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Celebrating Pride Month
Your public library is here with books, resources, and experiences that can help us connect and celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. Browse: Curated title suggestions for all ages. Attend: Upcoming events ...
Juneteenth 2025
On Thursday, June 19, all library locations will be closed for Juneteenth. This national, state, and Oak Park holiday celebrates African Americans' freedom from enslavement in the United States. Celebrations ...
Adult summer reading returns June 1
It’s time to pull out your reading list and get warmed up for adult summer reading 2025! From June 1 through August 19, sign up via Beanstack, track your reading, ...
Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander heritage
Your public library is here with books, resources, and experiences that can help us connect and celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander heritage. Browse: Curated title suggestions for ...
Celebrating Jewish American heritage
Your public library is here with books, resources, and experiences that can help us connect and celebrate Jewish American history and culture. Browse: Title suggestions for all ages. View: A ...
Celebrating Seniors Week 2025
Spring is here, so it's time again for Celebrating Seniors Week! Held this year from May 8 to 15, the weeklong celebration is dedicated to honoring, recognizing, and serving seniors ...
Want to protect libraries? Here’s what you can do
We're asking our community to stand up for libraries everywhere because the federal government is moving to cut off its modest but effective support for libraries, from withdrawal of funding ...
National Poetry Month
By Collection Management Librarians Dontaná & Andrea Poetry is good for our brains. Studies show that reading poems activates our brain's cognitive functions differently than when we read novels and ...
Celebrating Arab American heritage
Your public library is here with books, resources, and experiences that can help us connect and celebrate Arab American history and culture. Browse: Curated title suggestions for all ages. Attend: ...
‘God of the Woods’: Waiting for it? Loved it? Try these titles!
I love how much our community uses the library. Sometimes that means waiting for the hottest titles. Don’t fret! I can help you find a similar reading experience to THAT ...
Transgender Day of Visibility: Books, virtual tutorials & more resources
Held each year on March 31, Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV) celebrates the lives and accomplishments of transgender and nonbinary people. Trans advocate Rachel Crandall founded TDoV in 2010 because ...
Honoring women’s history
Your public library is here to connect us through books, resources, and experiences that celebrate women's history. Browse: Books and movies for all ages. Attend: Events celebrating women in history ...
Book Club Kits: 10 copies, one great discussion
Did you know the library has a curated section of Book Club Kits? These are pre-assembled bags with 10 copies of the same popular title, discussion questions curated by Oak ...
Connecting you to Black history, then & now
Your public library is here with books, resources, and experiences that can help us connect and celebrate Black history and culture. Browse: Curated title suggestions for all ages. View: Stories ...
Ways to watch Oscar-nominated films
The countdown to the big night has begun! The 97th Academy Awards airs on Sunday, March 2, and your library has a few ways to watch some of the year's ...
Celebrity book club round-up, January 2025
Since Oprah’s first book club pick in 1996, we have been reading as the celebrities do, falling in love with, or hating, characters with our fellow book club readers. Book ...
Honoring MLK Day: Books, a display, resources & more
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Monday, January 20), all library buildings will be closed. We've gathered together title suggestions, online resources, and more to help you celebrate the life ...
New Year refresh: Books to get creative, active, moving & out
Happy New Year, Oak Park! Ready to refresh in the new year? Explore our curated selection of books and digital resources on crafting, activism, exercise, and travel. Whether your goals ...
Best of 2024: Adult fiction & nonfiction
Oak Park’s Best of 2024 is back! See our adult fiction and nonfiction staff favorites on this page or browse more using the links below. Adult fiction: General | Adult ...
Best of 2024: Kids & picture books
Oak Park’s Best of 2024 is back! See our kids and picture books staff favorites on this page or browse more using the links below. Adult fiction: General | Adult ...
