Event List

Visit the Library Board of Trustees webpage for the meeting agenda and minutes from past meetings.

Would you like to read some of the great classics with others? Have you always wondered why some authors’ works seem to endure? Join us for Legacies, a program where we focus on a different timeless writer each month.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Do you have a yearn to read some of the great classics with others? Have you always wondered why some authors’ works seem to endure? Join us for Legacies, a program where we focus on a different timeless author each month.

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.

Visit the Library Board of Trustees webpage for the meeting agenda and minutes from past meetings.

Come and celebrate the end of Summer Escape 2026! This year's finale will feature TBD. For all ages, no registration required. 

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.

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

What if you could see all the lives you might have lived? Join us for a thoughtful discussion of The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, a moving and imaginative novel that explores regret, possibility, and the choices that shape our lives.

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.

Visit the Library Board of Trustees webpage for the meeting agenda and minutes from past meetings.

Do you have a yearn to read some of the great classics with others? Have you always wondered why some authors’ works seem to endure? Join us for Legacies, a program where we focus on a different timeless author each month.

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.

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.