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Words on Wheels Celebration & Ribbon Cutting (Rescheduled for Weather)

Monday, April 29, 2024 at 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Main Branch
Program Type:
Program
Age Group:
All Ages, Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children, Teens, Adults
Event Details:

*With the predicted bad weather on Friday, April 26th, we have decided to reschedule for Monday, April 29!* We’re happy to officially introduce the public to our new Words on Wh

Library Branch: Main Branch
Age Group: All Ages, Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Program
Event Details:
*With the predicted bad weather on Friday, April 26th, we have decided to reschedule for Monday, April 29!* We’re happy to officially introduce the public to our new Words on Wheels vehicle! Stop by the library’s front parking lot between 2 – 6 PM...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Managing Money: A Caregiver's Guide to Finances

Monday, April 29, 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Community Room at Main Branch
Program Type:
Program
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join us as Keith Piscitello, an Alzheimer's Association educator, presents information on how to manage money as the caregiver of a dementia patient.

Open
Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 47
Event Details:
Join us as Keith Piscitello, an Alzheimer's Association educator, presents information on how to manage money as the caregiver of a dementia patient. ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Creating Theme Gardens

Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Community Room at Main Branch
Program Type:
Program
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Ready to get gardening but overwhelmed with ideas and information?  Narrow it down with a Theme Garden! From Culinary to Obscure, Miniature to Sensory, theme gardens a

Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Event Details:
Ready to get gardening but overwhelmed with ideas and information?  Narrow it down with a Theme Garden! From Culinary to Obscure, Miniature to Sensory, theme gardens are having a revival. Come learn how to tap into your creative sid...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Social Security and Retirement Planning Basics

Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Community Room at Main Branch
Program Type:
Program
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Are you wondering how to figure out when to file for Social Security? Would you like to find ways to avoid higher taxation of your Social Security benefits? Join us for this progra

Open
Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 30
Event Details:
Are you wondering how to figure out when to file for Social Security? Would you like to find ways to avoid higher taxation of your Social Security benefits? Join us for this program on Social Security and Retirement Planning Basics. You'll learn fact...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Friday Craft for Adults - Happy Beads

All Day
Main Branch
Program Type:
Craft
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

On the 1st Friday of each month we will provide a craft project for adults to take home and enjoy.  Available at the Adult Services Desk during library hours while suppli

Library Branch: Main Branch
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Craft
Event Details:
On the 1st Friday of each month we will provide a craft project for adults to take home and enjoy.  Available at the Adult Services Desk during library hours while supplies last.     ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Tech One-on-One

Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Millie Knee Classroom at Main Branch
Program Type:
Program
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Tech One-on-One  Do you have a specific computer, mobile device, or other technology related questions?  We are here to help!  Sign up for a 30 minute privat

Open
Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Millie Knee Classroom
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 3
Event Details:
Tech One-on-One  Do you have a specific computer, mobile device, or other technology related questions?  We are here to help!  Sign up for a 30 minute private session, walk-in's also welcome.  Staff can help with specific ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Paint a Watercolor Chicken!

Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Community Room at Main Branch
Program Type:
Craft, Program
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Chickens are full of personality, strutting their stuff or crowing the morning away. With watercolor paint and easy techniques that simplify feather patterns, participants will cap

Closed
Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Craft, Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:
Chickens are full of personality, strutting their stuff or crowing the morning away. With watercolor paint and easy techniques that simplify feather patterns, participants will capture a colorful chicken that leaves you smiling. No experience necessa...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Tech One-on-One

Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Millie Knee Classroom at Main Branch
Program Type:
Program
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Tech One-on-One  Do you have a specific computer, mobile device, or other technology related questions?  We are here to help!  Sign up for a 30 minute privat

Open
Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Millie Knee Classroom
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 3
Event Details:
Tech One-on-One  Do you have a specific computer, mobile device, or other technology related questions?  We are here to help!  Sign up for a 30 minute private session, walk-in's also welcome.  Staff can help with specific ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Tech One-on-One

Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Millie Knee Classroom at Main Branch
Program Type:
Program
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Tech One-on-One  Do you have a specific computer, mobile device, or other technology related questions?  We are here to help!  Sign up for a 30 minute privat

Open
Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Millie Knee Classroom
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 2
Event Details:
Tech One-on-One  Do you have a specific computer, mobile device, or other technology related questions?  We are here to help!  Sign up for a 30 minute private session, walk-in's also welcome.  Staff can help with specific ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Social Security and Retirement Planning Basics

Monday, May 6, 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Community Room at Main Branch
Program Type:
Program
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Are you wondering how to figure out when to file for Social Security? Would you like to find ways to avoid higher taxation of your Social Security benefits? Join us for this progra

Open
Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 32
Event Details:
Are you wondering how to figure out when to file for Social Security? Would you like to find ways to avoid higher taxation of your Social Security benefits? Join us for this program on Social Security and Retirement Planning Basics. You'll learn fact...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Forest Bathing 101

Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Community Room at Main Branch
Program Type:
Program
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Have you heard of Shinrin-yoku: the Japanese Art of Forest Bathing? If you’d like to learn what it’s all about, join us for a one-hour presentation from WDM’s own Certified Nature

Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Event Details:
Have you heard of Shinrin-yoku: the Japanese Art of Forest Bathing? If you’d like to learn what it’s all about, join us for a one-hour presentation from WDM’s own Certified Nature + Forest Therapy Guide, Brandy Case Haub. Brandy will share her photos...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

YA Not Club Read

Thursday, May 9, 2024 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Community Room at Main Branch
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Are you a "Grown Up" but you like to read Young Adult books?  Are you looking for a book club that doesn’t take itself too seriously?  Then YA Not join us for YA Not Club

