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Details listed below for these library-sponsored activities & events:

Free Movies @ Your Library

Children's Program Highlights

Adult Program Highlights

Local History Exhibit

Free Health Screenings

To find out what's going on at the library see also:

Adult Programs | Children's Calendar | Community Health Screenings | Computer Classes


Free Movies @ Your Library

The following films will be shown in the library's lower level meeting room.  Please observe the movie ratings for age restrictions.

Children's Program Highlights


These free activities are offered for children ages six months to fourteen years, their parents, and other caregivers. Sign up in person at the Youth Services Desk. You must present the child’s library card to enroll. Preference is given to Oak Lawn residents and students. Residents of other communities will be placed on a waiting list until it can be determined whether they can be accommodated. Each child's library card must be presented at the time of registration. The complete rules and restrictions for all activities and events are listed in a program booklet, which you may pick up at the library or view on our Current Programs web site.

Adult Program Highlights

Our library hosts a variety of lectures, workshops and entertainment offerings for a variety of interests. Free admission and no advance registration required, unless otherwise noted.

Local History Exhibit

History Alive: Preserving the Buildings of Oak Lawn’s Past
Open May 22, 2010 through early 2011

Photo: The O'Brien house, 9402 S. 53rd Ct.

Come and view photographs and artifacts that tell the story of nineteen historic structures throughout Oak Lawn, including the Auschwitz House, Keyhole House, Covington School and Trinity Lutheran Church. Once the exhibit opens, you may stop in anytime during the hours posted for the Local History Room. This special exhibit will be available for viewing through early 2011.

Oak Lawn’s Historic Structures

Tuesday, October 26 at 7 p.m.

Join Local History Coordinator Kevin Korst for an in depth review of the exhibit.

Thank you to all those who support Oak Lawn History and the upcoming Centennial Celebration!  For more information about this and other local history topics, contact Local History Coordinator Kevin Korst by phone, 708-422-4990.


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Free Health Screenings

The Oak Lawn Community Partnership provides free blood pressure screenings and other health-related offerings in the library’s lower level meeting room on the second Wednesday of most months from 10-11 a.m. (a new, shorter time frame), September through June. Blood pressure screenings are performed by personnel from the Oak Lawn Fire Department.