/1–11/1
Main Library
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Library Branch:
Main Library
Room:
Gallery
Age Group:
High School,
Adults,
Older Adults
Program Type:
Arts & Culture
Event Details:
Liminal Threshold explores the raw and unstable terrain between dissolution and emergence. Nothing is really fixed here: colors pulse, gestures fragment, and structure flickers in and out of coherence.
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This event is in the "Arts & Culture" group
Arts & Culture
Maze Branch Library
This event is in the "Arts & Culture" group
Art Exhibit: "Reflections": Work by Maria Cordova
All Day
10/2–10/30
Maze Branch Library
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Library Branch:
Maze Branch Library
Age Group:
High School,
Adults,
Older Adults
Program Type:
Arts & Culture
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This event is in the "Arts & Culture" group
Arts & Culture
Main Library
This event is in the "Arts & Culture" group
Oct
8
2025
Wed
Wednesday Movie Matinee: "My Girl"
1:00pm–3:30pm
Main Library
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Library Branch:
Main Library
Room:
Veterans Room
Age Group:
Adults,
Older Adults
Program Type:
Arts & Culture
Event Details:
Wednesday Movie Matinee
Join us each Wednesday for an afternoon film screening at the Main Library!
In the heartfelt film My Girl, a girl (Anna Chlumsky) grieving the death of her mother befriends a boy (Macaulay Culkin) who suffers from allergies and helps her out of her shell.
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This event is in the "Arts & Culture" group
This event is in the "Students Grades 6-8" group
This event is in the "Students Grades 9-12" group
Arts & Culture,
Students Grades 6-8,
Students Grades 9-12
Main Library
This event is in the "Arts & Culture" group
This event is in the "Students Grades 6-8" group
This event is in the "Students Grades 9-12" group
Oct
7
2025
Tue
What's Your Craft
4:00pm–5:00pm
Main Library
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Library Branch:
Main Library
Room:
High School Space
Age Group:
Middle School,
High School
Program Type:
Arts & Culture,
Students Grades 6-8,
Students Grades 9-12
Event Details:
What's Your Craft is a DIY program designed to inspire self-motivation and personal growth through art for teens.
This event is in the "Arts & Culture" group
This event is in the "Careers & Businesses" group
This event is in the "Multicultural" group
This event is in the "Students Grades 6-8" group
This event is in the "Students Grades 9-12" group
Arts & Culture,
Careers & Businesses,
Community Partner,
Multicultural,
Students Grades 6-8,
Students Grades 9-12
Main Library
This event is in the "Arts & Culture" group
This event is in the "Careers & Businesses" group
This event is in the "Multicultural" group
This event is in the "Students Grades 6-8" group
This event is in the "Students Grades 9-12" group
Oct
7
2025
Tue
🎬 Lights, Camera, Community
4:00pm–5:30pm
Main Library
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Library Branch:
Main Library
Room:
Veterans Room
Age Group:
Middle School,
High School
Program Type:
Arts & Culture,
Careers & Businesses,
Community Partner,
Multicultural,
Students Grades 6-8,
Students Grades 9-12
Event Details:
🎬 Lights, Camera, Community | A Creative Adventure is your chance to step behind (and in front of) the camera to capture the real stories of Oak Park — through
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This event is in the "Arts & Culture" group
This event is in the "Students Grades 6-8" group
This event is in the "Students Grades 9-12" group
Arts & Culture,
Students Grades 6-8,
Students Grades 9-12
Main Library
This event is in the "Arts & Culture" group
This event is in the "Students Grades 6-8" group
This event is in the "Students Grades 9-12" group
Oct
8
2025
Wed
Banned Book Week Zines
5:30pm–6:30pm
Main Library
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Library Branch:
Main Library
Room:
High School Space
Age Group:
Middle School,
High School
Program Type:
Arts & Culture,
Students Grades 6-8,
Students Grades 9-12
Event Details:
Stop by to learn about Banned Book Week and create your own banned book-inspired zine. What is a zine?
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This event is in the "Arts & Culture" group
This event is in the "Digital Learning" group
This event is in the "Multicultural" group
Arts & Culture,
Digital Learning,
Multicultural
Main Library
This event is in the "Arts & Culture" group
This event is in the "Digital Learning" group
This event is in the "Multicultural" group
Oct
7
2025
Tue
Bilingual Laser Cutter Workshop: Día de los Muertos Photo Frames
6:30pm–8:00pm
Main Library
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Library Branch:
Main Library
Room:
Creative Studio
Age Group:
High School,
Adults,
Older Adults
Program Type:
Arts & Culture,
Digital Learning,
Multicultural
Event Details:
Aprenda los fundamentos necesarios para diseñar un proyecto usando el software(programa) de cortador láser Glowforge en bilingüe (inglés y español).
This event is in the "Arts & Culture" group
Arts & Culture
Main Library
This event is in the "Arts & Culture" group
Oct
7
2025
Tue
Self Defense Workshop for Adults
6:30pm–8:30pm
Main Library
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Library Branch:
Main Library
Room:
Veterans Room
Age Group:
Adults,
Older Adults
Program Type:
Arts & Culture
Event Details:
Join Lindsey Daehnke, Founder and Lead Instructor at Strictly Self Defense, as she teaches simple self-defense techniques and strategies.
Disclaimer(s)
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.
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This event is in the "Arts & Culture" group
This event is in the "Digital Learning" group
Arts & Culture,
Digital Learning
Main Library
This event is in the "Arts & Culture" group
This event is in the "Digital Learning" group
Oct
9
2025
Thu
Intro to Machine Sewing
6:00pm–8:00pm
Main Library
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Library Branch:
Main Library
Room:
Creative Studio
Age Group:
High School,
Adults,
Older Adults
Program Type:
Arts & Culture,
Digital Learning
Event Details:
Interested in getting started with sewing? This demonstration with instructor Mike Hall will introduce you to the basics of machine sewing and overview a couple of beginner stitches.
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