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This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
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Library Branch:
Main Branch
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Craft
Event Details:
In April, we invite you to make your own Poetry Terrarium. Just what is a Poetry Terrarium? It combines snips of words and poetry in a small, clear box with tiny found objects (like keys or lego pieces). We supply the box, tiny objects and images, al...
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This event is in the "All Ages" group.
This event is in the "All Ages" group.
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Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Lobby Display Case
Age Group:
All Ages
Program Type:
Exhibit
Event Details:
In honor of National Library Week (April 3 - 9, 2022), our display case features patron comments explaining why they love the library.
What is National Library Week?
National Library Week is an annual celebration highlighting the va...
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This event is in the "Babies" group.
This event is in the "Babies" group.
Apr
11
2022
Mon
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Registration Required
Seats Remaining:
5
Event Details:
Using puppets, rhymes, songs, and short stories, we will engage baby and caregiver in language-rich activities designed for pre-walking babies. We will spotlight sensory stimulation, fine and gross motor skills, early literacy skills and of course FU...
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This event is in the "Babies" group.
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Babies" group.
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
Apr
12
2022
Tue
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
Babies,
Toddlers
Program Type:
Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:
Simple stories, gentle tunes, flannel boards, and nursery rhymes. Each week we will incorporate activities that emphasize and reinforce body part identification, counting, rhythm, sensory stimulation, fine and gross motor skills, and animal sounds. A...
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This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
Apr
13
2022
Wed
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
Toddlers,
Preschool
Program Type:
Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:
Bring a favorite doll/stuffed animal or use one of ours and join us for Baby Doll Storytime. This program is inspired by Dr. Becky Bailey and Elizabeth Montero-Cefalo's work "Baby Doll Circle Time". Children will participate in songs, rhym...
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This event is in the "Babies" group.
This event is in the "Babies" group.
Apr
11
2022
Mon
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Registration Required
Seats Remaining:
5
Event Details:
Using puppets, rhymes, songs, and short stories, we will engage baby and caregiver in language-rich activities designed for pre-walking babies. We will spotlight sensory stimulation, fine and gross motor skills, early literacy skills and of course FU...
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This event is in the "Babies" group.
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Babies" group.
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
Apr
12
2022
Tue
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
Babies,
Toddlers
Program Type:
Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:
Simple stories, gentle tunes, flannel boards, and nursery rhymes. Each week we will incorporate activities that emphasize and reinforce body part identification, counting, rhythm, sensory stimulation, fine and gross motor skills, and animal sounds. A...
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This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Apr
13
2022
Wed
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Millie Knee Classroom
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Program
Event Details:
English language learners welcome for this informal, fun, and free program! English Conversation Practice is perfect for people who speak English but would like to practice both speaking and listening with others. The group meets for abou...
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
Apr
13
2022
Wed
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
Toddlers,
Preschool
Program Type:
Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining:
5
Event Details:
Bring a favorite doll/stuffed animal or use one of ours and join us for Baby Doll Storytime. This program is inspired by Dr. Becky Bailey and Elizabeth Montero-Cefalo's work "Baby Doll Circle Time". Children will participate in songs, rhym...
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This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
Apr
14
2022
Thu
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
Toddlers,
Preschool
Program Type:
Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining:
3
Event Details:
Join us in the Community Room for this class featuring stories, songs, and rhymes followed by gross and fine motor play all with an early literacy focus!
For ages 2-6 w/adult. Registration required, please register for each week of Family Storytim...
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This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
Apr
15
2022
Fri
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
Toddlers,
Preschool
Program Type:
Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:
Join us in the Community Room for this class featuring stories, songs, and rhymes followed by gross and fine motor play all with an early literacy focus!
For ages 2-6 w/adult. Registration required, please register for each week of Family Storytim...
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This event is in the "School-Age Children" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "School-Age Children" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Apr
16
2022
Sat
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Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
School-Age Children,
Teens,
Adults
Program Type:
Craft
Event Details:
Looking for a space and tools to finish your craft project? Join us for Family Friendly Creative Space! Bring your own project and supplies and we will provide a variety of tools and lots of space. We will also provide a drop i...
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This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Apr
12
2022
Tue
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Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Millie Knee Classroom
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Craft
Event Details:
We're bringing back our Adult Coloring Club!
Relax, unwind and color your stress away! Studies show that coloring can have a calming effect on the mind and help promote wellness. It's also a way to connect with others, even if it's in a quiet envi...
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This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Apr
16
2022
Sat
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Craft
Event Details:
Looking for a space and tools to finish your craft project? Join us for Creative Space Saturday! Bring your own project and supplies and we will provide a variety of tools and lots of space. We will also provide a drop in craft. Libr...
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2 pm |
This event is in the "School-Age Children" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "School-Age Children" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Apr
10
2022
Sun
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Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
School-Age Children,
Teens,
Adults
Program Type:
Program
Event Details:
Join WDMHS Executive Director Gale Brubaker for insights into the Underground Railroad in Iowa, focusing on the John Brown Freedom Trail.
The Freedom Trail is the path taken by abolitionist John Brown on his last trip across Iowa. Brown, who made ...
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This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.
Apr
13
2022
Wed
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Library Branch:
Main Branch
Event Details:
Are you interested in making the library a better place for teens? Then the WDM Public Library’s Teen Advisory Board (TAB) is for you! By becoming a member of TAB you can take a leadership role in your community, give input in teen activities, ...
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4 pm |
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Purpose of Meeting
Informational meeting regarding the opening of Liberty Self-Directed Learning Center in the Fall of 2022.
*This program is not sponsored by or affiliated with the West Des Moines Public Library....
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This event is in the "School-Age Children" group.
This event is in the "School-Age Children" group.
Apr
12
2022
Tue
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Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
School-Age Children
Program Type:
Book Club
Registration Required
Seats Remaining:
3
Event Details:
If you like to read and talk about books, this club is for you. Join us for discussion and activities related to this month's book The Trouble with Chickens by Doreen Cronin. If you need a copy of the book, please come to the Children's Desk and...
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This event is in the "Babies" group.
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
This event is in the "School-Age Children" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Babies" group.
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
This event is in the "School-Age Children" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Apr
11
2022
Mon
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
Babies,
Toddlers,
Preschool,
School-Age Children,
Teens,
Adults
Registration Required
Seats Remaining:
8
Event Details:
Come one, come all to a fun family night at the library! This month we'll be earning our pilot's license as we learn to fold and fly paper airplanes. For all ages. Please register each person attending (children and adults).
This progra...
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Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Purpose of Meeting
End of cookie season meeting and potluck.
*This program is not sponsored by or affiliated with the West Des Moines Public Library.
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This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
Apr
13
2022
Wed
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
Toddlers,
Preschool
Program Type:
Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining:
8
Event Details:
Join us in the Community Room for this class featuring stories, songs, and rhymes followed by gross and fine motor play all with an early literacy focus!
For ages 2-6 w/adult. Registration required, please register for each week of Family Storytim...
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This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Apr
14
2022
Thu
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Book Club
Registration Required
Seats Remaining:
7
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 "...
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This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Apr
11
2022
Mon
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Millie Knee Classroom
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Book Club
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:
Join Alana and Amy on Monday at 7:00 p.m. for a virtual book club.
We will be discussing Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell. This title is also available as an eBook and in eAudio in Bridges.
Once you register below, you will receiv...
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