Event List

Try your luck at Bingo! Join us for an evening of community fun and a chance to win new books or Metropolitan Library System branded items. Bingo Night is a free event and all ages are welcome. 

Bring your own project and materials and knit, crochet, or sew your way through the afternoon with members of the community who share your enthusiasm for crafts. All types of fiber arts welcome!

Enjoy a tasty meal provided by the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma, then get creative with exciting Arts & Crafts. Each week brings a new activity, so there's always something fun to do while spending time with friends.

Come join us as we turn simple-looking paper strips into beautiful art by paper quilling. Paper quilling involves rolling, looping, curling and shaping paper strips and then combining them to create designs.

Week 1: Make

Blast off with your imagination at the Ralph Ellison library Lego Club. Lego dreamers of all ages and experience levels welcome.​ 

Adult crafting and creating

Zip, zap, zop! 

Are you a wizard, fighter, or a rogue looking for a group? Do you have a dungeon or a dragon looking for adventures? Then come to the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons!

The Scrapbook Studio is an opportunity for guests to preserve memories, create personalized keepsakes, and connect with fellow scrapbook enthusiasts. Children under 12 should be accompanied by an adult or guardian.

Join us for Zine Canteen, our monthly meet-up for zine enthusiasts of all ages, teens and adults alike!

Celebrate Friyay with Food & Fun!

Journey through the past and into thrilling adventures with Girls Survive Book Club! The first Friday of every month, we will discuss a different "Girls Survive" book and then do a related craft. 

Recommended ages 8-12.

Are you a seasoned chess player looking to get in some more practice or help bring new players into the game, or a new player looking to dip their toes into the world of chess? This all ages, all skill levels program will help you do just that!

Teens, join us and learn acrylic painting techniques! This month, we will be painting a happy ladybug on a leaf. You will leave with a completed painting.

Join us as our Big Band swings into the spring with classics that capture the joy and renewal of life in every note.

Calling all young storytellers to our third annual Young Storytellers Workshop at the library! If you have a story to tell, pick up a set of submission guidelines from the Children's desk and submit the draft of your tale to us by December 21st.

This program is a four part series highlighting the basics of gardening here in Oklahoma.

Women's History Month is here! In this take-home kit, we're going to learn about women codebreakers in World War 2, including some facts that were just declassified a few years ago. We're also going to try a few code puzzles ourselves!

Please join us on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 4PM for LEGO Club. Use your imagination and create your own design or participate in our monthly construction challenge. We supply the LEGO blocks, you bring the creativity.