Upcoming Programs and Concerts

November 2018 Oakland Public Library Newsletter is Available!

Click here to see our November 2018 Newsletter.

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

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

November 14 - Hoopla- Hoopla is a digital media service with over 200,000 movies, music, eBooks and more!  Come learn how to access it.

November 28 - Hoopla- Hoopla is a digital media service with over 200,000 movies, music, eBooks and more!  Come learn how to access it.

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

All Members of the New Friends of the Oakland Public Library are Invited to Attend the Annual General Membership Meeting on Monday, November 19 at 6:00 PM. 

What is Criminal Justice Reform?
presented by the Bergen County Superior Court and the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office
Tuesday, November 27 at 7:00 PM

Come for an informal presentation on Criminal Justice Reform in the State of NJ. Learn about the first appearance process, detention hearings, pretrial monitoring and Speedy Trial Legislation.  Speakers: Leslie E. Darcy - Criminal Division Manager Amy Vander Clute - Asst. Criminal Division Manager/ Pretrial Services Jessica Gomperts - Asst. Prosecutor/ Chief of Domestic Violence Unit.  Registration Required.  Please register by phone at 201-337-3742, in person or online by Clicking Here.

NFOPL Favorite Foreign Films
"Burnt by the Sun"
Monday, December 3 from 12:30-2:00 PM

Burnt by the Sune (Russian) is a 1994 film which depicts the story of a senior Red Army officer and his family during the Great Purge of the late 1930s in the Stalinist Soviet Union. The film achieved a high degree of popularity in Russia and positive reviews in the United States. It received the Grand Prix at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival, the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

No Registration Required.

Please join us for coffee, cookies and conversation about the film in the Maker Space.  Food is not allowed in the Movie Room.  

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, November 16 & Friday, December 7
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.

November 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 November.

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.

Donate to the Oakland Public Library while shopping on Amazon... Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to New Friends of the Oakland Public Library whenever you shop on AmazonSmile.  To donate by credit card using Amazon Smile, bookmark this link by Clicking Here.

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.