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250th Anniversary of American Freedom

Tuesday, June 30, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture, Performance
Age Group:
Adults, All Ages

 

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

 

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.

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Therapy Dogs for Adults

Wednesday, July 1, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:45pm
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Self-Guided Program
Age Group:
Teen/ High School, Adults

Just doing your thing can be very stressful and anxiety inducing for everyone, and relaxing activities for adults can be far and few in-between.  But do you know what is extremely comforting and sweet?  Dogs!

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Teen/ High School, Adults
Program Type: Self-Guided Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Just doing your thing can be very stressful and anxiety inducing for everyone, and relaxing activities for adults can be far and few in-between.  But do you know what is extremely comforting and sweet?  Dogs!

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

Microscopes and Metaphors Summer Writing Challenge Ends

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
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.

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

Poetry Workshop

Wednesday, July 8, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Small Conference Room at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Poetry, Workshop
Age Group:
Adults

This is a poetry workshop at Royal Oak Public Library, where we 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.

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

This is a poetry workshop at Royal Oak Public Library, where we 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.

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
Michigan American Revolution

Michigan in the American Revolution

Tuesday, July 14, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults

 

Andrew Kercher from the Port Huron Museum is back by popular demand to help us celebrate America's 250th birthday!

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

 

Andrew Kercher from the Port Huron Museum is back by popular demand to help us celebrate America's 250th birthday!

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, 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.

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Microscopes & Metaphors Ice Cream Social: All Ages

Friday, July 17, 2026 at 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Social Group
Age Group:
Preschool, Family, Elementary Age, Tween/ Middle School, Teen/ High School, Adults, All Ages

We have been practicing our writing, thinking, and science skills for the Summer Writing Challenge, and now it is time to celebrate the work we did!

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

We have been practicing our writing, thinking, and science skills for the Summer Writing Challenge, and now it is time to celebrate the work we did!

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.

Family Program Audience

Family events are for youth and their adult caregivers. Please see policy 3.40 Unattended Children for more information.

Food Allergies

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

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.

pic of RJ Spangler and T Bone Paxton

Live in Concert: Paxton-Spangler Band

Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Music
Age Group:
Adults, All Ages

 

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

 

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
Colorful flowers in pinks, yellows, orange, and more.

Hammer Dyeing with Flowers

Tuesday, July 21, 2026 at 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Gardening & Nature, Sustainability & the Environment
Age Group:
Adults

Learn the art of flower pounding in this fun workshop where you will use natural pigments from real flowers to dye fabric by hitting them with a hammer! 

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Gardening & Nature, Sustainability & the Environment
Registration Required
Event Details:

Learn the art of flower pounding in this fun workshop where you will use natural pigments from real flowers to dye fabric by hitting them with a hammer! 

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.

Conversation Cafe

Thursday, July 23, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Small Conference Room at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
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?

Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Small Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Social Group
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
Colorful Perler beads.

Perler Bead Coasters

Tuesday, July 28, 2026 at 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Makerspace / DIAL at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults

Perler Beads are fun for all ages- especially adults! 

Join us in the Makerspace and learn how to craft beautiful, functional, and waterproof coasters out of Perler Beads! 

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

Perler Beads are fun for all ages- especially adults! 

Join us in the Makerspace and learn how to craft beautiful, functional, and waterproof coasters out of Perler Beads! 

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.

gavel

Library Board of Trustees

Tuesday, July 28, 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.

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, August 3, 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
The cover of "Things Aren't Right: The Disappearance of the Yuba County Five" by Tony Wright. The cover is an illustration of an empty car in the woods at night.

Things Aren't Right: The Disappearance of the Yuba County Five

Monday, August 10, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Author Visit
Age Group:
Adults

On Friday, February 24, 1978, five men left the Yuba County, California area to attend a basketball game in Chico, California.

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

On Friday, February 24, 1978, five men left the Yuba County, California area to attend a basketball game in Chico, California.

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.

picture of Radford Jones

Protecting Six Presidents: Life In The Secret Service

Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults

Former U.S. Secret Service agent Radford Jones will provide personal and historical insight to events and incidents while a member of the US Secret Service protecting six Presidents and Foreign Heads of State. 

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

Former U.S. Secret Service agent Radford Jones will provide personal and historical insight to events and incidents while a member of the US Secret Service protecting six Presidents and Foreign Heads of State. 

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.