Upcoming Programs and Concerts

December 2018 Oakland Public Library Newsletter is Available!

Click here to see our December 2018 Newsletter.

Click here to see Children's Programs on our Kids page.            

Click here to see Teen Programs on our Teens page.        

Computer Workshop Wednesdays
Wednesdays from 1:00 - 2:30 PM .

December 19 - Overdrive/Libby- is for eBooks and eAudiobooks. Come learn how to access it for free with your library card.

Please register by calling the library at 201-337-3742 xt. 7004.

Qigong for Overall Health & Well-being
Tara Farley
Mondays: January 28, February 4, 11 & 25
March 4 & 11 at 10:00 AM
Large Meeting Room Downstairs

Qigong is a medical based practice that combines movement, breath, and intention to create a balanced state of being. Tara Farley is a certified Qigong teacher as well as a yoga teacher and energy therapist. Please bring a bottle of water and wear comfortable clothes. Registration is not necessary.

Chess at the Oakland Public Library
Every Tuesday from 5:00-8:00 PM
All levels are welcome

Players of all ages and skill levels are welcome. Beginner lessons are offered to anyone who is interested in learning how to play chess. 5 sets & 1 clock will be available. Players are encouraged to bring their own equipment.

Feel free to bring other board games you enjoy to play. There will also be both XiangQi (Chinese chess) & WeiQi (Go) sets for those partial to chess variants or those curious.

This weekly program is free, registration is not required. 

Coffee & Coloring for Adults
1st & 3rd Friday of Every Month 
Friday, December 21 & Friday, January 4
1:00-2:30 PM
In the Maker's Space Downstairs

The library will provide the designs, paper, pencils, pens, crayons, and the coffee or tea!

No registration is required.

December Exhibit
Photographer Ed Landen
Landen's Landscapes Fine Art Photography

Ed Landen is a landscape and portrait digital photographer with 34 years experience and a degree in fine art. Ed captures and creates images using unique blend of fine art brush tiles and digital capture techniques to what has been called "Eddism images". "When I was a child I was given a Viewmaster. The film colors on the wheels would become more intense as I would move closer to a light source, I feel this is what conditioned me to see landscape with such saturated colors" During my education I was introduced to many other artists and photographers that have influence me: Wolf Kahn, Edward Hopper, Elizabeth Mowry, and Elliot Porter. Ed has sold his fine art photography to many medical and professional offices throughout the NYC metropolitan region as well as homes throughout the east coast. Recently his works were sold to several large firms giving their patrons and staff uplifting feelings for their environment.

Ed Landen's art photography will be on exhibit at the Oakland Library through the end of December.

The Oakland Public Library NOW has access to
Lynda.com Online Training Library
Free with your Oakland Public Library Card

Click Here to Go to: https://www.lynda.com/portal/sip?org=oakand.bccls.org.

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Hoopla

The Oakland Public Library now offers the Hoopla service for Oakland residents with a library card.  Oakland patrons will receive 10 checkouts per month.

Go online to https://www.hoopladigital.com/ to access Hoopla Digital or download the Hoopla Digital app

Please call us if you need assistance with Hoopla at 201-337-3742.