Name: Family Storytime
Start: 2025-01-24T10:30:00-06:00
End: 2025-01-24T11:30:00-06:00
Location: West Des Moines Public Library

Family Storytime

Friday, January 24, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Community Room at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Toddlers, Preschool

Event Details:

Join us in the Community Room for this class featuring stories, songs, and rhymes followed by gross and fine motor play all with an early literacy focus! For ages 2-6 w/adult.&n...

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Toddlers, Preschool

Program Type: Storytime

Event Details:

Join us in the Community Room for this class featuring stories, songs, and rhymes followed by gross and fine motor play all with an early literacy focus!

For ages 2-6 w/adult.

Saturday Storytime

Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:00am

StoryRoom at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Babies, Toddlers, Preschool

Event Details:

Drop in and join us in the storyroom for Saturday Storytime! Build a lifetime love of books and reading as we share stories, songs, and interactive rhymes with an early l...

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: StoryRoom

Age Group: Babies, Toddlers, Preschool

Program Type: Storytime

Event Details:

Drop in and join us in the storyroom for Saturday Storytime! Build a lifetime love of books and reading as we share stories, songs, and interactive rhymes with an early literacy focus. For ages 0-6 w/adult. No registration.

WDM Writer's Group

Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 10:00am - 1:00pm

Southwoods Room at Main Branch

Program Type:

Program

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

This in-person group is open to aspiring authors of all experience levels. Each participant brings an approximately 1500-word excerpt of their work-in-progress to read aloud. Fello...

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Southwoods Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Program

Event Details:

This in-person group is open to aspiring authors of all experience levels. Each participant brings an approximately 1500-word excerpt of their work-in-progress to read aloud.

Saturday Storytime

Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am

StoryRoom at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Babies, Toddlers, Preschool

Event Details:

Drop in and join us in the storyroom for Saturday Storytime! Build a lifetime love of books and reading as we share stories, songs, and interactive rhymes with an early l...

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: StoryRoom

Age Group: Babies, Toddlers, Preschool

Program Type: Storytime

Event Details:

Drop in and join us in the storyroom for Saturday Storytime! Build a lifetime love of books and reading as we share stories, songs, and interactive rhymes with an early literacy focus. For ages 0-6 w/adult. No registration.

Nine Square Feet Seed Swap

Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 11:30am - 2:30pm

Community Room at Main Branch

Purpose of Meeting:

*This program is not sponsored by or affiliated with the West Des Moines Public Library.

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Community Room

Purpose of Meeting

*This program is not sponsored by or affiliated with the West Des Moines Public Library.

Wiseways Academy - Enas Said

Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 2:15pm - 4:30pm

Community Room at Main Branch

Purpose of Meeting:

*This program is not sponsored by or affiliated with the West Des Moines Public Library.

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Community Room

Purpose of Meeting

*This program is not sponsored by or affiliated with the West Des Moines Public Library.

Lapsit Storytime

Monday, January 27, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:00am

StoryRoom at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Babies

Event Details:

Using puppets, rhymes, songs, and short stories, we will engage baby and caregiver in language-rich activities designed for pre-walking babies. We will spotlight sensory stimulatio...

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: StoryRoom

Age Group: Babies

Program Type: Storytime

Event Details:

Using puppets, rhymes, songs, and short stories, we will engage baby and caregiver in language-rich activities designed for pre-walking babies.

Lapsit Storytime

Monday, January 27, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am

StoryRoom at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Babies

Event Details:

Using puppets, rhymes, songs, and short stories, we will engage baby and caregiver in language-rich activities designed for pre-walking babies. We will spotlight sensory stimulatio...

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: StoryRoom

Age Group: Babies

Program Type: Storytime

Event Details:

Using puppets, rhymes, songs, and short stories, we will engage baby and caregiver in language-rich activities designed for pre-walking babies.

West Des Moines Democrats

Monday, January 27, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Community Room at Main Branch

Purpose of Meeting:

Planning meeting for Valentine Fundraiser *This program is not sponsored by or affiliated with the West Des Moines Public Library.

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Community Room

Purpose of Meeting

Planning meeting for Valentine Fundraiser
*This program is not sponsored by or affiliated with the West Des Moines Public Library.

Gary Jones (Greenbrier Estates)

Monday, January 27, 2025 at 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Community Room at Main Branch

Purpose of Meeting:

*This program is not sponsored by or affiliated with the West Des Moines Public Library.

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Community Room

Purpose of Meeting

*This program is not sponsored by or affiliated with the West Des Moines Public Library.

Book Club Social: Hybrid Edition

Monday, January 27, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Millie Knee Classroom at Main Branch

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

Please join Alana and Amy to discuss what everyone has been reading and watching this month. You may join us in the Millie Knee Classroom upstairs at the library or in Zoom.Come pr...

Open

Required

Open

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Millie Knee Classroom

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Book Club

Required

Seats Remaining: 14

Event Details:

Please join Alana and Amy to discuss what everyone has been reading and watching this month. You may join us in the Millie Knee Classroom upstairs at the library or in Zoom.

Toddler Storytime

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:00am

StoryRoom at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Babies, Toddlers

Event Details:

Simple stories, gentle tunes, flannel boards, and nursery rhymes. Each week we will incorporate activities that emphasize and reinforce body part identification, counting, rhythm, ...

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: StoryRoom

Age Group: Babies, Toddlers

Program Type: Storytime

Event Details:

Simple stories, gentle tunes, flannel boards, and nursery rhymes.

