Week Calendar

Join instructors from Slowfire Studio in a Community Quilting Bee. We invite makers of all backgrounds and skill levels, beginners are welcome and no previous sewing skills are needed. 

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

Longtime Tinkergarten teacher Amy Carson will lead kids and their beloved grown-ups through a playful, purposeful outdoor learning session from Tinkergarten's fall "Wellness" curriculum.

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. Weather permitting.

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. Weather permitting.

An energetic program designed for children up to age 5, with caregiver support. 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!

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Learn the importance of first impressions and how to present yourself to a potential employer. We will review tips and techniques to help you prepare for job interviews.

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Artist Scott Emery will describe the evolution of his photographic interests, the basic skills and techniques involved in creating the type of photography on exhibit, and how anyone of interest might develop a photographic niche.

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.

Go back to the future with this film series to revisit films from the 1980s. Film viewing starts on Tuesdays at 1:30 pm with discussion led by local film buff Doug Deuchler to follow.

In Jennifer Keishin Armstrong's Seinfeldia: How a

The Creative Studio is open!

Do you have questions about starting or growing a business? Sit down with Chettha Saetia, business owner, business advisor, and Director of The Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Chinese Mutual Aid Association (CMAA).

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.

Looking for a way to reset and relax? Still the mind and expand your awareness through a guided meditation sound bath. Using the ambient sounds and vibrations of crystal singing bowls, Tibetan singing bowls, and Tingsha Bells, a meditati

Interested in exploring what's inside a computer? Find out what's inside a computer by taking one apart – all you really need is a computer and a few tools! We'll provide the tools and the computer and you get to have fun exploring!

Drop in and play chess with other kids looking for a game! This is not an instructional session, so players should be able to play independently. 

Starting September 18th until December 4th, A Greater Good Foundation (AGGF) will provide a comprehensive Restorative Social Emotional program that will help students in grades 6-12 gain self-awareness and build healthy relationships/community.

A monthly outreach program that offers mental health resources, mindfulness activities, and self-management strategies for middle and high school students.

Expression Section is an arts based outreach program consisting of weekly creative sessions. In this program, students will participate in a guided workshops ranging from painting to DIY projects.

Access Granted is a mentoring program designed for male teenagers. The program meets every Wednesday from September 13 through December 6 in the Main Library Small Meeting Room.

Paranormal expert and author Chad Lewis will take us on a ghostly journey to some of the most haunted places in Illinois.

Join us for a lively evening with Autonomy-Supportive Parenting: Reduce Parental Burnout and Raise Competent, Confident Children author Emily Edlynn.

Join us for a lively performance from Deidre McCalla. 

This workshop, led by Tim Lambert who has 44 years of self-directed investing experience, is for do-it-yourself investors and explains the difference between stocks and bonds, the advantages of investing through index funds, and how to make respon