Oak Park Public Library
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Friday May 31 1:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
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Friday May 31 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
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Friday May 31 3:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
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Saturday June 1 through June 18
Book Donations Accepted
Please consider donating your gently used books to the Friends of the Oak Park Public Library as their volunteers prepare for the 2024 Annual Book Fair to be held July 12-14 at the Main Library.Accepted: Books and CDs in good used condition.Not accepted: Textbooks, ency......More
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Saturday June 1 through June 15
Idea Box: Juneteenth Display
Honoring Juneteenth: Celebrating Freedom, Remembering SacrificeThe Idea Box window display commemorates Juneteenth marking the end of slavery in the United States. It's a joyous celebration of freedom, but also a time to remember the countless sacrifices made to achieve......More
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Saturday June 1 9:00am - 12:00pm CDT
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Saturday June 1 10:00am - 12:00pm CDT
IN-PERSON & VIRTUAL: Grupo de apoyo para cuidadores de personas con alzhéimer/ Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Group
Cuando te enfrentes a momentos difíciles, tener un grupo de apoyo al que puedas hablar para obtener consejos y alientos puede ayudarte a sentirte conectado socialmente y darte un sentido de pertenencia y propósito. Conectarse con otras personas como usted puede ayudar a......More
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Saturday June 1 10:00am - 11:00am CDT
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Saturday June 1 10:00am - 1:00pm CDT
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Saturday June 1 10:30am - 11:30am CDT
Spark Meeting
We meet weekly to discuss history and philosophy.
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Saturday June 1 12:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
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Saturday June 1 12:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
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Saturday June 1 12:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
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Saturday June 1 2:00pm - 4:15pm CDT
D-Day 80th Anniversary
Come celebrate the 80th anniversary of D-Day and experience first hand what the event was like from Oak Park relatives of servicemen who were there. A renowned tour guide who has accompanied veterans for decades to Normandy will present a full experience including vide......More
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Sunday June 2 11:00am - 4:00pm CDT
A Day In Our Village
Stop by both the library and the Friends of the Oak Park Public Library booths in Scoville Park! Here's more about the festival »
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Sunday June 2 12:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
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Sunday June 2 12:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
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Sunday June 2 12:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Summer Pop-Up Shop
Visit us to purchase new branded merchandise (or shop online anytime at oppl.org/store).All sales are final; no refunds, no exchanges.For online orders: pick-up is available at the Main Library, or shipping is $5 per item.Learn more about giving to the library »
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Sunday June 2 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT
Daisy Girl Scouts Meeting - Troop 47836
Daisy Girl Scouts Meeting - Troop 47836
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Sunday June 2 12:30pm - 4:00pm CDT
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Sunday June 2 1:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
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Sunday June 2 2:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
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Monday June 3 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Book Bike: The Oaks
The Book Bike visits The Oaks 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 The Oaks are encouraged to stop by and see what the Book Bike is all about!
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Monday June 3 6:00pm - 7:00pm CDT
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Tuesday June 4 9:00am - 11:00am CDT
Aria Group Meeting
Aria University meeting
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Tuesday June 4 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
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Tuesday June 4 11:00am - 2:00pm CDT
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Tuesday June 4 11:30am - 12:00pm CDT
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Tuesday June 4 12:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
Mobile Tech Workshop for Older Adults: Cloud Storage Basics
This "bring your own device" (BYOD) workshop will cover the basics of how to use the cloud (Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, and iCloud) via your smartphone or tablet. This workshop is brought to you by the University of Illinois Chicago Computer Science researchers as......More
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Tuesday June 4 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
Spanish Conversation
Oak Park adult group informal meeting to practice conversational Spanish.
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Tuesday June 4 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Tablet Time
Try out a new app, play a favorite game, share with a friend or by play yourself. Kids will play on Children's Services iPad in the storytime room. For Kids in grades PK-5.
