Event List

This meeting is for care partners of those attending the Early Memory Loss Support Group. If your care partner is registered you will automatically be registered for this concurrent meeting.

If you’re looking for a dose of healthy competition and geeky fun, come out to our adults only trivia night at the OPPL!

Enjoy an incredible live performance by Scott Green (magician to the Chicago Bulls), test your wits in our Minecraft digital escape room with ArrayScape, enjoy live music and explore our Artist Alley featuring

Join one of Chicago’s premiere harpists, LeAnne Bennion, for a tour de force of some of the most moving and complex pieces written for the harp. 

Participants will be guided to make their own beaded jewelry in this hands-on workshop. 

Grades 9-12 and parents. Join Independent College Counselor Maria Koeppen for an interactive presentation designed to help students and families identify colleges that align with their academic goals, interests, and financial needs.

In this lecture-style class you will learn the fundamentals of using Outlook, including email, calendar, and tasks.  

Registration is required.

This hands-on class will demonstrate the power of formulas in Excel to calculate and streamline data. Prior familiarity with Excel is required. 

To commemorate Indigenous People’s month, OPPL and the Tuesday Night Book Club are proud to present an author talk with special guest, Nick Medina.  

Trace the history of one of the most successful musical acts of the 1960s-Simon & Garfunkel.

The library, in partnership with the Alzheimer's Association and Pathlights, is hosting an eight-week support group for those living with early stage dementia or MCI (mild cognitive impairment), and their care partners.

This meeting is for care partners of those attending the Early Memory Loss Support Group. If your care partner is registered you will automatically be registered for this concurrent meeting.

Have you ever wanted to explore the library? Come learn about the library’s history and see all the new spaces the library has to offer!

This advanced hands-on class will show how to prepare data and how to use and manipulate pivot tables and charts in Excel. Prior familiarity with Excel is required for this class. 

In commemoration of Native American Heritage Month, we will be hosting a ceremony to present the library's Land Acknowledgement. This event will feature indigenous artists, musicians, performers and a tasting of regional cuisine.

In honor of Veteran's Day, The Veterans Commission of Orland Park will be collecting donations for active-duty service members in the library's lobby.

In this class, you will use the Glowforge machine to create a take home faux leather patch project. Previous Glowforge experience or having previously taken our Glowforge Basics class is required to participate in this project class. 

In this class, you will use the Glowforge machine to create a take home faux leather patch project. Previous Glowforge experience or having previously taken our Glowforge Basics class is required to participate in this project class. 

Designed for those caring for a loved one with dementia. Comes to relax, share, learn, and connect with fellow caregivers and local experts. This program is exclusively for caregivers. 

Drop in for a game of chess! All skill levels welcome. The library does not provide chess sets so bring one if you have it.

Ageless Grace® is a highly effective brain fitness program that keeps participants moving and thinking through the power of play.