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Conversation Cafe

Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Small Conference Room at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Outreach, Social Group
Age Group:
Adults

Do you feel like you hold lots of beliefs about things, but have no place to have a deep conversation? Do you enjoy dialogue that is open-minded, and that encourages acceptance, curiosity, discovery, and sincerity?

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Small Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Outreach, Social Group
Registration Required
Event Details:

Do you feel like you hold lots of beliefs about things, but have no place to have a deep conversation? Do you enjoy dialogue that is open-minded, and that encourages acceptance, curiosity, discovery, and sincerity?

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.

Queer person sitting

Queerdos: A literary and just plain social club

Monday, May 4, 2026 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...

Registration encouraged for e-mail reminders.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Social Group
Registration Required
Event Details:

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!

Registration encouraged for e-mail reminders.

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.

Yarn, knitting needles and crochet needles lie haphazard on a wood table.

Woolgatherers: A Fiber Arts Group

Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Social Group
Age Group:
Teen/ High School, Adults

Join Woolgatherers, a social group for knitters, crocheters, and all other fiber art makers! The purpose is for all skill levels to sit and enjoy their craft and develop a community of learning.

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

Join Woolgatherers, a social group for knitters, crocheters, and all other fiber art makers! The purpose is for all skill levels to sit and enjoy their craft and develop a community of learning.

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.

photograph of Vincent Chin

Royal Oak Public Library Film Club

Thursday, May 21, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Movie, Social Group
Age Group:
Adults

This is a meeting of the Royal Oak Public Library Film Club.  We meet each month to discuss a movie on Kanopy that we have watched on our own before the discussion.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Movie, Social Group
Registration Required
Event Details:

This is a meeting of the Royal Oak Public Library Film Club.  We meet each month to discuss a movie on Kanopy that we have watched on our own before the discussion.

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.

Closed for Memorial Day weekend

All Day 5/23 - 5/25
Royal Oak Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Royal Oak Public Library
picture of Chun's restaurant, overlaid with color, and the title, "Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant"

True Story Book Group

Wednesday, May 27, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Small Conference Room at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club, Social Group
Age Group:
Adults

Welcome to the True Story Book Club! We read works of non-fiction, in order to better understand ourselves, others, and the world. There are so many wonderful, important, strong, compelling works of non-fiction out there.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Small Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, Social Group
Registration Required
Event Details:

Welcome to the True Story Book Club! We read works of non-fiction, in order to better understand ourselves, others, and the world. There are so many wonderful, important, strong, compelling works of non-fiction out there.

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.

three cups of coffee, green, orange, and purple, have a conversation

Conversation Cafe

Thursday, May 28, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Small Conference Room at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Outreach, Social Group
Age Group:
Adults

Do you feel like you hold lots of beliefs about things, but have no place to have a deep conversation? Do you enjoy dialogue that is open-minded, and that encourages acceptance, curiosity, discovery, and sincerity?

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Small Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Outreach, Social Group
Registration Required
Event Details:

Do you feel like you hold lots of beliefs about things, but have no place to have a deep conversation? Do you enjoy dialogue that is open-minded, and that encourages acceptance, curiosity, discovery, and sincerity?

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.

Closed on Sundays

All Day
Royal Oak Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Royal Oak Public Library
Queer person sitting

Queerdos: A literary and just plain social club

Monday, June 1, 2026 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...

Registration encouraged for e-mail reminders.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Social Group
Registration Required
Event Details:

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!

Registration encouraged for e-mail reminders.

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.

Closed on Sundays

All Day
Royal Oak Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Royal Oak Public Library

Closed on Sundays

All Day
Royal Oak Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Royal Oak Public Library
Yarn, knitting needles and crochet needles lie haphazard on a wood table.

Woolgatherers: A Fiber Arts Group

Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Social Group
Age Group:
Teen/ High School, Adults

Join Woolgatherers, a social group for knitters, crocheters, and all other fiber art makers! The purpose is for all skill levels to sit and enjoy their craft and develop a community of learning.

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

Join Woolgatherers, a social group for knitters, crocheters, and all other fiber art makers! The purpose is for all skill levels to sit and enjoy their craft and develop a community of learning.

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.

picture of two Asian men sitting next to each other, in black and white, with their backs to us, and title of movie - "Tokyo Story" stretched across the picture

Royal Oak Public Library Film Club

Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Movie, Social Group
Age Group:
Adults

This is a meeting of the Royal Oak Public Library Film Club.  We meet each month to discuss a movie on Kanopy that we have watched on our own before the discussion.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Movie, Social Group
Registration Required
Event Details:

This is a meeting of the Royal Oak Public Library Film Club.  We meet each month to discuss a movie on Kanopy that we have watched on our own before the discussion.

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.

Closed for Juneteenth

All Day 6/19 - 6/20
Royal Oak Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Royal Oak Public Library

Closed on Sundays

All Day
Royal Oak Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Royal Oak Public Library
Words "Girl on Girl" with close up of different faces, and bottom reads, "How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves"

True Story Book Group

Wednesday, June 24, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Small Conference Room at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club, Social Group
Age Group:
Adults

Welcome to the True Story Book Club! We read works of non-fiction, in order to better understand ourselves, others, and the world. There are so many wonderful, important, strong, compelling works of non-fiction out there.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Small Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, Social Group
Registration Required
Event Details:

Welcome to the True Story Book Club! We read works of non-fiction, in order to better understand ourselves, others, and the world. There are so many wonderful, important, strong, compelling works of non-fiction out there.

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.

Closed on Sundays

All Day
Royal Oak Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Royal Oak Public Library

Closed for Independence Day Weekend

All Day 7/3 - 7/4
Royal Oak Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Royal Oak Public Library

Closed on Sundays

All Day
Royal Oak Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Royal Oak Public Library
Queer person sitting

Queerdos: A literary and just plain social club

Monday, July 6, 2026 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...

Registration encouraged for e-mail reminders.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Social Group
Registration Required
Event Details:

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!

Registration encouraged for e-mail reminders.

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.

Closed on Sundays

All Day
Royal Oak Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Royal Oak Public Library
Yarn, knitting needles and crochet needles lie haphazard on a wood table.

Woolgatherers: A Fiber Arts Group

Wednesday, July 15, 2026 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Social Group
Age Group:
Teen/ High School, Adults

Join Woolgatherers, a social group for knitters, crocheters, and all other fiber art makers! The purpose is for all skill levels to sit and enjoy their craft and develop a community of learning.

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

Join Woolgatherers, a social group for knitters, crocheters, and all other fiber art makers! The purpose is for all skill levels to sit and enjoy their craft and develop a community of learning.

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.

red seats in a movie theater, with "Royal Oak Public Library Film Club" set against black background

Royal Oak Public Library Film Club

Thursday, July 16, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Movie, Social Group
Age Group:
Adults

This is a meeting of the Royal Oak Public Library Film Club.  We meet each month to discuss a movie on Kanopy that we have watched on our own before the discussion.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Movie, Social Group
Registration Required
Event Details:

This is a meeting of the Royal Oak Public Library Film Club.  We meet each month to discuss a movie on Kanopy that we have watched on our own before the discussion.

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.

Closed on Sundays

All Day
Royal Oak Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Royal Oak Public Library