Event List

Tech One-on-One

Saturday, July 5, 2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Millie Knee Classroom at Main Branch

Program Type:

Program

Age Group:

Adults

Tech One-on-One

Open

Register Now

Registration Required

Open

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Millie Knee Classroom

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Program

Registration Required

Event Details:

Tech One-on-One

Outreach: Words on Wheels at Legion Park

Monday, July 7, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:30pm

Outreach

Program Type:

Outreach

Age Group:

All Ages, Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children

Visit the library at Legion Park! We'll have the WoW Truck there to sign up for library cards and check out library materials.

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Offsite Event

Library Branch: Outreach

Age Group: All Ages, Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children

Program Type: Outreach

Event Details:

Visit the library at Legion Park! We'll have the WoW Truck there to sign up for library cards and check out library materials.

Teen Nintendo Switch Free-Play

Monday, July 7, 2025 at 1:30pm - 4:30pm

Teen Center at Main Branch

Program Type:

Program

Age Group:

Teens

Teens! Spend time in the air conditioning with friends. We're bringing out the Nintendo Switch for free-play on Mondays during June and July. Enjoy a selection of games, and space to relax! No registration required.

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Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Teen Center

Age Group: Teens

Program Type: Program

Event Details:

Teens! Spend time in the air conditioning with friends. We're bringing out the Nintendo Switch for free-play on Mondays during June and July. Enjoy a selection of games, and space to relax! No registration required.

scuba diver in the water with nautilus; date/time of program

Deep Sea Conservation of Nautiluses

Monday, July 7, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Community Room at Main Branch

Program Type:

Program

Age Group:

Teens, Adults

Did you know nautiluses have been in our oceans for over 500 million years, but a mere 50 years of unregulated fisheries has led to depleted populations and local extinction?

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Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Teens, Adults

Program Type: Program

Event Details:

Did you know nautiluses have been in our oceans for over 500 million years, but a mere 50 years of unregulated fisheries has led to depleted populations and local extinction?

Toddler Storytime

Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:00am

StoryRoom at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Babies, Toddlers

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

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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, July 8, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am

StoryRoom at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Babies, Toddlers

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

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Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: StoryRoom

Age Group: Babies, Toddlers

Program Type: Storytime

Event Details:

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

Tech One-on-One

Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Millie Knee Classroom at Main Branch

Program Type:

Program

Age Group:

Adults

Tech One-on-One

Open

Register Now

Registration Required

Open

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Millie Knee Classroom

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Program

Registration Required

Event Details:

Tech One-on-One

Tech One-on-One

Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:00pm

Millie Knee Classroom at Main Branch

Program Type:

Program

Age Group:

Adults

Tech One-on-One

Open

Register Now

Registration Required

Open

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Millie Knee Classroom

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Program

Registration Required

Event Details:

Tech One-on-One

Tech One-on-One

Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 4:00pm - 4:30pm

Millie Knee Classroom at Main Branch

Program Type:

Program

Age Group:

Adults

Tech One-on-One

Open

Register Now

Registration Required

Open

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Millie Knee Classroom

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Program

Registration Required

Event Details:

Tech One-on-One

hands holding piggy bank; date/time of program

The Smart Money Series: Your Path to Financial Confidence - Budgeting: Mastering Income, Credit & Cash Flow

Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Community Room at Main Branch

Program Type:

Program

Age Group:

Adults

Do you dream about buying a house but have no idea how you can do it financially? Are you interested in learning how you can boost your credit score to secure a better loan? Come learn how to do that and more in The Smart Money Series.

Open

Register Now

Registration Required

Open

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Program

Registration Required

Event Details:

Do you dream about buying a house but have no idea how you can do it financially? Are you interested in learning how you can boost your credit score to secure a better loan? Come learn how to do that and more in The Smart Money Series.

Babies on the Move- Water Play!

Wednesday, July 9, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Main Branch

Program Type:

Program

Age Group:

Babies

Join us for a special outdoor playtime with water. Great for sensory exploration, fine motor development and open-ended play. Each baby/adult group will be provided materials to use. Please bring a blanket or towel.

Upcoming

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Registration Required

Upcoming

Library Branch: Main Branch

Age Group: Babies

Program Type: Program

Registration Required

Event Details:

Join us for a special outdoor playtime with water. Great for sensory exploration, fine motor development and open-ended play. Each baby/adult group will be provided materials to use. Please bring a blanket or towel.

"Picture (Frame) This" graphic. Teal polaroid frames, pink and yellow lettering, multi-colored "sparkles"

Teen Picture (Frame) This! (early registration)

Wednesday, July 9, 2025 at 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Community Room at Main Branch

Program Type:

Craft, Program

Age Group:

Teens

Teens: Join us for a crafternoon in the Community Room. We will be making perler bead picture frames and "maximalist"-style frames.

Open

Register Now

Registration Required

Open

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Teens

Program Type: Craft, Program

Registration Required

Event Details:

Teens: Join us for a crafternoon in the Community Room. We will be making perler bead picture frames and "maximalist"-style frames.

Family Storytime

Wednesday, July 9, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Community Room at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Toddlers, Preschool

Join us in the Community Room for this class featuring stories, songs, and rhymes all with an early literacy focus!

