Upcoming Events

Middle Schoolers are invited to join us every Tuesday to create something new. Sponsored by OPRF Youth Services. ...

Join library staff and Therapaws and read to a dog! This exercise allows emerging readers to get comfortable practicing with the best listener around, a dog! Four 15 minute time slots are available. Registrants will be assigned a time slot in the ord...

A trivia competition just for adults! Registration required. Come solo or with teammates; if you have a team, please make sure each team member registers individually. We will be using an online platform, so please bring a mobile device to enter your...

Middle Schoolers are invited to join us every Tuesday to create something new. Sponsored by OPRF Youth Services. ...

Come talk about the most pressing international issues of our time in this eight-part discussion series from the Foreign Policy Association. In each session, we will watch a recorded video lecture and then discuss the topic as a group. Readings for e...

Rhonda Fentry of Rhonda's Rhythms returns to lead a chair yoga class. Registration required. Brought to you in partnership with the River Forest Township. ...

Come to the library on the first Monday morning of every month for coffee and conversation about local matters. It’s a great way to get to know your neighbors and learn about things going on in the community. Brought to you in partnership with the Ri...

Middle Schoolers are invited to join us every Tuesday to create something new. Sponsored by OPRF Youth Services. ...

We are thrilled to welcome Kal Penn to close out our 3rd season. Penn is an actor, writer, producer, and former Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement. He is known for starring roles in Designated Survivor, House, The Names...

The presentation covers the history and basics of Medicare. Listen and learn with Annese Piazza, a local resident and resource. Brought to you in partnership with the River Forest Township. ...

Speaker, author, and traveler Jeanne Roppolo joins us to share the story of her adventures in Antarctica. Jeanne was stationed in the frigid continent for five months as a contract worker for the National Science Foundation. Tag along with "Grandma" ...

Middle Schoolers are invited to join us every Tuesday to create something new. Sponsored by OPRF Youth Services. ...

Come talk about the most pressing international issues of our time in this eight-part discussion series from the Foreign Policy Association. In each session, we will watch a recorded video lecture and then discuss the topic as a group. Readings for e...

When Oak Park–based author Mary Anne Mohanraj learned she had breast cancer, she immediately began recording the details in her blog. These entries became the new book Tornado, an honest, day-by-day account of diagnosis, chemo, surgery, radiation, an...

Join other movie lovers on the third Friday of every month to watch classic films. This summer, we're paying tribute to the king of summer blockbusters, Steven Spielberg. Today we'll be watching Spielberg's very first film, Duel (1971). This tense...

In recognition of Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month, area resident (and Wednesday Journal staffer) Lourdes Nicholls tells the story of her family's experience in an incarceration camp for Americans of Japanese ancestry. Hear the pe...

Middle Schoolers are invited to join us every Tuesday to create something new. Sponsored by OPRF Youth Services. ...

Food journalist Steve Dolinsky, known for his TV reports on Chicago food for NBC 5, comes to the Library to discuss all things Chicago pizza. Steve will talk about the history of deep dish as well as a multitude of other pizza styles found in and aro...

Middle Schoolers are invited to join us every Tuesday to create something new. Sponsored by OPRF Youth Services. ...

Returning to the Library after her popular talk on Chicago's newest murals in 2021, historian and tour guide Beth Sair will now take you on a journey through many of the city's oldest and most stunning buildings, including the city's first public lib...

Come to the library on the first Monday morning of every month for coffee and conversation about local matters. It’s a great way to get to know your neighbors and learn about things going on in the community. Brought to you in partnership with the Ri...

Middle Schoolers are invited to join us every Tuesday to create something new. Sponsored by OPRF Youth Services. ...

Join us on Zoom for a special event with Dr. Temple Grandin, one of the world’s most accomplished and well-known adults with autism. Dr. Grandin has been at the forefront of research and activism for autism and neurodiversity for decades. Register...

Yoga instructor Rhonda Fentry leads a form of meditation using ambient overlapping sounds and vibrations from crystal and Tibetan singing bowls, tapping into your subconscious and awakening new energy. Please bring your own yoga mat. Registration req...