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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
This event is in the "Adults" group
Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allen Poe, Robert Frost, Maya Angelou, Walt Whitman

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

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
This event is in the "Tween/ Middle School" group
This event is in the "Teen/ High School" group
This event is in the "Adults" group
This event is in the "All Ages" group
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.

 

This event is in the "Teen/ High School" group
This event is in the "Adults" group
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
This event is in the "Adults" group
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
This event is in the "Adults" group
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
This event is in the "Adults" group
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
This event is in the "Adults" group
Queer person sitting

Queerdos Special: Pride Month Book Read! 

Monday, June 1, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:45pm
Library Terrace at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club, Social Group
Age Group:
Adults

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.  To celebrate Pride month, we’re going to read a

Open
Registration Required
This event is in the "Adults" group
American Flag

USA Trivia Night: Adult

Tuesday, June 16, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:45pm
Friends Auditorium at Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type:
Self-Guided Program, Social Group
Age Group:
Adults

Celebrate the anniversary of the founding of the United States with this historical trivia night!

Upcoming
Registration Required
This event is in the "Teen/ High School" group
This event is in the "Adults" group
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
This event is in the "Adults" group
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
This event is in the "Adults" group
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
This event is in the "Adults" group

Conversation Cafe

Thursday, June 25, 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?

This event is in the "Adults" group
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