Events
Join us on designated days for an interactive, instructional fitness session with fan-favorite instructor Arlene Santiago! We've taken Chair Yoga and graduated into something even more exciting: Ageless Strength & Mobility! This program can be accessed through Zoom on in-person at the library. Registration for this event is required! Patrons who sign up are registered for classes for the entire month.
*PLEASE NOTE: Participants must sign the waiver below prior to participating. Participants must be registered to attend. Participants are encouraged to bring a hand towel with them to class.
WAIVER: https://app.waiversign.
Join us live on ZOOM! Click the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
Meeting ID: 823 8597 9914
Passcode: 971791
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month virtually with Illinois Libraries Present and Erika Sánchez, award-winning author of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter. She will be joined in conversation by Cynthia Pelayo. Registration is required.
This event will be recorded and available to view for 14 days. A link to the recording will be emailed to all registrants. The email will include the final date to view the recording.
Erika L. Sanchez is the daughter of Mexican immigrants. Her debut poetry collection, Lessons on Expulsion, was a finalist for the PEN America Open Book Award. Her debut young adult novel, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, was a New York Times bestseller, National Book Award finalist, and Tomás Rivera Award winner. Recognized by Time as one of the best YA novels of all time, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter has also been adapted for the stage at Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago and is being made into a film directed by America Ferrera.
Sánchez’ critically acclaimed memoir-in-essays, Crying in the Bathroom, won the Chicago Review of Books Nonfiction award. Sánchez was a Fulbright Scholar, a Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent fellow from the Poetry Foundation, a Princeton Arts Fellow, a recipient of the 21st Century Award from the Chicago Public Library Foundation, and a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. She lives in Chicago with her family.
Cynthia Pelayo is a Bram Stoker Award winning and International Latino Book Award winning author and poet. Pelayo writes fairy tales that blend genre and explore concepts of grief, mourning, and violence. She is the author of Loteria, Santa Muerte, The Missing, Poems of My Night, Into the Forest and All the Way Through, Children of Chicago, Crime Scene, and The Shoemaker’s Magician.
This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present (ILP), a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering premier events. ILP is funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, a department of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).
ILP is committed to inclusion and accessibility. To request accommodations, please email illinoislibrariespresent@gmail.com
Registration is required. To register, please click the link listed below:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GjOkKAyBSq2a5mM9eV1S5A#/registration
Join us in-person for a presentation detailing the causes of both Heart Disease and Diabetes. Learn about the signs and risks of both diseases as well as preventative measures to stay healthy.
Join us for a very special cooking class with fan-favorite instructor Kristyn Slick in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month! Follow along as Kristyn demos how to make Tamales and Spanish Rice.
This program will be presented live on Zoom. Register online today or through email! Send an email to kaitlyn.keller@pfpl.org (Subject: Tamales) to reserve your space and receive program access information.
Registration is required!
Join us on designated days for an interactive, instructional fitness session with fan-favorite instructor Arlene Santiago! We've taken Chair Yoga and graduated into something even more exciting: Ageless Strength & Mobility! This program can be accessed through Zoom on in-person at the library. Registration for this event is required! Patrons who sign up are registered for classes for the entire month.
*PLEASE NOTE: Participants must sign the waiver below prior to participating. Participants must be registered to attend. Participants are encouraged to bring a hand towel with them to class.
WAIVER: https://app.waiversign.
Join us live on ZOOM! Click the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
Meeting ID: 823 8597 9914
Passcode: 971791
Writer's Workshop (Led by James Pressler)
- Meeting on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month from 2:30pm-4:30pm.Are you an aspiring author looking for tips and tricks to improve and perfect your craft? Are you interested in sharing your work with other authors for constructive criticism? Are you skeptical of the writing process and looking for answers from your peers? We've got the club for you! Join local author and writer James Pressler twice a month on designated Saturdays at the Writer's Workshop.
Join us in the Ringering Room for our monthly Nostalgia Monday Movie! Registration is encouraged, but not required.
Now Showing: Ghostbusters (1984)
Rated: PG
Runtime: 1 hr 45 min
Memory Café
-Available In-Person 11:00am-
A Memory Café is a safe, supportive environment, designed to engage attendees in cognitive activities to perk up memory. The goal of The Park Forest Public Library's memory café is to keep attendees mentally and socially active, which research shows is protective of brain health. The Memory Café is free and open to all older adults with or without current memory concerns. Guest speakers are occasionally scheduled, and community resource information is available. All families, friends and their caregivers are welcome to attend.
Presentation by:
DINAMIC Health Care, LLC
Recognizing Early Signs & Symptoms of Alzheimer's & Dementia
**We ask caregivers to be present with any guest that need personal care assistance. **Memory Café meets every (3rd) third Tuesday of the month.
Registration is Encouraged.
Registration will open on October 8th
****This event was paid for by a My Library Is....Grant from RAILS****
Join us on designated days for an interactive, instructional fitness session with fan-favorite instructor Arlene Santiago! We've taken Chair Yoga and graduated into something even more exciting: Ageless Strength & Mobility! This program can be accessed through Zoom on in-person at the library. Registration for this event is required! Patrons who sign up are registered for classes for the entire month.
*PLEASE NOTE: Participants must sign the waiver below prior to participating. Participants must be registered to attend. Participants are encouraged to bring a hand towel with them to class.
WAIVER: https://app.waiversign.
Join us live on ZOOM! Click the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
Meeting ID: 823 8597 9914
Passcode: 971791
The Park Forest Public Library Board of Trustees is elected to set policies and oversee the operation of the Library. Trustees receive no payment for their service. The meetings are open to the public. The meeting agenda includes an opportunity for audience members to address the Board.
Meeting will be held in the Ringering Room.