Repair Cafe

Open the first Saturday of every month, 10:00AM – 1:30PM

Fox Center

624 S. Oak Park Ave.

Oak Park, IL

Toss it? No way!

The Oak Park Repair Café meets the first Saturday of the month, at the Fox Park field house, in Fox Park, 624 S. Oak Park Ave.

Repair coaches will be available to help you fix anything from small appliances to torn clothing.

The Oak Park Repair Café is free and open to the public; since we started in 2013 we’ve kept over 700 items out of the landfill!

Please note, masks and proof of vaccination ARE NO LONGER REQUIRED, per public health mandates.

We open at 10:00 a.m. and close at 1:30 p.m.

Given the increase in volume we request each guest bring one item for repair.

Thank you, and looking forward to seeing you there!

To learn more about the international Repair Café movement, please go to www.repaircafe.org. The Oak Park Repair Café can be found at www.repaircafeoakparkil.org.

Demonstration Event

Enjoy 90 acres of the Mayslake Forest Preserve. Bring a lunch and use the dozens of picnic tables and grassy areas to take in the wetlands, lakes, ponds, and restored prairie. Participants with a valid Illinois fishing license can fish largemouth bass, bluegill, carp, channel catfish, crappie, green sunfish and black bullhead on the northern shores of Trinity and Mays’ lakes. We will finish the day learning about the past and future of this historic 1920s Tudor Revival-style mansion on a 45- to 60-minute tour at 12:30pm. Dole Center 10am/Pleasant Home 10:10am/Fox Center 10:15am Ages 50+ Strenuous Walking.

Sustainable Saturday

May

Date: May 14

Topic: Rainwater Collection

Demonstration: Mosquito Habitat Mapped

Craft: Recycled Bottle Rain Gauge

June

Date: June 11

Topic: Green Roofing

Handout: Ways to keep your house cool & reduce A/C bills at home

Craft: Turtle Planter

July

Date: July 9

Topic: Solar Panels

Craft: Recyclable Paper Sunflower

August

Date: August 13

Topic: Protecting Native Species

Demonstration: iNaturalist Demo

Craft: Recycled Can Mason Bee House

September

Date: September 10

Topic: Monarch Migration

Craft: Recycled Magazine Butterfly

October

Date: October 8

Topic: Bat Week

Craft: Origami Bats

Craft #2: Help Paint a Bat House, to hang up at Austin Gardens

November

Date: November 12

Topic: Native Plants

Craft: Milkweed Seed Bombs

December

Date: December 10

Topic: Passive Solar Heating

Experiment: What absorbs more heat? White or Black?

Craft: Recyclable Birdfeeder

All Ages Stick & Puck

All players must pre-register at least 1 hour prior to the session.

Gear Requirements 18 & Up: Helmet, elbow pads, gloves, shin pads, hockey skates

Gear Requirements 17 & Under: Full gear – helmet w/ full face shield, chest pad, elbow pads, hockey gloves, hockey pants, shin pads, skates

Stick & Puck is for open hockey and skill practice only.

Scrimmages of any sort are strictly prohibited. 

Coaching and instruction of any sort is strictly prohibited during Skills & Drills sessions.

All Ages Stick & Puck

All players must pre-register at least 1 hour prior to the session.

Gear Requirements 18 & Up: Helmet, elbow pads, gloves, shin pads, hockey skates

Gear Requirements 17 & Under: Full gear – helmet w/ full face shield, chest pad, elbow pads, hockey gloves, hockey pants, shin pads, skates

Stick & Puck is for open hockey and skill practice only.

Scrimmages of any sort are strictly prohibited. 

Coaching and instruction of any sort is strictly prohibited during Skills & Drills sessions.