Day Calendar

Due to the growing number of participants, you MUST REGISTER for the program. For the month of July, there will be 2 sessions: one at 9:00am and one at 10:00am. Please sign up for only 1 session, and sign up EACH CHILD individually. Thank you!

Let's face it. The online world is an ever-changing landscape and it can be hard to keep up. As technology evolves, so do the risks and challenges.

Target Age: Preschool and school-age children 

Put on your dancing shoes and move to the groove with R.A.C.E. Dance Collective.   

Due to the growing number of participants, you MUST REGISTER for the program. For the month of July, there will be 2 sessions: one at 9:00am and one at 10:00am. Please sign up for only 1 session, and sign up EACH child individually. Thank you!

The movements of the Chinese martial art Tai Chi can help seniors reduce the risk of falling, increase balance, and increase flexibility.

Zany Zip Lines! 

The Intermediate Tai Chi class teaches participants ways to improve their overall mind, body and spirit through a series of slow continuous movements. Beginners Tai Chi or previous Tai Chi experience is helpful.

Target Age: Preschool and school-age children 

The Bartered Banana 

Calling all Preschoolers, ages 3.5-5! What will be going on at the library today? Something exciting just for you! Will it be playtime, storytime, parachute play, or music play? No matter what, it will be fun, so come and see!

Target Age: Preschool and school-age children 

Put on your dancing shoes and move to the groove with R.A.C.E. Dance Collective.   

Join us Monday through Thursday from 12:00-1:30 for summer lunch. Lunch is available for children ages 2-18.

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.

We’re proud to partner with the Oklahoma County Clerk’s office to help YOU PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY!

And SAFEGUARD your DD-214’s all for FREE.

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. 

Test your instincts against a perilous adventure of the type only found in stories. This otherworldly program will be a combination of games, survival tasks, and other adventurous fun.

Come to the library to meet the alpacas from Magnolias & Prayers: Everything Alpaca Ranch. Event includes education, interaction, stories and a craft.

Target Age: Preschool and school-age children 

Put on your dancing shoes and move to the groove with RACE Dance Collective.   

Guest Artist John Campbell from the Edmond Fine Arts Institute will teach you how to draw facial expressions universal to a wide variety of cartooning styles.

Target Age: Preschool and school-age children 

The Bartered Banana 

OKCMOA will develop art making activities around the special exhibition on view at the Museum that summer.

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

Guest Artist John Campbell from the Edmond Fine Arts Institute will teach you how to draw facial expressions universal to a wide variety of cartooning styles.

Hey there, young cowpokes! Ready for a rootin' tootin' summer of reading fun? Saddle up for this adventure where a storytelling cowboy shares tools of the trade and how to survive the Wild West.

OKCMOA will develop art making activities around the special exhibition on view at the Museum that summer.

The greatest adventures can be found in your favorite stories, and this program is full of STEAM activities inspired by them. Hands-on and creative challenges will abound in this STEM and literature!

Age Range: 6-12 (approximate)

Test your instincts against a perilous adventure of the type only found in stories. This otherworldly program will be a combination of games, survival tasks, and other adventurous fun.

Come to the Library for a summer of tabletop adventures! Every week, fate will lead you to roleplay as a different character. Will you wake up as a tiny mouse? An amateur wizard? A hungry bear? A heroic warrior?

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.

Description TBD

Join us for an art reception featuring an exhibit of  works of tiny art from our Belle Isle Library community members.  Light refreshments will be provided.

Learn the basics of becoming a U.S. Citizen! The Southern Oaks Public Library is partnering with Community Literary Centers to provide free weekly classes that explore the steps of the naturalization process.