Week Calendar

Grades 6-12. Register for a Teen Subscription Box geared to the genre of the month. It will contain at least 2 books that you’ll need to return to the library, PLUS special items and snacks that you get to keep.

Help out with our Winterfest Day. We’ll have various stations and activities that you will help run with the help of our librarians. Lunch will be provided.

Join library staff for caroling at Warren Bar and Brookdale Senior Living! Stephane Collopy will accompany us on the Violin while we sing some classic winter favorites.

A social gathering for people living with Alzheimer's and related dementias and their care partners. Each session includes an activity and gives participants a chance to enjoy time together.

Join us to experience the fun of jewelry-making.

All ages. Help start off our wonderful winter reading program with this magical winter-themed storytime.

Celebrate the beginning of Winter Reading with a special all-ages event. Enjoy wintry demos, crafts, warm drinks, live music, photo booth, special animal guests, & a 1/2 priced Friends book sale!

Who’s that with the bright red hat? Why, it’s Santa Duck! Join Alex and Sailor Duck for a festive holiday storytime full of songs, stories and surprises as they await the arrival of Santa Duck! No registration required.

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

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

Outreach Services provides a browsing collection of large type books and audiovisual materials to residents of Warren Barr Senior Living.

This course will guide you through the fundamentals of navigating Windows 11. Learn to find what you need, organize your files, and personalize your experience. We'll cover the Start menu, Taskbar, File Explorer, Settings, and more!

Outreach Services brings a browsing collection of large type books and audiovisual materials to residents of Brookdale Senior Living.

Family Event. Come enjoy an interactive giant bubble show that’s sure to be fun for the whole family. No registration required.

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

Come sip on coffee and browse Orland Park Library's new books, magazines and audiovisual materials. 

Who’s that with the bright red hat? Why, it’s Santa Duck! Join Alex and Sailor Duck for a festive holiday storytime full of songs, stories and surprises as they await the arrival of Santa Duck! No registration required.

Take and Make. For Orland Park residents only. 

Session 1 we’ll be creating donation bins and placing them out for the public. Session 2 we’ll come back, sort, and pack up all of the donations. Register for each date separately. 

Training Dates: 

Monday, Sept. 9 at 5 p.m.       REGISTRATION OPENS: SEPT. 3 

Register to join us in creating a tape obstacle course for our upcoming Winter Wonderfest. 

After WWI, Italy’s wine industry faced a tarnished reputation due to low quality and excessive consumption. Mussolini’s regime strategically rebranded Italian wine, emphasizing national pride and high quality.

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

Design your own special candles from tanagram squares, the Chinese geometric puzzle using seven shapes.

Grades 3-5. Join us to learn all about bacteria and microorganisms. The first session on December 5,  we will be swabbing surfaces from around the library such as doorhandles, water fountain faucets and more to swab on petri dishes.

This introductory hands-on class will show you how to create, edit, and share spreadsheets in Google Sheets; as well as, how to create, edit, and share various forms using Google Forms.  

We know our patrons love to read, but how about those of you who put the ink to paper as well? Join us for a drop-in session the first Tuesday of every month to read and discuss your work and the work of your fellow wordsmiths.

In this class, we will discuss the terms and navigation of Microsoft's spreadsheet product, Excel, while 
you follow along on the computer. 

Registration is required.

Landscapes & Still Life
Oil Paintings

Come meet artist Elizabeth Andrews and learn about her work. Light refreshments will be served.