Second Floor - Veterans Room
4th Annual Smartypants Trivia Night
Sold Out! Thanks to everyone who has registered their team. This event is now full. Teams of 4 to 6 people will compete in the Friends of the Oak Park Public Library's 4th Annual Smartypants Trivia Night.
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America's Music Film Screening: Swing Jazz
See "Ken Burns' Jazz: Episode 6: The Velocity of Celebration." This episode of Ken Burns' acclaimed series on the history of Jazz picks up Swing jazz in the late 1930s.
Scholar George Bailey introduces the film and leads discussion afterwards.
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Folk Music Concert: Ben Bedford
Friends of the Oak Park Public Library present a free folk music concert by Ben Bedford. Bedford delivers intriguing sketches of America, its individuals, their victories and struggles. In 2010, Bedford was named one of "the 50 most significant folk singer-songwriters of the past 50 years" by Rich Warren of WFMT in Chicago.
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America's Music Film Screening: La Bamba
In this 19887 film, Latino teenager Richie Valens (Lou Diamond Phillips) rises to fame but his life is cut short by a 1959 plane crash.
Film historian Doug Deuchler introduces the film and leads a discussion following.
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Silly Stories with Miss Tracey
Join Miss Tracey for a special wild and wacky Spring Break storytime full of laughs!
Register by phone, in person, or online beginning February 7.This program is best for kids 2 to 6.
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Oak Park Photography Club
Share photos with other interested photographers of all skill levels.
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Art Associates: "Chicago and the Art of Migration, 1900-1950"
David Stark of the Art Institute of Chicago shares art and stories about the immigrant experience in Chicago with his lecture "They Seek a City: Chicago and the Art of Migration."