For ages 2-6 w/adult. No registration required.

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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 all with an early literacy focus!

For ages 2-6 w/adult. No registration required.

Family Storytime

Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am

Community Room at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Toddlers, Preschool

Join us in the Community Room for this class featuring stories, songs, and rhymes all with an early literacy focus!

For ages 2-6 w/adult. No registration required.

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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 all with an early literacy focus!

For ages 2-6 w/adult. No registration required.

Outreach: Traveling Tales in the Park @ Kiwanis Park

Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:15am

Outreach

Program Type:

Outreach, Storytime

Age Group:

Babies, Toddlers, Preschool

West Des Moines Parks and Recreation is revamping their annual Fairytale Time in the Park program by collaborating with the Library!

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Offsite Event

Library Branch: Outreach

Age Group: Babies, Toddlers, Preschool

Program Type: Outreach, Storytime

Event Details:

West Des Moines Parks and Recreation is revamping their annual Fairytale Time in the Park program by collaborating with the Library!

YA Not Club Read

Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Community Room at Main Branch

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Adults

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!

Open

Register Now

Registration Required

Open

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Book Club

Registration Required

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!

Photo of a reading pointer that looks like a magic wand craft. One side has plastic jewel stickers on it, the other side has purple text that reads "Spotty's Reading Wand".

Friday Craft for Kids - Magic Wand Reading Pointer

All Day

Main Branch

Program Type:

Craft

Age Group:

Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children

Each Friday we will provide a different fun, hands-on, screen-free craft project or activity to take home and enjoy!

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Library Branch: Main Branch

Age Group: Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children

Program Type: Craft

Event Details:

Each Friday we will provide a different fun, hands-on, screen-free craft project or activity to take home and enjoy!

Outreach : Words on Wheels at Rose Farm

Friday, July 11, 2025 at 9:00am - 9:30am

Outreach

Program Type:

Outreach

Age Group:

Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children

Visit the library's Words on Wheels Truck at Rose Farm for their Farm School series each Friday from June 6th-July 25th [Note: Farm School continues through August 8, library visits will end on July 25.]

From Rose Farm:

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Offsite Event

Library Branch: Outreach

Age Group: Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children

Program Type: Outreach

Event Details:

Visit the library's Words on Wheels Truck at Rose Farm for their Farm School series each Friday from June 6th-July 25th [Note: Farm School continues through August 8, library visits will end on July 25.]

From Rose Farm:

Outreach : Words on Wheels at Rose Farm

Friday, July 11, 2025 at 10:00am - 10:30am

Outreach

Program Type:

Outreach

Age Group:

Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children

Visit the library's Words on Wheels Truck at Rose Farm for their Farm School series each Friday from June 6th-July 25th [Note: Farm School continues through August 8, library visits will end on July 25.]

From Rose Farm:

View Details

Offsite Event

Library Branch: Outreach

Age Group: Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children

Program Type: Outreach

Event Details:

Visit the library's Words on Wheels Truck at Rose Farm for their Farm School series each Friday from June 6th-July 25th [Note: Farm School continues through August 8, library visits will end on July 25.]

From Rose Farm:

Outreach : Words on Wheels at Rose Farm

Friday, July 11, 2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Outreach

Program Type:

Outreach

Age Group:

Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children

Visit the library's Words on Wheels Truck at Rose Farm for their Farm School series each Friday from June 6th-July 25th [Note: Farm School continues through August 8, library visits will end on July 25.]

From Rose Farm:

View Details

Offsite Event

Library Branch: Outreach

Age Group: Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children

Program Type: Outreach

Event Details:

Visit the library's Words on Wheels Truck at Rose Farm for their Farm School series each Friday from June 6th-July 25th [Note: Farm School continues through August 8, library visits will end on July 25.]

From Rose Farm:

Outreach: Mayor Tom Becker Park (Cumming)

Friday, July 11, 2025 at 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Outreach

Program Type:

Outreach

Age Group:

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

Visit the library's Words on Wheels Truck at Mayor Tom Becker Park in Cumming! Create a new library card while you're there and check out some fun library materials.

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Offsite Event

Library Branch: Outreach

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

Program Type: Outreach

Event Details:

Visit the library's Words on Wheels Truck at Mayor Tom Becker Park in Cumming! Create a new library card while you're there and check out some fun library materials.

Friday Flicks: Wicked

Friday, July 11, 2025 at 1:30pm - 4:30pm

Community Room at Main Branch

Program Type:

Film

Age Group:

Preschool, School-Age Children

All movies are shown at 1:30 p.m. in the Library Community Room. No registration is needed, though space is limited. Today's movie will be Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Rated PG, 1h 53min).

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Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Preschool, School-Age Children

Program Type: Film

Event Details:

All movies are shown at 1:30 p.m. in the Library Community Room. No registration is needed, though space is limited. Today's movie will be Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Rated PG, 1h 53min).

MUFON Iowa

Saturday, July 12, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:15pm

Community Room at Main Branch

Purpose of Meeting:

UFO/UAP Education *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

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

WDM Writer's Group

Saturday, July 12, 2025 at 10:00am - 2:00pm

Southwoods Room at Main Branch

Program Type:

Program

Age Group:

Adults

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.

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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.

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