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This event is in the "Babies" group.
This event is in the "Babies" group.
Mar
18
2024
Mon
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
StoryRoom
Age Group:
Babies
Program Type:
Storytime
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.
Mar
19
2024
Tue
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
StoryRoom
Age Group:
Babies,
Toddlers
Program Type:
Storytime
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.
Mar
20
2024
Wed
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
StoryRoom
Age Group:
Toddlers,
Preschool
Program Type:
Storytime
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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Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Purpose of Meeting
Free educational parenting class and opportunity to connect with other parents in the community
*This program is not sponsored by or affiliated with the West Des Moines Public Library....
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 "Babies" group.
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
Mar
23
2024
Sat
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
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.
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Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
This event is in the "Babies" group.
This event is in the "Babies" group.
Mar
18
2024
Mon
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
StoryRoom
Age Group:
Babies
Program Type:
Storytime
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.
Mar
19
2024
Tue
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
StoryRoom
Age Group:
Babies,
Toddlers
Program Type:
Storytime
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.
Mar
20
2024
Wed
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
StoryRoom
Age Group:
Toddlers,
Preschool
Program Type:
Storytime
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.
Mar
21
2024
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
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.
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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.
Mar
22
2024
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
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.
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This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Mar
23
2024
Sat
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
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.
This event is in the "Babies" group.
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
Mar
23
2024
Sat
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
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.
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This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Mar
23
2024
Sat
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
Teens,
Adults
Program Type:
Performer
Event Details:
Do you think all Blues music sounds the same? Think again! Local Blues artist and Drake University professor Tom Buckmiller will be presenting a History of the Blues program at the Library. Not only will you hear some fantastic music, but you’ll also...
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This event is in the "All Ages" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "All Ages" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Mar
17
2024
Sun
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Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
All Ages,
Adults
Program Type:
Program
Event Details:
“Lewis and Clark in Iowa” begins with the story before the expedition: the sale of the Louisiana Purchase to the United States. Tracing the 1803 course from Elizabeth, Pennsylvania to St. Charles, Missouri, Donald Shurr discusses the background of th...
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This event is in the "School-Age Children" group.
This event is in the "School-Age Children" group.
Mar
21
2024
Thu
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Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
School-Age Children
Program Type:
Book Club
Registration Required
Seats Remaining:
2
Event Details:
If you like to read and talk about graphic novels, this club is for you. Join us for discussion and activities related to this month’s book, Little Monarchs by Jonathan Case. If you need a copy of the book, please come to the Children’s Desk and chec...
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This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Mar
19
2024
Tue
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Board Meeting
Event Details:
Visit the Library Board of Trustees webpage for the meeting agenda and minutes from past meetings.
The City of West Des Moines and the West Des Moines Public Library encourages open access and participation in City government, including virtual ac...
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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.
Mar
18
2024
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: 0
Event Details:
There was a farmer had a dog and Bingo was his name-o! B-I-N-G-O! Join us this month to play bingo as a family. If you’ve never played bingo at the library before, you can be sure everyone leaves a winner. For all ages. Please register each per...
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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.
Mar
20
2024
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
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.
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This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Mar
21
2024
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:
Craft
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:
Engage your creativity.
Relieve stress.
Make something beautiful.
Learn a new skill.
You can do all this at Adult Craft Night!
Enjoy a relaxing craft time just for adults! Join us every 3rd Thursday for a fun and simple...
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This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Mar
21
2024
Thu
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Book Club
Registration Required
Seats Remaining:
4
Event Details:
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. Please join us for a discussion of The Known World by Edward P. Jones...
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