Oakland Public Library

06/05/2026

Celebrate summer with a music-filled evening for all ages, featuring live DJs from KALW Public Media 91.7 FM, hands-on mocktail making, games, and a welcoming community vibe. 🎶 🍹 💃

Kick off the series Margarita Azucar. She'll bring her signature sound of music that inspires movement and joy Thursday nights on KALW.

Bring the whole family. Come dance, sip, and connect at your library.

Music and Mocktails with KALW is made possible by funding from the Friends of Oakland Public Library. ☀️

Details ➡️ https://bit.ly/4xue0Gr

06/04/2026

Fuel your child's summer adventures! 🍎 Free lunch at the library is back from June 1 - August 7, 2026 (except June 19th).

Find participating locations ➡ https://bit.ly/4vyE7dq

06/04/2026

This week (June 4-20) at the Oakland Public Library! Kids can watch a magic show at the Eastmont Branch, families can play Spades at the Main Library's Juneteenth Pre-Cookout, and teens play D&D at the Main Library TeenZone. 🎲♠️🎩

This and more summer fun at oaklandlibrary.org/summer ☀️

Tag us in you library adventures!

06/03/2026

Next week at the Main Library, Yotam Marom will be in conversation with Malkia Devich Cyril, and special guest Lu Aya of the Peace Poets.

Brooklyn-based organizer and facilitator Yotam Marom comes to the Bay Area with his debut For Louder Days: Reaching Beyond a Politics of Powerlessness, a brilliant, lyrical clarion cry for a more honest, more strategic, more loving approach to progressive activism and movement building, driven by stories and lessons from a life in the movement.

Yotam will be joined in conversation by acclaimed organizer, strategist, and author Malkia Devich Cyril. The event will include poetry by Lu Aya of the Peace Poets, whose songs have been used in many of the movement moments of the past decade, and the discussion will be followed by a Q&A with the audience.

Register ➡️ https://bit.ly/4oeyGxJ

06/02/2026

Tomorrow! Author Anita Gail Jones discusses her debut novel The Peach Seed at the Oakland Public Library: Montclair Branch on June 3rd at 6pm. A book signing will follow the discussion.

Join Author Anita Gail Jones in discussion of her debut Novel: The Peach Seed. About Anita - Anita Gail JonesAnita Gail Jones is a visual artist, professional storyteller and writer, born and raised in Albany, Georgia and lives in Northern California. Her debut novel, The Peach Seed, is a sweeping m...

06/02/2026

The Oakland Ballers are coming to the West Oakland Branch! Listen to exciting baseball stories, sing songs, and meet Ballers players. ⚾ 📚 🤩

Same time, same place as our usual Family Storytime.

All kids are welcome with grown-up participation. Stay after for our usual 30-minute free play time and to chat with the Ballers players.

https://bit.ly/4vK58uD

06/02/2026

An intersectional reading list perfect for that special moment between AAPI Heritage Month and Pride. 📚 🏳️‍🌈

Start reading ➡️ https://bit.ly/4x0ml46

06/01/2026

In addition to these monthly book clubs, the Black Studies Collective at West Oakland is also back! Call the West Oakland Branch at (510) 238-7352 for details.

Come talk books with us! 🤓📖

Find more book clubs, what we're reading this month, and other details here ➡️ oaklandlibrary.org/bookclub

05/30/2026

Welcome to jubilant June at the Oakland Public Library! This month we're celebrating, LGBTQIA+ pride, Juneteenth, Caribbean Heritage Month, and Immigrant Heritage Month.

Also, free, family-focused programming and the summer reading challenge for Summer at OPL has officially started! From May 23rd to August 2, complete 20 days of activities and win a prize and be entered to win one of our really cool grand prizes! 📚 ☀️ 😄

We host hundreds of programs every month at our 18 locations, so here's a quick snapshot:

⚽ Oakland Roots Soccer Camps
Families are welcome to play at our Oakland Roots soccer camps at the 81st Ave Branch and the Main Library, but spots are filling up fast!

🍔 Juneteenth Pre-Cookout
On June 7th we're hosting a cookout with family, friends, spades, BBQ, and DJ Black Woman will be curating the vibes. Don't miss it!

🐇 Little Explorers Petting Zoo
Bring the kids to meet farm animals like sheep, goats, chickens, pigs, and bunnies at the little explorers petting zoo!

🌼 Marigold Growing Contest
The marigold growing contest is back! Can you grow the tallest cempasúchil (marigold)?

🎨 Painting With Nature
The Lawrence Hall of Science teaches how Mesocamericans created vibrant paints out of natural components in this scientific craft program.

🎤 OYPL announcement
Celebrate our 15th year of Oakland Youth Poet Laureate and the announcement of the 2026 OYPL and Vice OYPL on June 5th at Oakstop Broadway.

Read the blog ➡️ https://bit.ly/4dNGfbj

05/28/2026

Enjoy this diverse collection of adult novels, fantasy, memoirs, nonfiction, poetry, and romance books by Pacific Islander authors available at the Oakland Public Library! 📚

Start reading ➡️ https://bit.ly/4vf3sc0