The Rochester Hills Public Library (RHPL) is hosting a variety of programs and concerts this year to spread holiday cheer RHPL’s beloved “Polar Express” event is on Friday, December 6, from 6:30-9:00 p.m. Experience the holidays throughout the library with crafts, a story (The Polar Express, of course), cookie decorating, games, and letters to Santa. The young and the young-at-heart can also visit with the Man from the North Pole – Santa – and take a trolley ride through downtown Rochester … [Read more...]
Holiday Home Tour Event Returns on December 15
Friends of the Rochester Hills Public Library 2019 Holiday Home Tour (HHT) The showcase of five area homes, done up in high style for the holidays for all to see, will be Sunday, December 15 from 12 noon-5:00 p.m. Maps on tickets direct patrons to the homes, all located in the general Rochester/Rochester Hills/Oakland Twp. Area. The tour’s popular Gift Boutique will be hosted at a very familiar sixth stop, the Library’s multi-purpose room at 500 Olde Towne in downtown Rochester. Items … [Read more...]
Homes Needed for the Holiday Home Tour
Decorated Homes Wanted for Home Holiday Tour One of the area’s prime Holiday events — the Friends of the Rochester Hills Public Library Holiday Home Tour — is up against a deadline for finding three more homes to be included in this year’s tour. The program is set for Sunday, December 9, from 12 noon to 5:00 p.m. Tickets are sold in advance and patrons get a map to drive to the open houses during tour hours. But the deadline is October 1. Without the homes, the tour will be … [Read more...]
The Great House Hunt of 2018 is On
Q&A of Having a House in the Holiday Home Tour One of the area’s prime Holiday events—the Friends of the Rochester Hills Public Library Holiday Home Tour—is looking for homes to be included in this year’s tour. The program is set for Sunday, December 9, from 12 noon to 5:00 p.m.—prime time for drawing holiday-oriented eyes. Tickets are sold in advance and patrons get a map to drive to the open houses during tour hours. Organizers are looking for homes that are attractively decked … [Read more...]
Friends of the Rochester Hills’s Public Library 2017 Holiday Home Tour
Get ready for a couple of big changes to one of the area’s most popular holiday events, the Friends of the Rochester Hills’s Public Library 2017 Holiday Home Tour. This year, the showcase of five area homes done up in high style for the holidays for all to see, will move from the traditional Sunday date to Saturday, November 11, from 12 noon - 5:00 p.m. The shift avoids a conflict with an increasing number of other holiday-oriented events scheduled for Sundays in November. It also hopes to … [Read more...]
The Great House Hunt
The Great House Hunt of 2017 is on One of the area’s prime Holiday events—the Friends of the Rochester Hills Public Library Holiday Home Tour—is looking for five to six homes to be included in this year’s tour. The program is set for Saturday, November 11 from noon to 5:00 p.m. (The day has been changed to a Saturday to avoid conflict with other area seasonal attractions). Tickets are sold in advance and patrons get a map to drive to the open houses during tour hours. Over the years, … [Read more...]
Friends of the Rochester Hills Public Library Holiday Home Tour
How will you start your observance of the holiday season? For hundreds of area residents, it’ll be by attending the 2016 Friends of the Rochester Hills Public Library’s Holiday Gala, Home Tour and Boutique. The fun begins Wednesday November 9 with a gala holiday party Wednesday evening from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at Hepplewhite’s Interiors, 322 S. Main Street. Wine, champagne and appetizers will all be a part of this festive kick-off, which will also fete the homeowners who are opening … [Read more...]