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Fisher Body and Fisher Brothers

6:00pm - 8:00pm
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 42
Event Details:

Come learn about the about the brothers of the Fisher Body and the ties to the Fisher Theater in Detroit. Bill Pringle from the Detroit Historical Museum will be giving a talk about the Fisher Body and brothers

Butterfly Garden Spring Planting

5:00pm - 7:00pm
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Butterfly Garden
Age Group: Adults

Help us maintain our beautiful butterfly garden! Join our MSU Master Gardeners to assist with cutting back and removing old plants, trimming, weeding, watering, transplanting, clean-up and more.

Disclaimer(s)

Volunteer approval required

All volunteers must submit a volunteer application and background check form and receive notice of approval prior to helping in the butterfly garden. Please visit this link for more information and to apply.

Birding with Clinton River Watershed Council: Family

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Family, Elementary Age, Tween/ Middle School, Teen/ High School
Program Type: Workshop
Event Details:

Bring your whole family and spend time outside, connect with nature, and identify local birds!

Disclaimer(s)

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.

Family Program Audience

Family events are for youth and their adult caregivers.

Registration Required

Registration is required for this program.

ESL Conversation Club

6:30pm - 7:45pm
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: 7
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.

The Movie to watch prior to the meeting is The Squid and the Whale, available on Kanopy, or Netflix as well as on DVD through our Library Network

Disclaimer(s)

Registration Encouraged

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

Fly Fishing 101

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Tween/ Middle School, Teen/ High School, Adults
Program Type: Lecture
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 48
Event Details:

Learn the basic of Fly Fishing from Fly Fisherman that work at the Royal Oak Orvis store on Woodward Ave. 

Disclaimer(s)

Registration Encouraged

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

Short Story: The Alchemist

10:00am - 11:00am
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:

The Alchemist by is a novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho.

Disclaimer(s)

Registration Encouraged

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

Library Board of Trustees

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

Library Board of Trustees monthly meeting.

Butterfly Garden Spring Planting and Maintenance

9:00am - 11:00am
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Butterfly Garden
Age Group: Adults

Help us maintain our beautiful butterfly garden! Join our MSU Master Gardeners to assist with cutting back and removing old plants, trimming, weeding, watering, transplanting, clean-up and more.

Disclaimer(s)

Volunteer approval required

All volunteers must submit a volunteer application and background check form and receive notice of approval prior to helping in the butterfly garden. Please visit this link for more information and to apply.

Writer's Workshop

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Small Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Workshop
Event Details:

Do you want to be a writer? Are you itching to finally sit down and write that book? Join the Writer's Workshop and get your story told! The Writer's Workshop is a safe, encouraging space to work on a story or poem of any genre.

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.

Queerdos: A literary and just plain social club

6:30pm - 7:45pm
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.

Understanding the Holocaust

6:00pm - 8:00pm
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Tween/ Middle School, Teen/ High School, Adults
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 48
Event Details:

Harry Smith from the Zekelman Holocaust Center in Farmington Hills, Michigan will be giving a talk about Understanding the Holocaust. The Holocaust was one of the darkest times in human history, and many wonder how it could have happened.

Disclaimer(s)

Registration Encouraged

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

Registration Required

Registration is required for this program.

Poetry Festival

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Leo Mahany/ Harold Meininger Senior Community Center
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Performance, Poetry
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

 Celebrate with Roberta Brown, Artist Laureate of Royal Oak, as she wraps up her year of library programs.

Disclaimer(s)

Registration Encouraged

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

Energy and Intuition

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 37
Event Details:

Stories of the connection between Energy and Intuition.  Join Psychic Medium Lisa Jesswein for a night of inspired information and energetic 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.

Registration Encouraged

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

Family Pride at the Farmers Market

4:00pm - 9:00pm
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Family
Event Details:

Join us for a fun-filled day at our Family Pride Celebration, an inclusive community event supporting LGBTQIA+ families and youth.

Remembering Lori Boden

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Library Terrace
Event Details:

Long-time staff member, Lori Boden, recently passed away. Today we will celebrate the life of this amazing woman who gave so much back to the community.

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.

Butterfly Garden Spring Planting and Maintenance

5:00pm - 7:00pm
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Butterfly Garden
Age Group: Adults

Help us maintain our beautiful butterfly garden! Join our MSU Master Gardeners to assist with cutting back and removing old plants, trimming, weeding, watering, transplanting, clean-up and more.

Disclaimer(s)

Volunteer approval required

All volunteers must submit a volunteer application and background check form and receive notice of approval prior to helping in the butterfly garden. Please visit this link for more information and to apply.

Community Book Club

6:30pm - 8:00pm
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.

June Book: The Love Con by Seressia Glass

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.

Pop-Up Book Craft

12:30pm - 2:00pm
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Makerspace - DIAL
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Since you are in signing up for Summer Reading come over to the Makerspace and make a craft. This months pop-up craft is book themed. The pop-up craft every month is make one craft for the library and take one home.

Adventure Begins at Your Library: 2024 Summer Reading Kickoff

4:00pm - 6:00pm
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Library Terrace
Age Group: Family, All Ages
Event Details:

Enjoy a fun-filled Friday as we kick off Summer Reading in Centennial Commons!  

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.

Food Allergies

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

Craft Supply Swap

10:00am - 12:00pm
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Come to our craft supply swap if your looking for some craft ideas for the summer. If you are looking to submit your supplies for the swap please do it between June 10-14th and receive your swap ticket.

Family Story Time with Stagecrafters Youth Theatre

2:30pm - 3:30pm
Registration
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Family
Program Type: Performance, Story Time
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 50
Event Details:

Join us for Family Story Time with actors from the Stagecrafters Youth Theatre production of Shrek The Musical Jr.!    

Please register all children and adults 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.

Family Program Audience

Family events are for youth and their adult caregivers.

Registration Required

Registration is required for this program.