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Baby Size!: Ages Birth to 18 months

Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Youth Activity Room at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Story Time
Age Group:
Babies, Toddlers
Baby Size!:

Story time for infants, toddlers and their adults. Enjoy 30 minutes of language building activities including songs, rhymes, and play. Join the fun!  

Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Babies, Toddlers
Program Type: Story Time

Story time for infants, toddlers and their adults. Enjoy 30 minutes of language building activities including songs, rhymes, and play. Join the fun! 

 

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs are not permitted. Please view policy 3.40 Unattended Children for more information.

Participant Age

To ensure a successful experience in this program and socialization with one’s peers, age limits are enforced. 

Tickets issued 15 minutes before the program begins.

The staff at the Youth Services Desk will issue tickets on a first-come, first-served basis 15 minutes before the program begins.

Child playing with LEGOs

Family LEGO® Time

Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Youth Activity Room at Royal Oak Public Library
Age Group:
Preschool, Family, Elementary Age
Event Details:

Bring the family and have fun building a fantastic Lego® creation that will be displayed in the library until the next Lego® Time. Duplo® blocks are available f...

Open
Registration
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Preschool, Family, Elementary Age
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 3
Event Details:

Bring the family and have fun building a fantastic Lego® creation that will be displayed in the library until the next Lego® Time. Duplo® blocks are available for young children. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs are not permitted. Please view policy 3.40 Unattended Children for more information.

Registration Required

Registration is required for this program. If you are more than 10 minutes late, your reservation will be cancelled and offered to others who are waiting.

There There

Thursday Night Book Club: There, There

Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Small Conference Room at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Thursday Adult Book Club:

Come join us at the Royal Oak Public Library Monthly Book Club Meeting. Please contact the staff liaison to obtain a copy of the book or to request an audiobook version.

Event Details:

There There by: Tommy Orange Tommy Orange's wondrous and shattering novel follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all conne...

Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Small Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Come join us at the Royal Oak Public Library Monthly Book Club Meeting. Please contact the staff liaison to obtain a copy of the book or to request an audiobook version.

There There by: Tommy Orange 

Disclaimer(s)

No Registration Required

You do not need to register for this program - it is first-come, first-served.

finger painting with lots of colors

Toddler Art Start: Ages 1 to 3 years

Friday, November 22, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Youth Activity Room at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Social Group
Age Group:
Toddlers, Preschool
Event Details:

Art projects for toddlers that emphasize sensory experience and process over product. Dress for a mess! Please register all children and adults attending.  

Waitlist
Registration
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Social Group
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Art projects for toddlers that emphasize sensory experience and process over product. Dress for a mess! 

Please register all children and adults attending. 

 

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs are not permitted. Please view policy 3.40 Unattended Children for more information.

Registration Required

Registration is required for this program. If you are more than 10 minutes late, your reservation will be cancelled and offered to others who are waiting.

Hands knitting with two balls of yarn

Intro to Knitting

Monday, November 25, 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:45pm
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Have you ever wanted to learn how to knit? Do the clicks and clacks of knitting needles sing sweetly to you? Are you continually mystified by the knits and purls in your favorite s...

Closed
Registration
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Have you ever wanted to learn how to knit? Do the clicks and clacks of knitting needles sing sweetly to you? Are you continually mystified by the knits and purls in your favorite sweaters?

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Registration Required

Registration is required for this program. If you are more than 10 minutes late, your reservation will be cancelled and offered to others who are waiting.

Open book with text stating the program is on the last Tuesday of every month at 10am in the small conference room.

Short Story: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Small Conference Room at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by: Douglas AdamsSeconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend...

Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Small Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by: Douglas Adams

Disclaimer(s)

No Registration Required

You do not need to register for this program - it is first-come, first-served.

A person holding up a Medicare card in the foreground of the image.

Medicare: The A, B, Cs and Ds of Medicare - an Educational Seminar

Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

David Banet, a licensed insurance counselor, will present an educational seminar to give people turning 65 and older a safe place to ask questions and get information without being...

Open
Registration
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 46
Event Details:

David Banet, a licensed insurance counselor, will present an educational seminar to give people turning 65 and older a safe place to ask questions and get information without being pressured by insurance companies.

Thanksgiving Weekend

All Day 11/28 - 12/1
Royal Oak Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Royal Oak Public Library
Queer person sitting

Queerdos: A literary and just plain social club

Monday, December 2, 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:45pm
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Social Group
Age Group:
Adults
Queerdos: A Literary and Just Plain Social Club:

Are you LGBTQIA+? Do you love books, graphic novels, or basically any other form of media? Do you want to meet and chill with others who answered the above questions with...

Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Social Group

Are you LGBTQIA+? Do you love books, graphic novels, or basically any other form of media? Do you want to meet and chill with others who answered the above questions with yes too? Well you are in luck! Welcome to Royal Oak Public Library's monthly queer social club, a safe space to talk about various medias and simply exist in a place where you don't need to worry about people just not getting it.  If you'd like to bring your emotional support ally, they are welcome too!

At least one rad gay media will be recommended at the end of each meeting and no registration is necessary to come! Bring your iced coffees, your sweatpants, your septum rings...they're all welcome here!

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Small snowman with a ribbon scarf and blue hat

DIY Sock Snowmen!

Tuesday, December 3, 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:45pm
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teen/ High School, Adults
Event Details:

The weather outside is frightful, but these sweet little rice filled snowmen are so delightful! Endure the growing cold outside with adorable sock snowmen you can make yourself. Wh...

Open
Registration
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Teen/ High School, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 5
Event Details:

The weather outside is frightful, but these sweet little rice filled snowmen are so delightful! Endure the growing cold outside with adorable sock snowmen you can make yourself.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Registration Encouraged

We encourage you to register for this program, but it is not required.

Piquette Avenue Plant

Ford Piquette Avenue Plant

Thursday, December 5, 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:45pm
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Greg - a docent from the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant will discuss the significance of the Museum as a National Historic Landmark, and the scope of their tours. He will provide ...

Open
Registration
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 43
Event Details:

Greg - a docent from the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant will discuss the significance of the Museum as a National Historic Landmark, and the scope of their tours.

Disclaimer(s)

Registration Encouraged

We encourage you to register for this program, but it is not required.

Orange and grey lightbulb cartoon featuring a gear and circuit image inside the lightbulb with a yellow background.

Makerspace Event: Making Holiday Cards with Paper Circuits!

Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Makerspace - DIAL at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Technology Class
Age Group:
Teen/ High School, Adults
Event Details:

 Want to get creative and learn a thing or two about simple circuits?Join Adult Librarian Megan for a fun ROPL Makerspace workshop in which you will learn the basics of how si...

Open
Registration
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Makerspace - DIAL
Age Group: Teen/ High School, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Technology Class
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 7
Event Details:

 Want to get creative and learn a thing or two about simple circuits?

Join Adult Librarian Megan for a fun ROPL Makerspace workshop in which you will learn the basics of how simple paper circuits work.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

gavel

Library Board of Trustees

Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Library Board of Trustees Meeting
Age Group:
All Ages
Event Details:

Library Board of Trustees monthly meeting.

Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Library Board of Trustees Meeting
Event Details:

Library Board of Trustees monthly meeting.

Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allen Poe, Robert Frost, Maya Angelou, Walt Whitman

Poetry Workshop

Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Small Conference Room at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Poetry, Workshop
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

This is a poetry workshop at Royal Oak Public Library, where we will meet monthly to workshop poems we are working on. A workshop is a welcoming, focused environment, in which we c...

Open
Registration
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Small Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Poetry, Workshop
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:

This is a poetry workshop at Royal Oak Public Library, where we will meet monthly to workshop poems we are working on. A workshop is a welcoming, focused environment, in which we can patiently and with care discuss the work of another poet.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

One hand passing a book to another

Community Book Club

Thursday, December 12, 2024 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Small Conference Room at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Community Book Club:

A book club run by book lovers, for book lovers! On the second Thursday of each month, this group will meet, discuss the chosen book of last month, and at the end of the meeti...

Event Details:

December Book: My Murder by Katie Williams

Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Small Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

A book club run by book lovers, for book lovers! On the second Thursday of each month, this group will meet, discuss the chosen book of last month, and at the end of the meeting the group will discuss and choose the next book. All genres, thoughts, and feelings are respected, and all are welcome!

The selected book can be requested through the catalog for reading, or contact adultreference@romi.gov and we can get a copy for you.

December Book:

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Jewish Historical Society or Michigan

Homefront & Homeland: Detroit and the Holocaust

Monday, December 16, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:45pm
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

What did the Michigan Jewish Community know about the Shoah and when, and how did it respond? Join us at the library to have a talk with Catherine Cangany, PhD. As she will explain...

Registration
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 49
Event Details:

What did the Michigan Jewish Community know about the Shoah and when, and how did it respond? Join us at the library to have a talk with Catherine Cangany, PhD.

Disclaimer(s)

Registration Encouraged

We encourage you to register for this program, but it is not required.

