Week Calendar

Pick up this Take and Make at the Teen Loft while supplies last. 

The Friends have something for everyone! This annual sale will offer gently-used books only. No audio-visual media will be sold, such as DVDs, CDs, etc.

Help at our annual Friends of the Library book sale. Hours earned: 3.5.

An informal, mixed level group, guided by a teacher. Anyone with a basic working knowledge of English can join. Childcare is not available, but parents or caregivers may bring young children who can occupy themselves during the program.

Curious about this Chinese tile game? Eric Bennion from Fair Game talks about the game and how it is played.

We will have fun as we read, sing, and play together to build early literacy skills.   

Birth-11 months with parent or caregiver.

Stories, songs, fingerplays and fun all while building early literacy skills.

Join us for this interactive storytime. Be ready to sing, shake, and move!   

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

Start your weekend off right! Bring the family together for stories, songs, and fun!

Help set up our magazine giveaway. Hours earned: 3 

Outreach Services provides a browsing collection of large print books and audiovisual materials to residents of Evergeen Senior Living.

12-23 months with parent or caregiver.

Stories, songs, fingerplays and fun all while building early literacy skills.

Designed for those caring for a loved one with dementia. Come to relax, share, learn, and get connected to fellow caregivers and local experts. This class is exclusively for caregivers.

Have you ever wanted to explore the library? Come learn about the library's history and see what our new spaces have to offer!

Outreach Staff reads with residents of Autumn Leaves.

Patricia McClure-Chessier is the Award-Winning Author of “Losing a Hero to Alzheimer’s The Story of Pearl” and “A Caregiver’s Guide for Alzheimer’s and Dementia Nine Key Principles." Patricia will share her journey about how she cared for her moth

Help at our annual Friends of the Library book sale. Hours earned: 3.5.

Assist staff with youth program. Check youth description for program specifics. 

Designed for those caring for a loved one with dementia. Come to relax, share, learn, and get connected to fellow caregivers and local experts. This class is exclusively for caregivers.

The children have moved out. What do I do with my house now? Stay? Sell? Sell by owner? Rent it? Do I really want to be a landlord? Take out a reverse mortgage? And, how and when do I give it to my children? Attorney Michael J.

Hop to the library to read books about bunnies and make a cute craft! 

Help set up our annual Friends of the Library book sale. Hours earned: 2.

Take and Make. For Orland Park residents only. 

Grades 6-12. Register to design your own patches! 

Discover how to prepare and share slideshow presentations with Google Slides in this hands-on class

Registration is required.

Assist staff with youth program. Check youth description for program specifics. 

Ages 3-6. Puppycorns, Kittycorns, Unicorns, bring your plushie friends to our Uni-Carnival! 

Assist staff with youth program. Check youth description for program specifics. 

Chicago is filled with sports legends, legions, and lore. Join Clarence Goodman as he presents on the why, when, and how of Chicago team sports. 

Have you ever tried painting with Broccoli?! Come and try out this fun painting technique! 

Help set up our annual Friends of the Library book sale. Hours earned: 2.

Hours Earned: 1.5 

Grades 6-12. Buddy up with a kid to build and decorate a butterfly house. 

Buddy up with a teen volunteer to build and decorate your very own butterfly house. 

For Ingrid Rojas Contreras, magic runs in the family. Raised amid the political violence of 1980s and '90s Colombia, in a house bustling with her mother's fortune-telling clients, she was a hard child to surprise.