Oakland Public Library

10/22/2026

Use this all-ages reading guide to explore OPL’s Filipino American book collections. This librarian-curated list of 44 books includes children’s fairy tales and folklore, young adult graphic novels, memoirs, adult mystery novels, multigenerational family narratives, the history of Filipino Americans in California, and more.

Browse books 📚➡️ https://bit.ly/4yFDHD4

10/22/2026

Celebrate Día de los Mu***os at your library! We have sugar skull decorating activities for children at several locations through the end of October. 💀 🌼 You can also contact your local branch to see if there is a community ofenda that you can contribute to.

Event details ➡️ https://bit.ly/4shMXvq

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10/21/2026

Scary stories that take place during time! 👻🪦😱 Start reading 📚 ➡️ https://bit.ly/48cjvxG

Books for teens that take place on or around Halloween!

10/21/2026

Fruitvale Branch will be closed on 10/21 and 10/22 due to maintenance.

10/21/2026

Where would we be without our Friends! October 18-24, 2026 is and we want to highlight just a few of the many, many ways that our Friends support the Oakland Public Library and its patrons across the city. ❤️ Read more ➡️ https://bit.ly/4ifEqEY

10/19/2026

The Elmhurst Branch is closed today, Monday, October 19, 2026 due to a power outage. Elmhurst Branch will re-open tomorrow.

10/19/2026

The Fruitvale Branch is closed today Monday, October 19, 2026 due to maintenance.

10/16/2026

In 1969, The Black Panther Party started the Free Breakfast for School Children Program in Oakland.

As one of the Black Panther Party's survival programs, the goal was to feed children, improve nutrition, and demonstrate mutual aid in underserved communities.

Read about this historic program ➡️ https://bit.ly/3UqVQ9E

(Photo from the African American Museum & Library at Oakland Photograph collection.)

10/16/2026

While some museums build collections through acquisition or gifts often working with outside archaeologists, collectors or researchers, the Trash Falcon Trash Museum of Trash team includes all of these roles. Using everything from traditional trash pickers or old fashioned rubber gloves to custom built archaeology recovery tools such as the witches finger, grappling hooks, or long bamboo poles, curators rescue objects discarded in the Adams Point and Lake Merritt neighborhoods, and then clean/sanitize and categorize them into displays.

Founded in 2020, the Trash Falcons Trash Museum of Trash features amazing and questionably historic items found on weekly Trash Falcons missions — preserving, documenting and sharing the hidden stories in Oakland’s found trash.

Join us for Trash Falcons Tales on October 18th at the Main Library! The exhibit will be on display from October 17-December 4, 2026. Details: https://bit.ly/3Wuomrs

10/15/2026

❤️‍🩹🩺 Next week, October 20th! Get free primary and urgent care, dental services, vaccinations, and blood pressure check from Alameda Health System's mobile medical clinic.

No health insurance or ID required. Drop-ins accepted. To make an appointment, call (510) 437-5086 and press option 4.

⏰10am - 3:30pm
🗓Every third Tuesday
📍Oakland Main Library
125 14th St.

More info: https://bit.ly/4oCrU5j