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All OPL branches will open at 1 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 9 for staff training. All OPL branches except for South Omaha Library will be closed on Monday, Oct. 12 for Indigenous Peoples' Day.

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From pumpking decorating and spooky painting to haunting tales and cryptid adventures, the library is embracing fall and spooky season.
 
Don't forget to join Storybook Land (featuring Scamper's Costume Party!) on Oct. 25 at Westroads Mall. Put on your favorite costume and celebrate the season with stories, laughter, and sweet surprises.

A collection of book covers contained in the "Omaha Picks: Banned Books Week (Adults)" booklist.

Omaha Picks: Banned Books Week

Celebrate your freedom to read with these frequently banned and challenged books.
A collage of nine book covers for the book list "Omaha Picks: Not So Spooky Ghost Books"

Omaha Picks: Not So Spooky Ghost Books

Lift your spirits with this collection of picture books and board books about ghosts!
A collection of book covers contained in the "Omaha Picks: Bad to the Bone" booklist.

Omaha Picks: Bad to the Bone

Check out these books that feature skulls on their covers just in time for Halloween!

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New York Times Cooking is an inspiring cooking guide, innovative and interactive kitchen tool, and diverse recipe collection that helps home cooks of every level discover, save and organize the world’s best recipes, while also helping them become better, more competent cooks. Browse recipes. 

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Events on the Horizon for Kids: 

Oct. 17 |Celebración de la Herencia Hispana / Hispanic Heritage Celebration at Willa Cather Branch

Oct. 17 | Pumpkin Decorating at Florence Branch

Oct. 24 | Storybook BINGO at Bess Johnson Elkhorn Branch

Oct. 25 | Storybook Land featuring Scamper's Costume Party at Westroads Mall

Events on the Horizon for Teens: 

Oct. 5 | Teen Hangout at Central Library

Oct. 15 | Bad Art for Teens at Millard Branch

Oct. 15 | Teen Hangout: Spooky Glow Painting at Charles B. Washington Branch

Oct. 24 | Repujado Art Workshop at W. Clarke Swanson Branch
Two teens sit and draw at an OPL event.

Author Shelby Van Pelt autographs a book for two patrons at Central Library.

Events on the Horizon for Adults: 

Oct. 9 | Noche de Cine: In the Heights at Central Library

Oct. 19 | Haunting Tales and Human Remains at Saddlebrook Branch

Oct. 21 | Omaha Reads: Aging in Nebraska at South Omaha Library

Oct. 28 | Mona Awad Author Visit at Central Library

Promotional graphic for the tenth reading challenge of 2026 from OPL. It says, "Suggested reads. Challenge Number 10. 2026 Reading Challenge: Read a book written by an LGBTQIA+ author," and features five book covers that complete the prompt.
Read a book written by an LGBTQIA+ author to celebrate diverse perspectives and explore how unique lived experiences shape storytelling, characters and themes. Find different books at OPL that fulfills October's challenge.

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