Meeting Room - Dole Branch
Toddler Storytime
A fun storytime tailored just for children 1 to 3 years of age and their siblings.
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Eggshell Dolls
Design your own Matroyska doll or recreate a favorite character. We will supply the eggshells and the paint. Bring your ideas! Best for ages 7-12. Register in person, online at oppl.org/events or by calling 708.386.9032 beginning May 30.
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Ben's Bubble Show!
School's out and fun's in with this mind-boggling show of bubble mastery! Giant bubbles, smoke-filled bubbles, bubbles within bubbles... Ben Jimenez brings art, science and a touch of magic to this show. All ages. Register in person, by calling 708-386-9032 or online at oppl.org/events beginning Friday, April 12.
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Pinata Making Party!
Let's celebrate Cinco de Mayo by learning the different phases of making a pinata from scratch. You will also get the chance to decorate your own pinata! For Oak Park cardholders only. Please register in person, online at oppl.org/events or by calling 708-386-9032 beginning April 2nd.
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Little Kids Yoga-CANCELLED
Kids ages 2 through 5 get their turn to stretch, bend and breathe... all while having fun! Register in person, online at oppl.org/events or by calling 708-386-9032 beginning April 4.
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Brown Bag - Snow White Must Die
Snow White Must Die begins with a woman who has fallen off a pedestrian bridge onto a car underneath. The investigation leads Detective Pia Kirchhoff and Oliver Bodenstein, to a small village, and the home of the victim, whose son was convicted for the disappearance of two young girls eleven years earlier. The investigation turns into a race against time, because for the villagers, it is soon pretty clear who the perpetrator is and they are prepared to take matters in their own hands.
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Brown Bag - Garnethill
On returning home in a drunken state after discovering her boyfriend has been married for 12 years, Maureen ODonnell, a former patient in Glasgow psychiatric hospital, finds the body of her boyfriend tied to her kitchen chair with his throat cut and becomes the prime suspect in his murder. Garnethill by Denise Mina provides some insight into the relationship of those with mental illnesses and the ones who treat them. Brown Bag book discussions feature a new mystery title each month. Books are available at the Dole Branch Library one month before the discussion.
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Brown Bag - The Beautiful Mystery
When the choir director at the monastery of Saint-Gilbert-Entre-les-Loups is found murdered, Chief Inspector Gamache of the Surete du Quebec is called to investigate. In this 8th novel in the Chief Inspector Gamache series, the Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny is set in a monastery where a chant, the Gregorian chant, with its serene and melodic sounds, polarizes the monks, the ones who want to gain attention and success and the others who view that prospect of a more open and worldly community with horror. Brown Bag book discussions feature a new mystery title each month.
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Brown Bag - Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison, is propelled into a mystery when a man is found murdered on the grounds of her family's decaying English mansion and Flavia's father becomes the main suspect. Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie is the first in C. Alan Bradleys Flavia De Luce mysteries. Brown Bag book discussions feature a new mystery title each month. Books are available at the Dole Branch Library one month before the discussion. Library book discussions are open to all who are committed to reading and talking about books.
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Brown Bag - The Name of the Rose
In the early 14th century, English monk Brother Williams turns detective to solve a murder at a Clunic abbey in Italy, where heresy is the motivation. His tools are the logic of Aristotle, the theology of Aquinas, the empirical insights of Roger Baconall sharpened to a glistening edge by wry humor and a ferocious curiosity.