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Shakespeare Improv

Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Performance
Age Group:
Adults, All Ages

Shakespeare Improv was created by Shakespeare Royal Oak to enhance the fun in understanding Shakespeare's work.

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

Shakespeare Improv was created by Shakespeare Royal Oak to enhance the fun in understanding Shakespeare's 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.

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.

Colorful Lego bricks piled together.

Adult Brick Challenge

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 at 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults

Calling all adults that love Legos! 

Experience an exciting night of Lego building challenges to test your brick building skills!

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

Calling all adults that love Legos! 

Experience an exciting night of Lego building challenges to test your brick building skills!

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.

A hot latte with leaf latte art in a blue mug with a "Rehla Coffee" logo

Yemeni Coffee Tasting with Rehla Coffee

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults

Join Royal Oak's Rehla Coffee in tasting and learning about Yemeni Coffee. This coffee's deep, rich, naturally spiced flavor tells the story of its origin with every sip.

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

Join Royal Oak's Rehla Coffee in tasting and learning about Yemeni Coffee. This coffee's deep, rich, naturally spiced flavor tells the story of its origin with every sip.

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.

The logo for Huron-Clinto Metroparks.

Introduction to Rain Gardens

Thursday, May 7, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Gardening & Nature
Age Group:
Adults

In this class, presented by the Huron-Clinton Metroparks, you will learn about rain gardens and how you can solve local water problems by installing one.

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

In this class, presented by the Huron-Clinton Metroparks, you will learn about rain gardens and how you can solve local water problems by installing one.

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.

Blue background with multicolored poke balls Titled Pokémon Trading Day

Pokémon Club: Grades 1 to 12

Saturday, May 9, 2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Self-Guided Program
Age Group:
Family, Elementary Age, Tween/ Middle School, Teen/ High School

Back by popular demand! Drop-in to trade cards and build your deck, meet other players, share your collection, or bring your deck to battle other players.

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Family, Elementary Age, Tween/ Middle School, Teen/ High School
Program Type: Self-Guided Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Back by popular demand! Drop-in to trade cards and build your deck, meet other players, share your collection, or bring your deck to battle other players.

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. 

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.

image of container of pencils and pens, beside beakers of liquid for science experiment

Microscopes and Metaphors Summer Writing Challenge Begins

All Day
Royal Oak Public Library
Age Group:
Elementary Age, Tween/ Middle School, Teen/ High School, Adults, All Ages
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Age Group: Elementary Age, Tween/ Middle School, Teen/ High School, Adults, All Ages
A picture of the local history room. Framed pictures of Royal Oak-related images are on top of black filing cabinets. To the left is a glass display case with books inside. To the left of the glass display case is a shelf of books.

Local History Room Open House!

Monday, May 11, 2026 at 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Local History Room at Royal Oak Public Library
Age Group:
Adults

We're excited to showcase our Local History Room and our collections focusing on Royal Oak! Drop in anytime between 5:30 and 7:00 pm to talk with our Local History librarian and learn about our newly re-organized room!

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Local History Room
Age Group: Adults
Registration Required
Event Details:

We're excited to showcase our Local History Room and our collections focusing on Royal Oak! Drop in anytime between 5:30 and 7:00 pm to talk with our Local History librarian and learn about our newly re-organized room!

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 Elizabeth Ann Atkins and Justin Brouckaert

Writing and Publishing Panel Discussion

Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Author Visit
Age Group:
Adults

Are you a writer interested in exploring writing and publishing? Are you working on a memoir, or would like to start one? Have you ever wondered about what it would be like to put your life story into words?

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

Are you a writer interested in exploring writing and publishing? Are you working on a memoir, or would like to start one? Have you ever wondered about what it would be like to put your life story into words?

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.

Poetry Workshop

Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Small Conference Room at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Poetry, Social Group
Age Group:
Adults
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Small Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Poetry, Social Group
Registration Required

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.

One hand passing a book to another

Community Book Club

Thursday, May 14, 2026 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...

May Book:

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.

May 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.

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Perennial Plant Swap at the Senior Center!

Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 9:00am - 11:00am
Leo Mahany/ Harold Meininger Senior Community Center at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Gardening & Nature, Senior
Age Group:
Adults, All Ages

Please join us for the annual Perennial Plant Swap hosted by the Royal Oak Garden Club and the Royal Oak Public Library at the Senior Center!

Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Leo Mahany/ Harold Meininger Senior Community Center
Age Group: Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Gardening & Nature, Senior
Event Details:

Please join us for the annual Perennial Plant Swap hosted by the Royal Oak Garden Club and the Royal Oak Public Library at the Senior Center!

Disclaimer(s)

No Registration Required

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

Logo of Royal Oak Chess Club

Drop-In Chess with the Royal Oak Chess Club

Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Social Group
Age Group:
Tween/ Middle School, Teen/ High School, Adults, All Ages

Royal Oak Chess Club will be hosting drop-in chess at the library! Stop in to play a game or learn from the experts. All ages are welcome.

 

Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Tween/ Middle School, Teen/ High School, Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Social Group
Event Details:

Royal Oak Chess Club will be hosting drop-in chess at the library! Stop in to play a game or learn from the experts. All ages are welcome.

 

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.

No Registration Required

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

photo of Lisa Steinkopf book House plants Complete Guide

Houseplants: Facts of Light

Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults

Light is the most important element your houseplants need. It is their food. Often, it is hard to find the right plant for the light your home has to offer. You will learn about the four light exposures and how to enhance what you have.

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

Light is the most important element your houseplants need. It is their food. Often, it is hard to find the right plant for the light your home has to offer. You will learn about the four light exposures and how to enhance what you have.

Disclaimer(s)

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.

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.

The cover of "Isola" by Allegra Goodman. A woman stands on the top of a cliff looking out at an ocean. "Isola" is written vertically across the cover.

Thursday Night Book Club

Thursday, May 21, 2026 at 7:00pm - 7:45pm
Small Conference Room at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults

Come join us at the Royal Oak Public Library's monthly Thursday night book club meeting. Copies of the book are available at the reference desk and on Libby.

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

Come join us at the Royal Oak Public Library's monthly Thursday night book club meeting. Copies of the book are available at the reference desk and on Libby.

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
White mug with ROPL logo in green on front sitting on dish towel.

Using the Cricut Mug Press!

Tuesday, May 26, 2026 at 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Makerspace / DIAL at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Technology Class
Age Group:
Adults

Would you like to learn how to create a custom mug using the library's Cricut Mug Press?

 Now you can! 

Full
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Makerspace / DIAL
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Technology Class
Registration Required
Event Details:

Would you like to learn how to create a custom mug using the library's Cricut Mug Press?

 Now you can! 

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.

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Library Board of Trustees

Tuesday, May 26, 2026 at 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Library Board of Trustees Meeting

Library Board of Trustees monthly meeting.

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

Library Board of Trustees monthly meeting.

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.

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

 

MONTHLY TOPIC: What traditions are important to you, and why? 

 

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:

 

MONTHLY TOPIC: What traditions are important to you, and why? 

 

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.

Royal Oak Garden Club/Soil Enrichment For the Garden

Thursday, May 28, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults

Discover Vermiculture! Learn how to use worm castings to improve and enhance the soil in your garden.

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

Discover Vermiculture! Learn how to use worm castings to improve and enhance the soil in your garden.

Disclaimer(s)

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