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Tech One-on-One

11:00am–11:30am
Adults
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Millie Knee Classroom
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Tech One-on-One 

Christmas Storytime

10:30am–11:15am
Babies, Toddlers, Preschool
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Babies, Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join us for a special Christmas story time including a puppet show, stories, rhymes, and songs!  For ages 0-6. 

SCA Barony of Coeur d'Ennui

5:30pm–9:00pm
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Purpose of Meeting

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

Christmas Storytime

10:30am–11:15am
Babies, Toddlers, Preschool
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Babies, Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join us for a special Christmas story time including a puppet show, stories, rhymes, and songs!  For ages 0-6. 

Library Closing at 5pm

5:00pm–9:00pm
Closing
Branches:
Main Branch
Description:

The Library will close at 5pm on December 23rd.  We will be closed Dec 24-25 and reopen at 9am on Friday, December 26th.  Happy Holidays!  

Holiday Closing

All Day 12/24–12/25
Closing
Branches:
Main Branch
Description:

The Library will close at 5pm on December 23rd.  We will be closed Dec 24-25 and reopen at 9am on Friday, December 26th.  Happy Holidays!  

English With Friends

10:00am–11:00am
Adults
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Southwoods Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Event Details:

Join us at the West Des Moines Public Library for English with Friends, a welcoming and informal conversation program.

Saturday Storytime

9:30am–10:00am
Babies, Toddlers, Preschool
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 - CANCELED (will meet again in January)

10:00am–2:00pm
Adults
Cancelled
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

10:30am–11:00am
Babies, Toddlers, Preschool
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.

Dwyer Homeschool Group

1:00pm–3:30pm
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Purpose of Meeting

Homeschool group gathers annually to create vision boards for the new year.
*This program is not sponsored by or affiliated with the West Des Moines Public Library.

The Pines at Meadow Point

5:30pm–7:30pm
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Purpose of Meeting

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

Noon Year's Eve Party

11:30am–12:00pm
Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children
Event Details:

Welcome in the new year with us at the library! We'll have a celebratory dance party starting at 11:30AM and we'll finish with a countdown and a balloon drop right at noon.

New Year's Eve - Library Closes at 12 noon

12:00pm–9:00pm
Closing
Branches:
Main Branch
Description:

The Library will close at 12 Noon for New Year's Eve.  We will be closed New Year's Day, January 1st, and reopen on January 2nd.  Happy New Year!  

New Year's Day - Library Closed

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Main Branch
Description:

The Library will close at 5pm for New Year's Eve.  We will be closed New Year's Day, January 1st, and reopen on January 2nd.  Happy New Year!  

Des Moines Area Quilters Guild

9:00am–12:00pm
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Purpose of Meeting

budget meeting for the 2026 year. We are a non-profit organization that provides quilts to a number of charitable groups in the Des Moines (in 2024 we donate 2000 charity quilts).

Saturday Storytime

9:30am–10:00am
Babies, Toddlers, Preschool
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.

Tech One-on-One

10:00am–10:30am
Adults
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Millie Knee Classroom
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Tech One-on-One 

Saturday Storytime

10:30am–11:00am
Babies, Toddlers, Preschool
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.

Tech One-on-One

10:30am–11:00am
Adults
Open
Registration Required
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

11:00am–11:30am
Adults
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Millie Knee Classroom
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Tech One-on-One 

Boone Progressors 4-H Club

2:00pm–4:30pm
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Purpose of Meeting

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

Family Night at the Library! - Lego Derby!

6:30pm–7:30pm
Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children, Teens, Adults
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children, Teens, Adults
Registration Required
Event Details:

Get your family together and build the fastest (Funniest? Most creative?) Lego car you can! Build one car as a family or have everyone build their own car.

Tween Club Read - Bring Your Own Book

4:15pm–5:00pm
School-Age Children, Teens
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: School-Age Children, Teens
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

This month, we want you to bring your own book to talk about! Bring your favorite book. Bring the book you're currently reading. Bring your LEAST favorite book. Just bring a book and be ready to tell us a little bit about it!