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Model Trains in Library Display Case

All Day 12/15 - 1/21
All Ages
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Lobby Display Case
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Exhibit
Event Details:

In preparation of our annual Model Trains event, enjoy a display of model trains.

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 Thursday, Dec 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 Thursday, Dec 26th.  Happy Holidays!  

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

10:00am - 1:00pm
Adults
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.

Musubi Japan America Society of Iowa

12:30pm - 4:30pm
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room

Noon Year's Eve Party

11:00am - 12:00pm
Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Welcome in the new year with us at the library! We'll have a fun celebratory storytime starting at 11:00AM and we'll finish with a countdown and a streamer 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 12noon 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!  

Winter Reading 2025 begins!

All Day
All Ages, Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children, Teens, Adults
Library Branch: Main Branch
Age Group: All Ages, Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Program
Event Details:

Ready, set, READ! We encourage readers of all ages to challenge themselves to become reading machines this winter.

Tech One-on-One

10:00am - 10:30am
Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Study Room G
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 1
Event Details:

Tech One-on-One 

Tech One-on-One

10:30am - 11:00am
Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Study Room G
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 1
Event Details:

Tech One-on-One 

Tech One-on-One

11:00am - 11:30am
Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Study Room G
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 2
Event Details:

Tech One-on-One 

MUFON IOWA

12:00pm - 2:00pm
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Purpose of Meeting

UFO Education/News
*This program is not sponsored by or affiliated with the West Des Moines Public Library.

Wiseways Academy - Enas Said

2:30pm - 4:30pm
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.

Maryleslie Javier - True Community CPR

9:30am - 1:30pm
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.

Family Night at the Library! - Interactive Movie Night Featuring Labyrinth!

6:30pm - 8:30pm
Preschool, School-Age Children, Teens, Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Preschool, School-Age Children, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 38
Event Details:

Say the magic words and get lost in the magical world of Jim Henson's Labyrinth (PG 1h 25m)! We'll be popping some popcorn, showing the movie, and doing actions (with props!) with everything happening on screen.

Hospice 101

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

Have you heard the word “hospice” but not known what it means? Are you familiar with hospice, but not really sure about how it works? We invite you to attend Education on St. Croix Hospice & More.

Tween Club Read - Bring Your Own Book

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

Eagles Landing Homeowners Association

6:00pm - 8:00pm
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.

Newcomers Compass Club

9:30am - 12:15pm
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.

After School Adventures - Lego Derby!

3:45pm - 4:30pm
School-Age Children
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: School-Age Children
Program Type: Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 24
Event Details:

Get your engineering hat on and build the fastest (Funniest? Most creative?) Lego car you can! Build a car on your own or work with a team. We’ll race them down the library’s new track and see who can cross the finish line first!