Upcoming Events

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.

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.

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 month, step into the world of Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury’s haunting vision of a future where books are banned and independent thought is dangerous.

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.

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.

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.

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 West Des Moines Library Friends Foundation webpage for more information.  

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

Dive into the thrilling world of Orphan Black, the groundbreaking sci-fi series that blends genetic engineering, corporate intrigue, and questions of identity.