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Tuesday June 4 5:00pm - 7:15pm CDT
Diversity Oak Park Steering Committee Meeting
monthly steering committee meeting
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Tuesday June 4 5:00pm - 7:00pm CDT
Diversity Oak Park Steering Committee
Monthly meeting
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Tuesday June 4 6:15pm - 8:15pm CDT
&Rise Support Group for High School Girls
This group is an empowering space for high school-aged girls* to find community, support, and healthy coping skills as they navigate the complexities of adolescence and/or heal from trauma. Please note Girls* is inclusive to high schoolers who identify as nonbinary or t......More
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Tuesday June 4 7:00pm - 8:30pm CDT
Oak Park Runners Club June Meeting
OPRC monthly meeting
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Tuesday June 4 7:00pm - 8:00pm CDT
VIRTUAL: Illinois Libraries Present: The Hidden Gifts of Visual Thinkers With Dr. Temple Grandin
Join us on Zoom for a special event with Dr. Grandin, one of the world’s most accomplished and well-known adults with autism. Dr. Grandin has been at the forefront of research and activism for autism and neurodiversity for decades.Register now in Zoom »More about Dr. Gr......More
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Tuesday June 4 7:15pm - 8:00pm CDT
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Wednesday June 5 9:45am - 12:15pm CDT
Arbor West Neighbors NFP monthly Board Meeting
AWN Board meeting.
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Wednesday June 5 10:00am - 11:00am CDT
Oak Park Area Association of REALTORS member meeting
Informational meeting for members approaching Medicare eligibility.
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Wednesday June 5 10:30am - 11:30am CDT
Cool Cats Storytime and Craft
Calling all cats and kittens lovers! Share stories, sing songs, and create a purrrfect for you craft!
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Wednesday June 5 11:30am - 12:30pm CDT
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Wednesday June 5 1:00pm - 2:30pm CDT
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Wednesday June 5 1:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
Wednesday Matinee Film Series: "The Last Black Man in San Francisco"
This week The Last Black Man in San Francisco: A black man who lives with his best friend and works in an elderly care facility dreams of living in the grand Victorian house his grandfather built in the Fillmore District. Now a white, affluent area, he is totally priced......More
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Wednesday June 5 1:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
Housing Forward June Staff Training
Staff Training
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Wednesday June 5 4:15pm - 5:00pm CDT
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Wednesday June 5 5:00pm - 7:15pm CDT
Diversity Oak Park Steering Committee Meeting
monthly steering committee meeting
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Wednesday June 5 5:00pm - 8:30pm CDT
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Wednesday June 5 5:00pm - 8:00pm CDT
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Wednesday June 5 5:30pm - 7:30pm CDT
Celebrate Pride: Digital Collage & Poster Design
Want to show your LGBTQIA2S+ pride? Join us for a demonstration of Adobe Photoshop Elements to create a digital collage. Once your collage is designed, we'll show you how to submit your design as a poster print request. This is a drop-in program with 10 available laptop......More
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Wednesday June 5 6:30pm - 8:00pm CDT
Artist Talk & Reception: "To Come Together, To Get Together" by Marlon Tobias
Meet the artist, learn more about Marlon Tobias' work, and enjoy light refreshments. To Come Together, To Get Together is on view at the Main Public Library Gallery from May 21 to June 29.Often sourcing from old family photos, personally taken photographs, audio recordi......More
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Wednesday June 5 7:00pm - 8:30pm CDT
Victories of the Heart Men's Group
Group for men to discuss issues in their lives
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Thursday June 6 9:00am - 2:00pm CDT
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Thursday June 6 9:15am - 12:15pm CDT
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Thursday June 6 10:00am - 11:00am CDT
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Thursday June 6 1:00pm - 3:30pm CDT
CCF Meeting
Strategic Planning
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Thursday June 6 1:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
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Thursday June 6 5:00pm - 7:00pm CDT
Book Bike: Thursday Night Out
The Book Bike visits Downtown Oak Park for Thursday Night Out, weather permitting. Downtown Oak Park restaurants offer a variety of drinks, appetizers, entrees and desserts on the Thursday Night Out menu and allow diners to eat inside or carry out. Tables are also set u......More
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Thursday June 6 5:00pm - 8:30pm CDT
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Thursday June 6 5:30pm - 8:30pm CDT
Peace of the Land
Open discussion and the public are welcome.