Two people in chat bubbles

ESL Conversation Club

Monday, December 16, 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Small Conference Room at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
English as a Second Language (ESL)
Age Group:
Adults
ESL Conversation Club:

The club, in partnership with Oakland Community College, is designed to give non-native speakers a chance to practice their English skills. English speakers who want to learn about...

Event Details:

December movie: Christmas with the Kranks. The movie is available at the library and on Hoopla. Please see a librarian if you need help getting a copy of the movie.

Open
Registration
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Small Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: English as a Second Language (ESL)
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 8
Event Details:

The club, in partnership with Oakland Community College, is designed to give non-native speakers a chance to practice their English skills. English speakers who want to learn about other cultures are invited as well. Participants view a movie prior to the meeting, to discuss with the group. All skill levels welcome.

December movie: Christmas with the Kranks. The movie is available at the library and on Hoopla. Please see a librarian if you need help getting a copy of the movie.

A group of seniors dance

Storytelling Through Movement

Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 10:30am - 12:00pm
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Senior
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Storytelling Through Movement workshop explores the power of words, images and movement to express a person's story. This one day workshop invites individuals to explore their feel...

Open
Registration
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Senior
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 9
Event Details:

Storytelling Through Movement workshop explores the power of words, images and movement to express a person's story.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Participant Age

To ensure a successful experience in this program and socialization with one’s peers, age limits are enforced. 

Registration Encouraged

We encourage you to register for this program, but it is not required.

cover and back cover of Michigan Revealed, showing a house in the snow and farmland

Michigan Revealed: Exploring the Mitten’s Thumb

Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Author Visit
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Embark on a rollicky journey through Michigan’s thumb region with Leslie Cieplechowicz, author of Michigan Revealed: Exploring the Mitten’s Thumb. Michigan Revealed showcases compe...

Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Visit
Event Details:

Embark on a rollicky journey through Michigan’s thumb region with Leslie Cieplechowicz, author of Michigan Revealed: Exploring the Mitten’s Thumb.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Open book with text stating Thursday Night Book Club meets the third Thursday of every month at 7pm

Thursday Night Book Club: The Tiger's Wife

Thursday, December 19, 2024 at 7:00pm - 7:45pm
Small Conference Room at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Thursday Adult Book Club:

Come join us at the Royal Oak Public Library Monthly Book Club Meeting. Please contact the staff liaison to obtain a copy of the book or to request an audiobook version.

Event Details:

The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht is set in an unnamed country in the Balkans, spanning the mid 20th-century to the early 21st century. It features a young doctor's relationship with ...

Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Small Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Come join us at the Royal Oak Public Library Monthly Book Club Meeting. Please contact the staff liaison to obtain a copy of the book or to request an audiobook version.

The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht is set in an unnamed country in the Balkans, spanning the mid 20th-century to the early 21st century. It features a young doctor's relationship with her grandfather and the stories he tells her.

Christmas

All Day 12/24 - 12/25
Royal Oak Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Royal Oak Public Library

New Year

All Day 12/31 - 1/1
Royal Oak Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Royal Oak Public Library
Queer person sitting

Queerdos: A literary and just plain social club

Monday, January 6, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:45pm
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Social Group
Age Group:
Adults
Queerdos: A Literary and Just Plain Social Club:

Are you LGBTQIA+? Do you love books, graphic novels, or basically any other form of media? Do you want to meet and chill with others who answered the above questions with...

Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Social Group

Are you LGBTQIA+? Do you love books, graphic novels, or basically any other form of media? Do you want to meet and chill with others who answered the above questions with yes too? Well you are in luck! Welcome to Royal Oak Public Library's monthly queer social club, a safe space to talk about various medias and simply exist in a place where you don't need to worry about people just not getting it.  If you'd like to bring your emotional support ally, they are welcome too!

At least one rad gay media will be recommended at the end of each meeting and no registration is necessary to come! Bring your iced coffees, your sweatpants, your septum rings...they're all welcome here!

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Children sitting on the floor listening to a story

Family Story Time: Ages Birth to 5 years

Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at 10:15am - 10:45am
Youth Activity Room at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Story Time
Age Group:
Babies, Toddlers, Preschool
Family Storytime:

These 30-minute story times for ages 5 and under incorporate many enjoyable pre-reading skills including stories, rhymes, songs, finger plays and movement. 

Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Babies, Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Story Time

These 30-minute story times for ages 5 and under incorporate many enjoyable pre-reading skills including stories, rhymes, songs, finger plays and movement.

 

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs are not permitted. Please view policy 3.40 Unattended Children for more information.

Tickets issued 15 minutes before the program begins.

The staff at the Youth Services Desk will issue tickets on a first-come, first-served basis 15 minutes before the program begins.