Name: After School Adventures
Start: 2025-03-05T15:45:00-06:00
End: 2025-03-05T16:30:00-06:00
Location: West Des Moines Public Library

After School Adventures

Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at 3:45pm - 4:30pm

Community Room at Main Branch

Program Type:

Program

Age Group:

School-Age Children

Event Details:

Join us in the Community Room after school to embark on an adventure! For ages 5-12, registration required.

Required

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Community Room

Age Group: School-Age Children

Program Type: Program

Required

Seats Remaining: 25

Event Details:

Join us in the Community Room after school to embark on an adventure! For ages 5-12, registration required.

Friday Take Home Craft for Adults

All Day

Main Branch

Program Type:

Craft

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

On the 1st Friday of each month we will provide a craft project for adults to take home and enjoy. Available at the Adult Services Desk during library hours while suppli...

Library Branch: Main Branch

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Craft

Event Details:

On the 1st Friday of each month we will provide a craft project for adults to take home and enjoy. Available at the Adult Services Desk during library hours while supplies last.

Friends Foundation Wine & Cheese Fundraiser: Around the World with Books

Friday, March 7, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Community Room at Main Branch

Program Type:

Program

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

This year's Wine & Cheese Fundraiser for the WDM Library Friends Foundation will be hosted at the Library!

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Program

Event Details:

This year's Wine & Cheese Fundraiser for the WDM Library Friends Foundation will be hosted at the Library!

WDM Writer's Group

Saturday, March 8, 2025 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.

Lapsit Storytime

Monday, March 10, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:00am

StoryRoom at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Babies

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 stimulatio...

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.

Lapsit Storytime

Monday, March 10, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am

StoryRoom at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Babies

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 stimulatio...

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.

Kids Club Read - Just Harriet

Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at 4:15pm - 5:00pm

Community Room at Main Branch

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

School-Age Children

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 Just Harriet by Elana K. Arnold. I...

Required

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Community Room

Age Group: School-Age Children

Program Type: Book Club

Required

Seats Remaining: 20

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 Just Harriet by Elana K.

Baby Doll Storytime

Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:00am

StoryRoom at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Toddlers, Preschool

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 "...

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.

Baby Doll Storytime

Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am

StoryRoom at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Toddlers, Preschool

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 "...

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.

Family Storytime

Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Community Room at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Toddlers, Preschool

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.&n...

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.

Family Storytime

Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Community Room at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Toddlers, Preschool

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.&n...

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.

YA Not Club Read

Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Community Room at Main Branch

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Adults

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...

Open

Required

Open

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Book Club

Required

Seats Remaining: 25

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!

Family Storytime

Friday, March 14, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Community Room at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Toddlers, Preschool

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.&n...

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.

Iowa Files: One Small Step for Iowa, One Giant Leap for America

Sunday, March 16, 2025 at 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Community Room at Main Branch

Program Type:

Program

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

This joint library-Historical Society event is free and open to the public thanks to the support of West Des Moines Historical Society Members, EMC Insurance Foundation, the West D...

Library Branch: Main Branch

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Program

Event Details:

This joint library-Historical Society event is free and open to the public thanks to the support of West Des Moines Historical Society Members, EMC Insurance Foundation, the West Des Moines Library Friends Foundation and the Iowa Arts Council.&nbs

Lapsit Storytime

Monday, March 17, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:00am

StoryRoom at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Babies

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 stimulatio...

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.

Lapsit Storytime

Monday, March 17, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am

StoryRoom at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Babies

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 stimulatio...

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.

Library Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting

Tuesday, March 18, 2025 at 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Community Room at Main Branch

Program Type:

Board Meeting

Age Group:

Adults

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 ...

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.

Baby Doll Storytime

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:00am

StoryRoom at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Toddlers, Preschool

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 "...

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.

Baby Doll Storytime

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am

StoryRoom at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Toddlers, Preschool

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 "...

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.

Family Storytime

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Community Room at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Toddlers, Preschool

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.&n...

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.

Family Storytime

Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Community Room at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Toddlers, Preschool

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.&n...

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.

Family Storytime

Friday, March 21, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Community Room at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Toddlers, Preschool

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.&n...

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.

WDM Writer's Group

Saturday, March 22, 2025 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.

Lapsit Storytime

Monday, March 24, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:00am

StoryRoom at Main Branch

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Babies

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 stimulatio...

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.

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