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Thursday June 6 6:00pm - 8:00pm CDT
Chicago Philosophy Meetup
Book discussion.
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Thursday June 6 6:00pm - 7:00pm CDT
Uncovering Family History: Introduction to Genealogy
Genealogy & Local History Librarian Ed will be demonstrating how to use library resources like Ancestry, FamilySearch, HeritageQuest, and NewspaperARCHIVE to access genealogical records and historical documents.Curious about preserving physical media to upload to a gene......More
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Thursday June 6 6:00pm - 8:30pm CDT
Live4Lali Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution
Live4Lali is a harm reduction non profit operating in 7 counties aiming to end the stigma of substance use through education and human connection. Free community class!! Learn how to recognize and reverse an overdose with naloxone. Understanding fentanyl and other opio......More
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Thursday June 6 7:00pm - 8:30pm CDT
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Thursday June 6 7:00pm - 8:00pm CDT
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Friday June 7 9:30am - 11:00am CDT
Older Adults Coffee Hour
Stop into the library for a cup of coffee and friendly conversation.
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Friday June 7 9:30am - 10:15am CDT
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Friday June 7 10:30am - 11:00am CDT
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Friday June 7 11:00am - 2:00pm CDT
LEGO Club
We provide the LEGO, you provide the imagination! Drop in and build your dreams.
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Friday June 7 11:00am - 2:00pm CDT
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Friday June 7 1:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
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Saturday June 8 10:00am - 11:00am CDT
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Saturday June 8 10:00am - 2:00pm CDT
THETA CHI SIGMA - PHILOS OF OAK PARK
To fellowship & to go over the club handbook.
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Saturday June 8 11:00am - 12:30pm CDT
Spark Meeting
We meet weekly to discuss history and philosophy.
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Saturday June 8 12:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
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Saturday June 8 12:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
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Saturday June 8 1:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
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Saturday June 8 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
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Sunday June 9 12:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
How to Earn Extra Income
This presentation is provided for people who need extra income to pay bills and other expenses.
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Sunday June 9 12:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Summer Pop-Up Shop
Visit us to purchase new branded merchandise (or shop online anytime at oppl.org/store).All sales are final; no refunds, no exchanges.For online orders: pick-up is available at the Main Library, or shipping is $5 per item.Learn more about giving to the library »
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Sunday June 9 12:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
WCCC Teen Meeting
Meeting with Teens and practice for Teen Leadership Conference.
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Sunday June 9 2:00pm - 4:15pm CDT
D Day Commemoration - 80th Anniversary
Community D day commemoration- have not decided on date yet
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Sunday June 9 2:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Diversity Oak Park Membership Meeting
Monthly membership meeting of Diversity Oak Park
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Sunday June 9 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
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Monday June 10 10:00am - 11:00am CDT
Supported Gardening
Gardening helps build strong bodies and minds! This season, we will be growing a Victory Garden with herbs and vegetables that we will harvest, turn some into snacks, and donate the rest to Beyond Hunger. Visual schedules and sensory supports will be provided. Every cla......More
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Monday June 10 10:30am - 12:00pm CDT
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Monday June 10 10:30am - 11:00am CDT
Shake, Rattle & Read at Maze
An energetic program designed for children up to age 5, with caregivers. 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 group. Walk in spaces may be availa......More
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Monday June 10 2:00pm - 2:45pm CDT
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Monday June 10 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Content Corner
A hands-on weekly program for high school students to conquer the latest social media trends while exploring various aspects of content creation. Created to empower students with the skills and experience needed to thrive in the dynamic world of digital media.
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Monday June 10 3:30pm - 5:30pm CDT
Mix of Minds Meeting
Monthly discussion of articles chosen by group members.
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Monday June 10 3:30pm - 5:00pm CDT
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Monday June 10 6:00pm - 8:00pm CDT
Oak Park Meditation Group
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 to touch in with th......More