Upcoming Events

Total Wellness is a FREE interactive weight loss program for adults to help prevent diabetes and heart disease. Classes meet for eight weeks. The goal of the class is for everyone to lose 5% of their body weight and become more active.

Discover how your everyday household and yard waste can be transformed into garden gold. Whether you live in a house or an apartment: you can compost! Dive into the world of using your waste for good by feeding your plants and healing the earth.

Explore decomposition concepts and how nutrients are cycled in nature with a hands-on worm bin activity!

Participants will learn how to create a soft sculpture out of wool with needle-felting with Darci Lenker from Oklahoma Cont

We have yarn and needles, and we're ready to knit! We will start with the basics and learn to knit together. Shown to reduce stress and foster a sense of calm, knitting serves as a creative outlet and can aid us in building healthy community.

This event is a recurring series for a writing critique group. The group requires pre-registration and a commitment to attend bi-weekly, share your work for critique and feedback, and to gather that from others. Space is limited.

Join us for an hour of come-and-go play with cars, trains, and planes!

If you like transportation vehicles, this is the program for you. 

Join us monthly to learn new skills that will build mindfulness and lead to deeper relaxation during your “me” hours.

Join us as we read stories, sing songs, play, and move and groove. Littles will naturally gain pre literacy skills as they have fun. Caretakers will have the opportunity to connect with other adults. And magical experiences will be had by all.

Calling all Toddlers, ages 1 to 3, and their caregivers! What will be going on at the library today? Something exciting just for you!

Raqs sharqi, or bellydance as it is referred to in the West, is a dance style that comes from the Middle East.  This low-impact class will teach basic bellydance steps to get you moving and grooving. 

This program is designed to empower older adults through education to be more active participants in decisions that are made regarding their medications.  The desired outcome is to reduce the likelihood of an older person having a drug relate

Come play with us on Way Fun Wednesdays!

Join us as we read stories, sing songs, play, and move and groove. Littles will naturally gain pre literacy skills as they have fun. Caretakers will have the opportunity to connect with other adults. And magical experiences will be had by all.

Join us in our brand new building as we read stories, sing songs, play, and move and groove. Littles will naturally gain pre literacy skills as they have fun. Caretakers will have the opportunity to connect with other adults.

Calling all Toddlers, ages 1 to 3, and their caregivers! What will be going on at the library today? Something exciting just for you!

Join us every Wednesday, 11:00am, at the Downtown Library for a baby storytime! Connect with other families in the community while engaging in stories, songs, lap bounces, and more!

Join us as we read stories, sing songs, play, and move and groove. Littles will naturally gain pre literacy skills as they have fun. Caretakers will have the opportunity to connect with other adults. And magical experiences will be had by all.

Children ages 1-18 are invited to enjoy a meal from 12-2 p.m. at Ralph Ellison Library.

Meals are provided by Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma's Summer Feeding Program.

Exercise while having fun! Let's learn to line dance at the library. Learn basic, and advanced dance steps with dance instruction Gene Fowler. Enjoy a social activity, and get great exercise. No experience necessary.

Help decorate the Ralph Ellison Library this summer by creating a special Adventure Begins at the Library window mural. All supplies will be provided! 

This program is for kids/teens. 

Big tracks - bigger laughs! Get lost in a world of adventure with extinct creatures from all over the world. This season, Mad Science excavates the boldest, oldest and silliest creatures through activities and experiments.

Learn how to turn everyday trash into nature's treasure! Kids will learn about the many ways we can use our waste to work for us and not against us. 

Join us after school for a chance to read to a loving therapy dog! Our sweet furry friends like nothing more than to listen to children read books. Check in anytime between 3:30 - 4:15 pm for an opportunity to read or just pet your furry friend.