Toddler Storytime

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am

StoryRoom at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Babies, Toddlers

Event Details:

Simple stories, gentle tunes, flannel boards, and nursery rhymes. Each week we will incorporate activities that emphasize and reinforce body part identification, counting, rhythm, ...

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: StoryRoom

Age Group: Babies, Toddlers

Program Type: Storytime

Event Details:

Simple stories, gentle tunes, flannel boards, and nursery rhymes.

West Des Moines Library Friends Foundation Meeting

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Community Room at Main Branch

Program Type:

Board Meeting

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

Visit the West Des Moines Library Friends Foundation webpage for more information.

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Board Meeting

Event Details:

Visit the West Des Moines Library Friends Foundation webpage for more information.

Baby Doll Storytime

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:00am

StoryRoom at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Toddlers, Preschool

Event Details:

Bring a favorite doll/stuffed animal or use one of ours and join us for Baby Doll Storytime. This program is inspired by Dr. Becky Bailey and Elizabeth Montero-Cefalo's work "...

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: StoryRoom

Age Group: Toddlers, Preschool

Program Type: Storytime

Event Details:

Bring a favorite doll/stuffed animal or use one of ours and join us for Baby Doll Storytime. This program is inspired by Dr.

Maryleslie Javier - True Community CPR

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 9:30am - 1:30pm

Community Room at Main Branch

Purpose of Meeting:

*This program is not sponsored by or affiliated with the West Des Moines Public Library.

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Community Room

Purpose of Meeting

*This program is not sponsored by or affiliated with the West Des Moines Public Library.

Baby Doll Storytime

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am

StoryRoom at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Toddlers, Preschool

Event Details:

Bring a favorite doll/stuffed animal or use one of ours and join us for Baby Doll Storytime. This program is inspired by Dr. Becky Bailey and Elizabeth Montero-Cefalo's work "...

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: StoryRoom

Age Group: Toddlers, Preschool

Program Type: Storytime

Event Details:

Bring a favorite doll/stuffed animal or use one of ours and join us for Baby Doll Storytime. This program is inspired by Dr.

Family Storytime

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Community Room at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Toddlers, Preschool

Event Details:

Join us in the Community Room for this class featuring stories, songs, and rhymes followed by gross and fine motor play all with an early literacy focus! For ages 2-6 w/adult.&n...

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Toddlers, Preschool

Program Type: Storytime

Event Details:

Join us in the Community Room for this class featuring stories, songs, and rhymes followed by gross and fine motor play all with an early literacy focus!

For ages 2-6 w/adult.

Family Storytime

Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Community Room at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Toddlers, Preschool

Event Details:

Join us in the Community Room for this class featuring stories, songs, and rhymes followed by gross and fine motor play all with an early literacy focus! For ages 2-6 w/adult.&n...

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Toddlers, Preschool

Program Type: Storytime

Event Details:

Join us in the Community Room for this class featuring stories, songs, and rhymes followed by gross and fine motor play all with an early literacy focus!

For ages 2-6 w/adult.

Last day of Winter Reading 2025

All Day

Main Branch

Program Type:

Program

Age Group:

All Ages, Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children, Teens, Adults

Event Details:

Winter Reading wraps up today, be sure to log your final days of reading so you can be entered to win a gift certificate for businesses in the Valley Junction area. Thank you for p...

Library Branch: Main Branch

Age Group: All Ages, Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children, Teens, Adults

Program Type: Program

Event Details:

Winter Reading wraps up today, be sure to log your final days of reading so you can be entered to win a gift certificate for businesses in the Valley Junction area.

Final Friday Fiber Club

Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:30am

Millie Knee Classroom at Main Branch

Program Type:

Program

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

Do you embroider, cross-stitch, crochet, or knit? All fiber artists are invited to join us for Final Friday Fiber Club, an informal opportunity to get together with other fiber art...

Open

Required

Open

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Millie Knee Classroom

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Program

Required

Seats Remaining: 7

Event Details:

Do you embroider, cross-stitch, crochet, or knit?

Family Storytime

Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Community Room at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Toddlers, Preschool

Event Details:

Join us in the Community Room for this class featuring stories, songs, and rhymes followed by gross and fine motor play all with an early literacy focus! For ages 2-6 w/adult.&n...

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Toddlers, Preschool

Program Type: Storytime

Event Details:

Join us in the Community Room for this class featuring stories, songs, and rhymes followed by gross and fine motor play all with an early literacy focus!

For ages 2-6 w/adult.

Westridge Singers Winter Concert

Friday, January 31, 2025 at 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Community Room at Main Branch

Program Type:

Performer

Age Group:

All Ages, Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children, Teens, Adults

Event Details:

Stop by the Library Community Room for a fun winter concert from the 6th grade chorus at Westridge Elementary!

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Community Room

Age Group: All Ages, Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children, Teens, Adults

Program Type: Performer

Event Details:

Stop by the Library Community Room for a fun winter concert from the 6th grade chorus at Westridge Elementary!

Katie Kitterman: Capturing Nature's Beauty Through Lens

All Day 2/1 - 2/28

Lobby Display Case at Main Branch

Program Type:

Exhibit

Age Group:

All Ages

Event Details:

Katie Kitterman: Capturing Nature's Beauty Through Lens Deeply connected to nature, Katie Kitterman finds inspiration in the delicate elegance of flowers. Seamlessly blending he...

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Lobby Display Case

Age Group: All Ages

Program Type: Exhibit

Event Details:

Katie Kitterman: Capturing Nature's Beauty Through Lens

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