Events
Kids and teens will have the opportunity for a 15 minute, one-on-one reading session with a registered therapy dog and their handler. This program requires advanced registration.
Participants may only register for two…
Kids and teens will have the opportunity for a one-on-one reading session with a registered therapy dog and their handler. This program requires advanced registration.
Participants can choose to read to either Peep, Alex, Coco or…
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Happy Hunger Games! Come try your luck at survival skills and activities themed around the Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins and see if you have what it takes to win the Hunger Games in this interactive program for teens ages 12-18.…
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Yōkai, supernatural beings and phenomena from Japanese folklore and popular culture, are at once sinister and friendly, frightening and silly, and completely captivating to the imagination. Join Omaha Public Library and a representative…
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It’s your time to shine! Join OPL and instructors with Pear Tree Performing Arts studio to explore culture through the power of oral tradition, folktales, and drama. Participants engage in a variety of arts-based lessons and learn about the…
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Kids and teens will have the opportunity for a one-on-one reading session with Tilly the golden retriever and her handler. This program requires advanced registration. Tilly is a 3 year-old golden retriever. Her hobbies…
Kids and teens will have the opportunity for a one-on-one reading session with a registered therapy dog and their handler. This program requires advanced registration.
Participants can choose to read to either Peep, Alex, Coco or…
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Join OPL as we engage in digital storytelling through exciting STEM and coding activities with our new community partner Snapology! While children are exploring robotics, coding, and design challenges using LEGO® bricks and technology, they…
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Happy Hunger Games! Come try your luck at survival skills and activities themed around the Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins and see if you have what it takes to win the Hunger Games in this interactive program for teens ages 11-18.…
Kids and teens will have the opportunity for a 15 minute, one-on-one reading session with a registered therapy dog and their handler. This program requires advanced registration.
Participants may only register for two…
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Join Omaha Public Library the second Thursday of the month to read with fellow book lovers from all over Omaha for a silent reading party!
This month we are at the Omaha Dog Bar — no dog needed to attend!
In this nontraditional…
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Oh no! We're stuck in the past! Or is this the future? Work together to find hidden relics from each era and fix the T.I.M.E machine before that hungry dinosaur eats you for dinner. Do you have what it takes?
This is a free event for…
Kids will have the opportunity for a one-on-one reading session with Bella, a Labrador Retriever/registered therapy dog, and her handler. This program is first come, first served.Parents/caregivers must remain with their child(ren)…
Adventure starts at the library with OPL’s Legends and Libraries, a D&D club for teens. Meet new friends, have fun rolling dice, fight monsters, and maybe even save the world in this cooperative storytelling game of adventure, mystery, and…
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Get ready to unleash your creativity in this action-packed, game-based writing workshop led by Nebraska Writers Collective Teaching Artist and Author, Shelly Nosbisch! Through fun, interactive games like Literary Jenga, Writing Roulette,…
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Join a Teaching Artist from the Nebraska Writers Collective as they lead a writer’s workshop. Participants will workshop their own work and participate in a prompted writing activity.
This is a free event for kids aged 8-12. All supplies…
Kids and teens will have the opportunity for a one-on-one reading session with a registered therapy dog and their handler. This program requires advanced registration.
Participants can choose to read to either Peep, Alex, Coco or…
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Are you ready to get crafty? Come design your own book tote while listening to book talks. Have fun decorating your own unique book tote using various art supplies and iron on patches. You are encouraged to talk about a book you enjoyed…
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Calling all witches and wizards! Think you have what it takes to participate in this Wizarding Adventure? Come solve puzzles and clues to unlock a prize box before time runs out in this escape room based on the best-selling "Harry Potter"…