Name: Model Trains in Library Display Case
Start: 2024-12-15
End: 2025-01-21
Location: West Des Moines Public Library

Model Trains in Library Display Case

All Day 12/15 - 1/21

Lobby Display Case at Main Branch

Program Type:

Exhibit

Age Group:

All Ages

Event Details:

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

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.

Saturday Storytime

Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 9:30am - 10:00am

StoryRoom at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Babies, Toddlers, Preschool

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 l...

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.

Tech One-on-One - CANCELLED

Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:00am - 10:30am

Millie Knee Classroom at Main Branch

Program Type:

Program

Age Group:

Adults

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 se...

Cancelled

Cancelled

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Millie Knee Classroom

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Program

Event Details:

Tech One-on-One

Saturday Storytime

Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am

StoryRoom at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Babies, Toddlers, Preschool

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 l...

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.

Tech One-on-One - Cancelled

Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am

Millie Knee Classroom at Main Branch

Program Type:

Program

Age Group:

Adults

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 se...

Cancelled

Cancelled

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Millie Knee Classroom

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Program

Event Details:

Tech One-on-One

Tech One-on-One - CANCELLED

Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Millie Knee Classroom at Main Branch

Program Type:

Program

Age Group:

Adults

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 se...

Cancelled

Cancelled

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Millie Knee Classroom

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Program

Event Details:

Tech One-on-One

Christmas Storytime

Monday, December 23, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:15am

Community Room at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Babies, Toddlers, Preschool

Event Details:

Join us for a special Christmas story time including a puppet show, stories, rhymes, and songs! For ages 0-6.

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

Monday, December 23, 2024 at 5:00pm - 9:00pm

Main Branch

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!

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

Main Branch

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!

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

Saturday, December 28, 2024 at 9:30am - 10:00am

StoryRoom at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Babies, Toddlers, Preschool

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 l...

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

Saturday, December 28, 2024 at 10:00am - 1:00pm

Southwoods Room at Main Branch

Program Type:

Program

Age Group:

Adults

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. Fello...

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

Saturday, December 28, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am

StoryRoom at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Babies, Toddlers, Preschool

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 l...

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

Saturday, December 28, 2024 at 12:30pm - 4:30pm

Community Room at Main Branch

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Community Room

Noon Year's Eve Party

Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Community Room at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children

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. The ...

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

Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at 12:00pm - 9:00pm

Main Branch

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!

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

Main Branch

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!

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

Main Branch

Program Type:

Program

Age Group:

All Ages, Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children, Teens, Adults

Event Details:

Ready, set, READ! We encourage readers of all ages to challenge themselves to become reading machines this winter. From January 1-31, West Des Moines Library is participating in “B...

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

Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 10:00am - 10:30am

Study Room G at Main Branch

Program Type:

Program

Age Group:

Adults

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 se...

Open

Required

Open

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Study Room G

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Program

Required

Seats Remaining: 1

Event Details:

Tech One-on-One

Tech One-on-One

Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am

Study Room G at Main Branch

Program Type:

Program

Age Group:

Adults

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 se...

Open

Required

Open

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Study Room G

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Program

Required

Seats Remaining: 1

Event Details:

Tech One-on-One

Tech One-on-One

Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Study Room G at Main Branch

Program Type:

Program

Age Group:

Adults

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 se...

Open

Required

Open

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Study Room G

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Program

Required

Seats Remaining: 2

Event Details:

Tech One-on-One

MUFON IOWA

Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Community Room at Main Branch

Purpose of Meeting:

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

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

Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 2:30pm - 4:30pm

Community Room at Main Branch

Purpose of Meeting:

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

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

Monday, January 6, 2025 at 9:30am - 1:30pm

Community Room at Main Branch

Purpose of Meeting:

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

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!

Monday, January 6, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Community Room at Main Branch

Program Type:

Program

Age Group:

Preschool, School-Age Children, Teens, Adults

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 ...

Open

Required

Open

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Preschool, School-Age Children, Teens, Adults

Program Type: Program

Required

Seats Remaining: 41

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.

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