Detection by Daylight

845 Gunderson Ave., Oak Park, IL, 60304, US

LaLeche League

Gathering for new caregivers to receive breastfeeding support.

834 Lake St., Oak Park, IL, 60301, US

LaLeche League

Gathering for new caregivers to receive breastfeeding support.

834 Lake St., Oak Park, IL, 60301, US

Older Adult Coffee Hour

Stop into the library for a cup of coffee and friendly conversation.

834 Lake St., Oak Park, IL, 60301, US

English Language Conversation

Join other English language learners to practice English and learn new vocabulary in an informal setting. Conversation Facilitators will lead the session with a variety of topics for conversation. Free and open to all English language learners.

834 Lake St., Oak Park, IL, 60301, US

Spanish Conversation Hour / ConversaciĂłn en espaĂąol

834 Lake St., Oak Park, IL, 60301, US

CANCELLED: Spanish Conversation Hour / ConversaciĂłn en espaĂąol

This event has been cancelled. We look forward to seeing you on June 8th.

834 Lake St., Oak Park, IL, 60301, US

Library closed; log in at oppl.org

Scheduled library closingSee all closings Review regular library hours by location Unexpected, emergency closings are posted at oppl.org.Anytime, from anywhere, log in to your library account to renew and reserve titles; stream and download books, movies, and musi......More

Scheduled library closingSee all closings Review regular library hours by location Unexpected, emergency closings are posted at oppl.org.Anytime, from anywhere, log in to your library account to renew and reserve titles; stream and download books, movies, and music; and access online resources.Contact us now 

Otherworldly Reads Book Discussion: "The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories"

In The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories, you can dine at a restaurant at the end of the universe, cultivate to immortality in the high mountains, watch roses perform Shakespeare, or arrive at the island of the gods on the backs of giant fish to ensure that the world......More

In The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories, you can dine at a restaurant at the end of the universe, cultivate to immortality in the high mountains, watch roses perform Shakespeare, or arrive at the island of the gods on the backs of giant fish to ensure that the world can bloom.Written, edited, and translated by a female and non-binary team, these stories have never before been published in English and represent both the richly complicated past and the vivid future of Chinese science fiction and fantasy.Time travel to a winter's day on the West Lake, explore the very boundaries of death itself, and meet old gods and new heroes in this stunning new collection.

834 Lake St., Oak Park, IL, 60301, US

English Language Conversation

Join other English language learners to practice English and learn new vocabulary in an informal setting. Conversation Facilitators will lead the session with a variety of topics for conversation. Free and open to all English language learners.

834 Lake St., Oak Park, IL, 60301, US

Tea & Terror Book Discussion: "Lone Women"

In Lone Women by Victor LaValle: Adelaide Henry carries an enormous steamer trunk with her wherever she goes. It's locked at all times. Because when the trunk opens, people around Adelaide start to disappear. The year is 1915, and Adelaide is in trouble. Her secret sin......More

In Lone Women by Victor LaValle: Adelaide Henry carries an enormous steamer trunk with her wherever she goes. It's locked at all times. Because when the trunk opens, people around Adelaide start to disappear. The year is 1915, and Adelaide is in trouble. Her secret sin killed her parents, forcing her to flee California in a hellfire rush and make her way to Montana as a homesteader. Dragging the trunk with her at every stop, she will become one of the "lone women" taking advantage of the government's offer of free land for those who can tame it--except that Adelaide isn't alone. And the secret she's tried so desperately to lock away might be the only thing that will help her survive the harsh territory. Crafted by a modern master of magical suspense, Lone Women blends shimmering prose, an unforgettable cast of adventurers who find horror and sisterhood in a brutal landscape, and a portrait of early-twentieth-century America like you've never seen. And at its heart is the gripping story of a woman desperate to bury her past--or redeem it

834 Lake St., Oak Park, IL, 60301, US

Folk Music Series Performance: Jonas Friddle

Join us for a lively musical performance by Jonas Friddle.About Jonas FriddleJonas Friddle is a singer, songwriter and Old-Time banjo player whose songs have received The John Lennon Songwriting Award, First Place in the Great American Song Contest and a nomination for ......More

