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This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.

Saturday Storytime

9:30am - 10:00am
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. ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

WDM Writer's Group

10:00am - 1:00pm
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 "Babies" group.
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.

Saturday Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
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. ...
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Purpose of Meeting
This is a free community event. We will have pizza and fun activities for the girls! There will be an opportunity for members to renew their membership and new girls to join! *This program is not sponsored by or affiliated with the West Des Moines ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Registration
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 49
Event Details:
Join us as Becky Montgomery, an Alzheimer's Association educator, presents information on how to manage money as the caregiver of a dementia patient. ...

Girl Scouts Troop 1430

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Purpose of Meeting
*This program is not sponsored by or affiliated with the West Des Moines Public Library. ...
This event is in the "All Ages" group.
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Lobby Display Case
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Exhibit
Event Details:
Find out more information about Summer Escape at the West Des Moines Public Library here.  ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Registration
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 25
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.
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

10:00am - 10:30am
Open
Registration
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.
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Craft, Program
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

10:30am - 11:00am
Open
Registration
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

11:00am - 11:30am
Open
Registration
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 ...

MUFON Iowa

2:00pm - 4:30pm
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Purpose of Meeting
MUFON UFO Education *This program is not sponsored by or affiliated with the West Des Moines Public Library....

Whisper Ridge HOA

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Purpose of Meeting
Annual Meeting *This program is not sponsored by or affiliated with the West Des Moines Public Library....
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Registration
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 25
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 "Teens" group.
Registration
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:
If you like to read and talk about books (but you’re getting too old for our other book clubs), this club is for you. Join us for discussion and activities related to this month’s book, The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera! If you...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Forest Bathing 101

6:30pm - 7:30pm
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...

Newcomers Compass Club

9:30am - 11:30am
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Purpose of Meeting
Board Meeting *This program is not sponsored by or affiliated with the West Des Moines Public Library....
This event is in the "Adults" group.

YA Not Club Read

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
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 "...

Everybody Wins! Iowa

12:30pm - 2:30pm
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Purpose of Meeting
Staff meeting *This program is not sponsored by or affiliated with the West Des Moines Public Library....