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All Day 4/18 - 4/20
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Coffee & Conversation with the Royal Oak Police Department

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 38
Event Details:

Join Royal Oak Police Chief Michael Moore (and Raider!) for coffee and conversation. Topics he will cover include:

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.

ESL Conversation Club

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Adults
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: 4
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.

April movie: Nowhere Boy. The movie is available at the library, on Hoopla with a library card, on Kanopy with a library card, and on Amazon prime Video.

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.

Family Story Time: Ages Birth to 5 Years

10:15am - 10:45am
Babies, Toddlers, Preschool
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.

Earth Day Crafts: Family

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Family, Elementary Age
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Family, Elementary Age
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Come join us for a night of crafts featuring recycled materials. 

Please register all adults and children 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.

Family Program Audience

Family events are for youth and their adult caregivers. Please see 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.

Library Board of Trustees

7:00pm - 9:00pm
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Program Type: Library Board of Trustees Meeting
Event Details:

Library Board of Trustees monthly meeting. Link to the agenda

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.

Toddler Dance Party: Ages 18 Months to 3 Years

10:15am - 10:45am
Babies, Toddlers, Preschool
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Babies, Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:

Join us for the dance party you have been waiting for, Toddler Dance Party! Dance, shake, wiggle and let them wear themselves out before naptime! 

 

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.

Bubbleman Ron: Family

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Family
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Family
Program Type: Performance
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 1
Event Details:

Explore the joy of science by playing with bubbles! Join Ron and Gloria Loyd, who have been performing soap bubble magic for over 25 years, for bubbleology and fun for all ages.

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.

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.

Baby Size! Story Time: Ages Birth to 18 Months

10:15am - 11:00am
Babies, Toddlers
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.

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.

Make & Mingle: Mermaid Tail Macrame Keychain

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Tween/ Middle School, Teen/ High School, Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Tween/ Middle School, Teen/ High School, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 28
Event Details:

Make & Mingle is a program designed as both a craft and social event. Bring a friend or family member to craft together. Don't have anyone to bring?

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.

Treats & Totes: Grades 6 and Up

11:00am - 12:00pm
Tween/ Middle School, Teen/ High School
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Tween/ Middle School, Teen/ High School
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 25
Event Details:

Join us in creating your own canvas tote bag (perfect for carrying around library books!) while enjoying some treats.

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.

Food Allergies

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

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.

Read to the Dogs: Ages 5 to 10 Years

6:30pm - 6:45pm
Elementary Age
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Elementary Age
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 3
Event Details:

Registered therapy dogs are here to listen to children read to them in a one-to-one setting. It's fun and helps improve reading skills because the dog listens attentively and does not judge, laugh or criticize.

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.

Read to the Dogs: Ages 5 to 10 Years

6:45pm - 7:00pm
Elementary Age
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Elementary Age
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 3
Event Details:

Registered therapy dogs are here to listen to children read to them in a one-to-one setting. It's fun and helps improve reading skills because the dog listens attentively and does not judge, laugh or criticize.

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.

Read to the Dogs: Ages 5 to 10 Years

7:00pm - 7:15pm
Elementary Age
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Elementary Age
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 3
Event Details:

Registered therapy dogs are here to listen to children read to them in a one-to-one setting. It's fun and helps improve reading skills because the dog listens attentively and does not judge, laugh or criticize.

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.

Short Work Book Club - Man's Search for Meaning

10:00am - 11:00am
Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Small Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:

This is a short story book club, by which we mean not collections of short stories, but rather books that are meaningful but short, usually under 250 pages. We read the book, then come and have a spirited conversation.

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.

Trash Animal Party

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Teen/ High School, Adults, All Ages
Closed
Registration
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Teen/ High School, Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Social Group
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

This is an all ages event: Adults, Teens, Families - the only requirement is a love for the majestic trash animal

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.

Food Allergies

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

Registration Encouraged

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

Queerdos: A literary and just plain social club

6:30pm - 7:45pm
Adults
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.

Board Game Night

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Self-Guided Program, Social Group
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 49
Event Details:

Love board games? Looking for a chance to meet people? 

Then come to Board Game Night!

A variety of board games will be available to choose from (compliments of the Library of Things Collection). 

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.

An Evening with Poet Brittany Rogers!

6:00pm - 7:45pm
Tween/ Middle School, Teen/ High School, Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Tween/ Middle School, Teen/ High School, Adults
Program Type: Author Visit, Book Club, Poetry
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 33
Event Details:

 

ROPL is hosting author Brittany Rogers as she tours Michigan as a 2025 Michigan Notable Book Author!

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.

Preventing Elder Financial Abuse with Vibe Credit Union

6:30pm - 7:45pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness, Lecture, Senior, Workshop
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 47
Event Details:

 

Senior Citizens are being targeted by financial scams more than ever! Arm yourself with information from financial professionals who know the signs and see the terrible results of these scams first-hand. 

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.

Community Book Club

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Adults
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.

Senior Citizen Prom

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Senior
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 49
Event Details:

Proms aren't just for high school seniors! Dress up in your classiest fineries and join us at the Senior Citizen Prom for an afternoon of drinks and snacks, dancing, and socializing. 

 

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.

Food Truck Rally at the Farmers Market

4:00pm - 8:00pm
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Event Details:

Bring the whole family to enjoy food trucks, vendors, and fun activities for the kids! Happening the second Wednesday of every month, with an accompanying concert from May through August.

Poetry Workshop

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Small Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Poetry, Workshop
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 3
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.