Centennial Gala

Rochester Hills Public Library cordially invites you to our Centennial Gala celebrating 100 years of service to the community. Celebrating this milestone is a once in a century opportunity, so we hope you’ll join us as we honor the past and celebrate the future of the library. Guests will enjoy food, drinks, music, and library history throughout the evening and participate in the unveiling of renovated library spaces. Want to be a part of history? Be one of the first 100 guests to purchase a ticket to get your name sealed in our time capsule as a thank you for your support.

Tickets for Rochester Hills Public Library’s Centennial Gala are $100 each and include an evening of food, drinks, and entertainment. Attendees will also receive a thank you gift for supporting RHPL. The full evening's agenda is as follows: 

6:30 p.m. — Doors Open 
A strolling dinner of hearty hors d’oeuvres drinks will be provided as guests enjoy live music and explore photos from RHPL history.

6:45 & 7:15 p.m. – RHPL History with Deborah Larsen
Deborah Larsen, a local historian and author of A Necessity of Life: A History of the Rochester Hills Public Library, will give a short presentation of the library’s past. Books will be available to purchase at the Friends Store throughout the evening.

7:45 p.m. – Storyroom Dedication and Ribbon Cutting
Teams have been working all summer to complete a new Storyroom after RHPL received a grant from the City of Rochester Hills. We will officially celebrate the new space with a ribbon cutting ceremony.

8:15 p.m. – Adult & Teen Services Renovations & Time Capsule 
Desserts will be available as we honor past and present Board of Trustees members, unveil Adult & Teen Services renovations, and seal a time capsule for future generations to discover. 

9:00 p.m. Event Concludes
Throughout the evening, guests are encouraged to take a trip down memory lane and contribute to preserving library history by writing a memory in one of our Centennial Journals or leaving an audio message on our vintage Story Exchange phone. 

Thank you for supporting Rochester Hills Public Library.