Join us for a lively musical performance by Jonas Friddle.About Jonas FriddleJonas Friddle is a singer, songwriter and Old-Time banjo player whose songs have received The John Lennon Songwriting Award, First Place in the Great American Song Contest and a nomination for Album of the Year in the Independent Music Awards.  His tunes bear the marks of a musician who has done his time in pub sessions and square dance halls, and his writing is full of imagery, honesty and humor.  Friddle was raised in the mountains of North Carolina and learned to play guitar on a yard sale Harmony six string. He was already writing songs by the time he got to Kentucky at age eighteen. There, the bluegrass pickinâ and old-time dances turned him on to the power and joy of traditional folk music.  He added a mandolin, fiddle and banjo to his arsenal and got a job slapping bass with the college bluegrass band. After serving his time in higher education, he spent a year traveling around the world playing music in pubs and living rooms. In 2007 Jonas landed in Chicago, started the Barehand Jugband, the Sleepy Lou Old-Time duo and began teaching at the Old Town School of Folk Music. Since then he has released multiple studio albums under his own name and with the folk supergroup âThe Majority.â During that time his music has won multiple awards and been featured online at American Songwriter, Huffington Post and Paste.  Recent years have brought Friddleâs focus back to songwriting and with the release of his latest album âThe Last Place to Goâ he puts out his best songs yet. A collection of sung stories backed by the sound of drums, fiddle, dobro, electric guitar, bass, organ and trumpet.  â[Friddle] deftly explores just about every nook and cranny of modern folk, from revivalist antique appropriation to protest songs to modern love songs. The immaculate arrangements would sell it, if his lithe voice hadnât already given it away. Amazing stuff.ââ¨- Independent Clauses

834 Lake St., Oak Park, IL, 60301, US

VIRTUAL: Chair Yoga

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Oak Park Public Library Regular Board Meeting

Meeting agenda and materials will be linked from this pageâand via oppl.org/boardâ48 hours before the meeting date.

834 Lake St., Oak Park, IL, 60301, US

Adult Improv

845 Gunderson Ave., Oak Park, IL, 60304, US

LaLeche League

Gathering for new caregivers to receive breastfeeding support.

834 Lake St., Oak Park, IL, 60301, US

LaLeche League

Gathering for new caregivers to receive breastfeeding support.

834 Lake St., Oak Park, IL, 60301, US

Sound Bath Meditation

834 Lake St., Oak Park, IL, 60301, US

Earth Lounge: An Environmental Book Discussion: "We are the Middle of Forever"

An American Library Association Notable Book, We are the middle of forever: Indigenous voices from Turtle Island on the changing Earth places Indigenous voices at the center of conversations about today's environmental crisis. Although for a great many people, the human......More

An American Library Association Notable Book, We are the middle of forever: Indigenous voices from Turtle Island on the changing Earth places Indigenous voices at the center of conversations about today's environmental crisis. Although for a great many people, the human impact on the Earth--countless species becoming extinct, pandemics claiming millions of lives, and climate crisis causing worldwide social and environmental upheaval--was not apparent until recently, this is not the case for all people or cultures. For the Indigenous people of the world, radical alteration of the planet, and of life itself, is a story that is many generations long. They have had to adapt, to persevere, and to be courageous and resourceful in the face of genocide and destruction--and their experience has given them a unique understanding of civilizational devastation. The book draws on interviews with people from different North American Indigenous cultures and communities, generations, and geographic regions, who share their knowledge and experience, their questions, their observations, and their dreams of maintaining the best relationship possible to all of life.

834 Lake St., Oak Park, IL, 60301, US

French Conversation Hour

845 Gunderson Ave., Oak Park, IL, 60304, US

English Language Conversation

Join other English language learners to practice English and learn new vocabulary in an informal setting. Conversation Facilitators will lead the session with a variety of topics for conversation. Free and open to all English language learners.

834 Lake St., Oak Park, IL, 60301, US