Juneteenth 2023: Celebrate in community
On Monday, June 19, all library locations will be closed for Juneteenth. This national, state, and Oak Park holiday celebrates African Americans' freedom from enslavement ...
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50 Years of Hip Hop T-Shirt Design Contest
Above: Finalists will be announced at the Fashion Show: 50 Years of Hip Hop Style! Oak Park Public Library is thrilled to be one of ...
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Oak Park Creates: Spotlight on local creators in 2023
Each week through June, we're celebrating a different local creator from the Oak Park Creates collection. We'll learn more about some of the novelists, nonfiction ...
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Friends Annual Book Fair set for July 14-16
Gently used item donations will be accepted at the Main Library only beginning June 1; ‘bulk drops’ to begin June 3 The Friends of the ...
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Kids summer reading: Get ready to ‘Find Your Voice’
By Eileen Saam, Children’s Librarian Summer is almost here, and it’s time to get excited about this year’s kids summer reading program: Find Your Voice! ...
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Visiting the Main Library Children’s Services: A virtual tutorial for kids & families
By Shelley Harris, Children’s Librarian Sometimes kids and adults get nervous about visiting a new place for the first time. We get it! It can ...
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Tech Tips: Introducing the Media Preservation Station
By John Gargiulo, Supervising Librarian of Creative Technology Have VHS tapes, cassette tapes, or film negatives you’d like to digitize and preserve? The library’s new ...
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Introducing adult summer reading!
It’s May and the library is getting ready for summer reading! As a child and teen, I always loved the summer reading program at my ...
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