Open
Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 2
Event Details:
Are you a "Grown Up" but you like to read Young Adult books?  Are you looking for a book club that doesn’t take itself too seriously?  Then YA Not join us for YA Not Club Read! YA Not Club Read is our non-traditional book club for "...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

WDM Writer's Group

Saturday, May 11, 2024 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. Fellow writers offer constructive critique following each writer's turn. Cu...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

CANCELED: Rosie the Riveters of Iowa

Saturday, May 11, 2024 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Community Room at Main Branch
Program Type:
Program
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Are you a WWII history buff? Did you know that Iowa had Rosie's working in Iowa?  Linda spoke with 35 women who had worked as Rosie's, some in Iowa and some in California and&

Cancelled
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Event Details:
Are you a WWII history buff? Did you know that Iowa had Rosie's working in Iowa?  Linda spoke with 35 women who had worked as Rosie's, some in Iowa and some in California and Washington states. Please join us for a program from author Linda...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Club Read: Hybrid Edition

Monday, May 13, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:45pm
Community Room at Main Branch
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join Alana and Amy on Monday, May 13th at 7:00 p.m. for Club Read, a book club for adults. You may join us in the Community Room at the library or through Zoom. We wil

Open
Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:
Join Alana and Amy on Monday, May 13th at 7:00 p.m. for Club Read, a book club for adults. You may join us in the Community Room at the library or through Zoom. We will be discussing The Librarianist by Patrick DeWitt.  Copies ma...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Welcome to Medicare presented by SHIIP

Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Room at Main Branch
Program Type:
Program
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Are you going to be eligible for Medicare in the near future?  Have you been on Medicare for awhile and want to better understand what it offers?  Do you have a family me

Open
Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 31
Event Details:
Are you going to be eligible for Medicare in the near future?  Have you been on Medicare for awhile and want to better understand what it offers?  Do you have a family member you help with Medicare issues? Please join us for a free Wel...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Adult Craft Night - Garden Stones

Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Community Room at Main Branch
Program Type:
Craft
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Engage your creativity. Relieve stress. Make something beautiful. Learn a new skill. You can do all this at Adult Craft Night! Enjoy a relaxing craft time just

Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Craft
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:
Engage your creativity. Relieve stress. Make something beautiful. Learn a new skill. You can do all this at Adult Craft Night! Enjoy a relaxing craft time just for adults!  Join us every 3rd Thursday for a fun and simple...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Step Back in Time: Historical Fiction book group

Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Outreach
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Historical fiction is a great way to learn about people and events through stories that bring history to life. Our group discusses titles from a wide variety of time/places/people.

Open
Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Outreach
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:
Historical fiction is a great way to learn about people and events through stories that bring history to life. Our group discusses titles from a wide variety of time/places/people. Please join us for a discussion of The Name of the Rose by Umber...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Tech One-on-One

Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Millie Knee Classroom at Main Branch
Program Type:
Program
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Tech One-on-One  Do you have a specific computer, mobile device, or other technology related questions?  We are here to help!  Sign up for a 30 minute privat

Open
Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Millie Knee Classroom
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 3
Event Details:
Tech One-on-One  Do you have a specific computer, mobile device, or other technology related questions?  We are here to help!  Sign up for a 30 minute private session, walk-in's also welcome.  Staff can help with specific ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Tech One-on-One

Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Millie Knee Classroom at Main Branch
Program Type:
Program
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Tech One-on-One  Do you have a specific computer, mobile device, or other technology related questions?  We are here to help!  Sign up for a 30 minute privat

Open
Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Millie Knee Classroom
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 3
Event Details:
Tech One-on-One  Do you have a specific computer, mobile device, or other technology related questions?  We are here to help!  Sign up for a 30 minute private session, walk-in's also welcome.  Staff can help with specific ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Tech One-on-One

Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Millie Knee Classroom at Main Branch
Program Type:
Program
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Tech One-on-One  Do you have a specific computer, mobile device, or other technology related questions?  We are here to help!  Sign up for a 30 minute privat

Open
Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Millie Knee Classroom
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 3
Event Details:
Tech One-on-One  Do you have a specific computer, mobile device, or other technology related questions?  We are here to help!  Sign up for a 30 minute private session, walk-in's also welcome.  Staff can help with specific ...
This event is in the "All Ages" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Iowa Files: Nothing Compares!

Sunday, May 19, 2024 at 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Community Room at Main Branch
Program Type:
Program
Age Group:
All Ages, Adults
Event Details:

The Iowa State Fair is one of the oldest & largest agricultural expositions in the country! It began in 1854 and has been held on the Iowa State Fairgrounds since 1886. Mindy W

Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: All Ages, Adults
Program Type: Program
Event Details:
The Iowa State Fair is one of the oldest & largest agricultural expositions in the country! It began in 1854 and has been held on the Iowa State Fairgrounds since 1886. Mindy Williamson, Marketing Director of the Iowa State Fair will share storie...
This event is in the "All Ages" group.
This event is in the "Babies" group.
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
This event is in the "School-Age Children" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.

First day of Summer Escape @ West Des Moines Library!

All Day
Main Branch
Program Type:
Program
Age Group:
All Ages, Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children, Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Registration begins May 20 for our 2024 Summer Escape at the library! Sign up today online or via the Beanstack app (for iOS or Android). For information on registering groups (suc

Library Branch: Main Branch
Age Group: All Ages, Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Program
Event Details:
Registration begins May 20 for our 2024 Summer Escape at the library! Sign up today online or via the Beanstack app (for iOS or Android). For information on registering groups (such as classes or daycares) please send a message to youthservices@wdm.i...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Book Club Social: Hybrid Edition

Monday, May 20, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:45pm
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. Com

Open
Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Millie Knee Classroom
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 17
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 prepared to share with the group a quick review of a few of the...