Chess Champs: Challenging young minds
Poet Luis Tubens has been working with young people at the Main Library since January 2017. That’s when he became the library’s first artist in ...
More Than a Month widens the lens in 2019
Image courtesy of The Color of Art It started as a way to celebrate the black experience all year long, and not just during Black ...
A look back: One Book in 2018
A People’s History of Chicago was at the center of our One Book, One Oak Park series in 2018. In 77 poems, author Kevin Coval ...
Living History: Led by youth, for youth
"Some people have a tendency of underestimating young people," said Middle School Librarian Jose Cruz. "When sometimes it's that we're not providing them with something ...
Digital learning at your library in 2019
Learn about new apps, websites, programs, and more; plus, get answers to your tech questions and explore your creative side during upcoming open maker labs ...
Conserving a piece of the past
Special Collections curates, houses, and conserves Oak Park’s historical treasures, and makes them publicly available both in person and digitally. In 2018 we worked with ...
Celebrating early readers: Thousands of books and counting
Bronson, a graduate of the library's 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program It's been one year since we launched our 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program, and ...
What grows with restorative justice?
The first time Chicago police officer Tim Crawford observed a peace circle, he was skeptical. But after a while, "I started to see—hold on—this works," ...
