Week Calendar

On narrow displays, the weekly calendar is wider than the screen. You can side-scroll within this table to view events and reservations for the whole week.

Time	Tue (12/30)	Wed (12/31)	Thu (1/01)	Sat (1/03)
All Day			Closing New Year's Day - Library Closed All Day 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!
9 am				Reservation 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). This event is in the "Babies" group This event is in the "Toddlers" group This event is in the "Preschool" group Saturday Storytime 9:30am–10:00am Babies, Toddlers, Preschool This event is in the "Babies" group This event is in the "Toddlers" group This event is in the "Preschool" group 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.
10 am				This event is in the "Adults" group Tech One-on-One 10:00am–10:30am Adults Open Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group Open Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Millie Knee Classroom Age Group: Adults Program Type: Program Registration Required Event Details: Tech One-on-One 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 Babies, Toddlers, Preschool This event is in the "Babies" group This event is in the "Toddlers" group This event is in the "Preschool" group 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 Tech One-on-One 10:30am–11:00am Adults Open Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group Open Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Millie Knee Classroom Age Group: Adults Program Type: Program Registration Required Event Details: Tech One-on-One
11 am		This event is in the "Toddlers" group This event is in the "Preschool" group This event is in the "School-Age Children" group Noon Year's Eve Party 11:30am–12:00pm Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children This event is in the "Toddlers" group This event is in the "Preschool" group This event is in the "School-Age Children" group 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.		This event is in the "Adults" group Tech One-on-One 11:00am–11:30am Adults Open Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group Open Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Millie Knee Classroom Age Group: Adults Program Type: Program Registration Required Event Details: Tech One-on-One
12 pm		Closing New Year's Eve - Library Closes at 12 noon 12:00pm–9:00pm 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!
1 pm	Reservation 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.
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5 pm	Reservation 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.

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