Upcoming Events

The list below shows all the currently scheduled library events. If you want to see a list of events happening at a specific OPL location, you can filter the list using the menu below. To see upcoming library events happening out in the community rather than at our branches, visit our offsite events page.

Tuesday, December 31st, 2019
Event Name Time Location
Let's Meet in the ZONE! 4:30pm Lakeview Branch
Pajama Storytime 7:00pm Dimond Branch
Thursday, January 2nd, 2020
Event Name Time Location
Toddler Storytime 10:15am Montclair Branch
Toddler Storytime 10:15am Golden Gate Branch
Baby Bounce 10:15am Dimond Branch
Play Café 10:15am Elmhurst Branch
Play Cafe 10:15am 81st Avenue Branch
Toddler Storytime 10:30am Temescal Branch
Toddler Story Time 10:30am Rockridge Branch
Preschool Story Time 10:30am Rockridge Branch
Sewing Lab 10:30am Asian Branch
Community Produce Stand with Mandela Marketplace 11:00am Main Library
Baby Bounce 11:30am Montclair Branch
Crisis Support 1:00pm Main Library
Free Computer Help! 1:30pm West Oakland Branch
All Knit 3:30pm Lakeview Branch
Game Day 3:30pm Dimond Branch
Paws to Read: Read Aloud to Scout! 3:30pm Rockridge Branch
ESL Conversation Club / Inglés como Segundo Idioma (ESL) Club de Conversación 4:00pm César E. Chávez Branch
Women* Bike Book Club 6:00pm Golden Gate Branch
Friday, January 3rd, 2020
Event Name Time Location
eBook Help 2:00pm Rockridge Branch
Build Fridays 3:30pm Piedmont Avenue Branch
Chess Club 3:30pm Rockridge Branch
Oakland Youth Poet Laureate Performance 7:00pm Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make Believe
Saturday, January 4th, 2020
Event Name Time Location
Veterans Services 10:00am Main Library
Yard (work) Party with the Friends of the Temescal Branch Library 10:00am Temescal Branch
Veteran's Resource Center Pop-Up 10:00am Rockridge Branch
Are You Ready to Become a United States Citizen? 10:15am Main Library
Family Story Time 10:30am Rockridge Branch
Baby Café 10:30am Piedmont Avenue Branch
Toddler Storytime 10:30am Main Library
Family Storytime 11:00am Asian Branch
Family Storytime/Open Playtime 11:00am Melrose Branch
Family Dance 11:00am Dimond Branch
English Conversation Group / Club de Conversacion en Ingles 11:00am Martin Luther King Jr. Branch
Refresh & Renew 2020: Practicing Mindfulness 11:00am Rockridge Branch
ARTimatics: Learning Math & Geometry through Art with Jr. Oakland Cubers 12:00pm Temescal Branch
Hiking the Camino de Santiago 1:00pm Lakeview Branch
Ukulele Meet-Up Group 1:30pm Melrose Branch
The Beat Within - Writing Workshop for Teens 2:00pm Main Library
Friends of the Lakeview Library Meeting 2:30pm Lakeview Branch
Off the Hook 3:00pm Melrose Branch
Free Financial Education Workshops 3:30pm Main Library
A Tour of AAMLO 4:00pm African American Museum & Library at Oakland
Sunday, January 5th, 2020
Event Name Time Location
Veterans Services 1:00pm Main Library
Help for Renters 3:00pm Main Library
Monday, January 6th, 2020
Event Name Time Location
RJOY Elder Circle 1:00pm Lakeview Branch
Learn How to Find (and Keep) Housing 2:00pm Main Library
PAWS to Read 3:00pm Dimond Branch
TeenScape 3:30pm Rockridge Branch