Upcoming Events

Does your child need homework assistance or just a place to relax and get some work done? Join us for our weekly homework club with provided snacks, calming music, and dedicated academic time. Suitable for grades 2-7.

Play one of our new YS collection board games: Choose Your Own Adventure - House of Danger! Designed for grades 5-7. 

Give back with friends & the Library at Beyond Hunger in Oak Park. 

Give back with friends & the Library at Beyond Hunger in Oak Park. 

Beat boredom with homemade fidget toys! Make your own fidget spinner, stress ball, or paper kaleidoscope.

This event will take place at the Park District of Forest Park administration building at 7501 Harrison St.

Spend an evening at the Forest Park Public Library with a variety of tabletop games. Either compete against each other, or work together, with games such as Catan, Flashpoint, and Ticket to Ride.

Join this 30 minute Chair Yoga class with DuShaun Branch that will be accessible and open to all bodies!  Chair Yoga is a great introduction to Yoga and allows students to use an everyday prop, the chair!!!

Come join us in playing one of the world’s oldest strategy games! Don’t know how to play? No problem! This program is designed for young beginning chess players to develop a love for the game. Suitable for grades 5-7. 

Show off your upcycling skills by turning one of your old t-shirts into a tote bag, and then decorate it with fabric markers! Limited shirts will be provided, bring your own to guarantee a bag you will love!

Invest in yourself with Northstar Literacy

Decorate wooden letters with positive sayings and/or drawings. Designed for grades 3 to 5.

We love mystery novels.  Join us!  New members welcome.

In honor of Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander month, we're collaborating with the Chinese Cultural Institute of Chicago on this art that ties in with historical and cultural tradition.

Class involves a series of movements performed in a slow gentle way. Focus on breathing and body awareness in this slow moving form of meditation.  Some basic familiarity with Tai Chi is expected.  

Class involves a series of movements performed in a slow gentle way. Focus on breathing and body awareness in this slow moving form of meditation.   

Does your child need homework assistance or just a place to relax and get some work done? Join us for our weekly homework club with provided snacks, calming music, and dedicated academic time. Suitable for grades 2-7.

Blast to the past with retro gaming on our Retron console!

If you are the parent or caregiver of a student who uses special education services and/or is looking to network with families who use special education services, this might be the meetup for you.

Babel-On with R.F. Kuang

Artificial intelligence shows up in everything from driving directions to image filters—but how do you know when it’s actually useful, and when it might lead you astray?

Mia P. Manansala is a writer from Chicago who loves books, baking, and badass women. She is a multi-award-winning author, using humor (and murder) to explore aspects of the Filipino diaspora.