Rochester Hills Public Library

We know it can be frustrating to be without internet services, but we've got you covered! RHPL has free wifi and public computers available for use. If you want to take a phone and internet outage as a chance to unplug, our collections are calling your name!

Happy 2024! Here's to a year of new reads, engaging programming, outstanding staff, and a centennial celebration sure to make history. Join us in 2024 to kick off the next one hundred years. We can't wait to see you.

No registration required. All ages encouraged! To get ready for the event, RHPL will close early at 5:00 p.m. and reopen at 6:00 p..m. on January 19.

The lights in our gardens are beautiful, but you can help make RHPL even brighter during Winter Wonder Library! Join us between 6-8 p.m. on January 19 to light up the library garden, play games, get crafty, and warm up with hot cocoa.

RHPL will be closed December 24-25 and December 31-January 1. Visit rhpl.org for online reads and resources.

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Next month, author Deborah J. Larsen visits RHPL to take a look back at 100 years of growth, development, and challenges that have taken the library from a small reading room in the bank building to one of the busiest public libraries in Michigan.

A Necessity of Life: The History of Rochester Hills Public Library is now available for purchase in the Friends Store!

Don't miss out on our December events! Registration is open for all adult programs this month. Registration for youth programs opens one week before each program date. Visit calendar.rhpl.org for details and registration. What are you looking forward to?

Every year, the Friends of RHPL bring some extra color to the library by providing us with these lovely poinsettias. Thank you for sharing some winter cheer!

The tour showcases 5 homes in high style for the holidays & special Gift Boutique hosted at Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm. Visit rhpl.org/friends-of-rhpl or visit the following locations: The Friends Store Wild Birds Unlimited Werner's Hallmark Lytle Pharmacy

If you're looking for a way to give back this giving Tuesday and you're ready to get in the holiday spirit, it's a great day to purchase a ticket to the Friends of Rochester Hills Public Library Holiday Home Tour! The popular fundraiser returns on December 10!

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Smart Towns is a community partnership between RHPL, Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm, Rochester University, Oakland University, and Ascension Health. This series promotes lifelong learning for all by inviting experts f to offer lectures and research-based presentations

Join us on Tuesday, December 7 for the first lecture from our Smart Towns series! We welcome Frank Cardimen from Oakland University for "Pearl Harbor Revisited" Learn everything about Pearl Harbor, from the lead-up to the attack on the US Naval Fleet to the end of WWII. .

The Rochester Author Fair is tomorrow! This opportunity with Rochester Writers gives you a chance discover local writers who are traditionally published and self-published and represent many genres. Stop by the Multipurpose room anytime between 10 a.m.–3 p.m.

Fly on over to the registration link to learn more: rhpl.org/program-calend…

RHPL is excited to welcome back Greg Bodker, an experienced and well- traveled birder and photographer, for an exciting new birding program! Mr. Bodker shares photos, videos, and stories to prepare the audience to go on a birding adventure of their own in the field.

RHPL will be closing early this Wednesday, November 22 at 6:00 p.m. and will be closed all day Thursday, November 23 for Thanksgiving Regular library hours will resume on Friday, November 24 at 9 a.m. Due dates and holds will be extended to Friday.

RHPL would like to remind our patrons that Main Street will be closed on Monday, November 20 from 5:30-9:30 for Rochester DDA's Lagniappe event. Don't worry if you're not able to visit us that evening, we will extend all Monday hold pickup and due dates to Tuesday, November 21.