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Best of 2022: TV shows, movies, & music
Oak Park’s Best of 2022 returns! Our annual librarian-curated selection of titles features some of the titles most requested and checked out by Oak Parkers. See some of our favorite ...
Honoring Transgender Day of Remembrance
Extended: 'Gender Is a Galaxy, Gender Is a Weapon' This Idea Box exhibit has been extended to hold space for mourning and to honor the victims of the shooting that ...
National Book Awards & readalikes 2022
Check out the 2022 National Book Awards winners and our readalike title suggestions, curated by Oak Park's fantastically well-read librarians! The National Book Awards were established in 1950 to celebrate ...
Fall back—or forward—into time: 8 time-travel books for daylight saving time
By Collection Management Librarian Kathy Daylight saving time wreaking havoc with your schedule? Annoyed that it's dark at 5 pm? Just remember what Einstein wrote: "The distinction between past, present, ...
New in 2022: Recently released scary movies
By Collection Management Librarian Andrea Halloween season is in full swing, and there's no better time for a fright! As you rewatch all of your favorite classic scary movies, why ...
A little scary to terrifying: Choose your own Halloween reading adventure!
By Collection Management Librarian Dontaná Want to get into the spirit of Halloween, but don’t want to be too scared? We’ve got you! We've created a scary rating system from ...
Honoring Indigenous People
By Collection Management Librarian Kathy In 2017, the Village of Oak Park Board of Trustees approved a proclamation declaring the second Monday in October Indigenous Peoples Day. This day recognizes ...
Barbara Ballinger Lecture 2022: ‘The Billboard’ readalikes
By Collection Management Librarian Dontaná Each fall we gather to celebrate and recognize former head librarian Barbara Ballinger and her many years of dedicated service to the library and to ...
