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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.

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.

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.

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
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Preschool, School-Age Children, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Program
Required
Seats Remaining: 35
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.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Hospice 101

Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Community Room at Main Branch
Program Type:
Program
Age Group:
Adults
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...

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.

This event is in the "School-Age Children" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.

Tween Club Read - Bring Your Own Book

Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at 4:15pm - 5:00pm
Community Room at Main Branch
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
School-Age Children, Teens
Event Details:

If you like to read and talk about books (but you’re getting too old for our other book clubs), this club is for you. Join us for discussion and activities related to this month’s ...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: School-Age Children, Teens
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining: 5
Event Details:

If you like to read and talk about books (but you’re getting too old for our other book clubs), this club is for you. Join us for discussion and activities related to this month’s book Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd!

Eagles Landing Homeowners Association

Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Room at Main Branch
Purpose of Meeting:

HOA Annual 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

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

Newcomers Compass Club

Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at 9:30am - 12:15pm
Community Room at Main Branch
Purpose of Meeting:

Board 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

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

This event is in the "School-Age Children" group.

After School Adventures - Lego Derby!

Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at 3:45pm - 4:30pm
Community Room at Main Branch
Program Type:
Program
Age Group:
School-Age Children
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 t...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: School-Age Children
Program Type: Program
Required
Seats Remaining: 17
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!

Pinnacle HOA Meeting

Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Community Room at Main Branch
Purpose of Meeting:

voting 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

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

Grand Woods

Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Community Room at Main Branch
Purpose of Meeting:

Special 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

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

This event is in the "School-Age Children" group.

Kids Graphic Novel Club Read - Bring Your Own Book

Thursday, January 9, 2025 at 4:15pm - 5:00pm
Community Room at Main Branch
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
School-Age Children
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 a...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: School-Age Children
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining: 14
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!

This event is in the "Adults" group.

YA Not Club Read

Thursday, January 9, 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
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining: 13
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!

This event is in the "Babies" group.
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.

Saturday Storytime

Saturday, January 11, 2025 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.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

WDM Writer's Group

Saturday, January 11, 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.

This event is in the "Babies" group.
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.

Saturday Storytime

Saturday, January 11, 2025 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.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Settlers of Catan - Unofficial Tournament

Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Community Room at Main Branch
Program Type:
Program
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Catan TournamentJoin us for a friendly, unofficial* Settlers of Catan event. We will be playing the base game of this perennial board game favorite. Expect a fun afternoon of gamin...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Required
Seats Remaining: 7
Event Details:

Catan Tournament

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Iowa Files: From Rarebit Burgers to Carrot Juice: Lessons Learned Working in Iconic Des Moines Restaurants

Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Community Room at Main Branch
Program Type:
Program
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Wini Moranville reviewed restaurants for the Des Moines Register for 15 years. She writes about the highs and lows of the job in her new book, Love Is My Favorite Flavor: A Midwest...

Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Event Details:

Wini Moranville reviewed restaurants for the Des Moines Register for 15 years. She writes about the highs and lows of the job in her new book, Love Is My Favorite Flavor: A Midwestern Dining Critic Tells All.

This event is in the "Babies" group.

Lapsit Storytime

Monday, January 13, 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.

This event is in the "Babies" group.

Lapsit Storytime

Monday, January 13, 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.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Club Read: Hybrid Edition

Monday, January 13, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:45pm
Community Room at Main Branch
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join Alana and Amy on Monday, January 13th for Club Read, a book club for adults. You may join us in the Community Room at the library or through Zoom.We will be discussi...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining: 17
Event Details:

Join Alana and Amy on Monday, January 13th for Club Read, a book club for adults. You may join us in the Community Room at the library or through Zoom.

This event is in the "Babies" group.
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.

Toddler Storytime

Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:00am
StoryRoom at Main Branch
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Babies, Toddlers
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, ...

Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: StoryRoom
Age Group: Babies, Toddlers
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Simple stories, gentle tunes, flannel boards, and nursery rhymes.

This event is in the "Babies" group.
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.

Toddler Storytime

Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
StoryRoom at Main Branch
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Babies, Toddlers
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, ...

Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: StoryRoom
Age Group: Babies, Toddlers
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Simple stories, gentle tunes, flannel boards, and nursery rhymes.

This event is in the "School-Age Children" group.

Kids Club Read - Bring Your Own Book

Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 4:15pm - 5:00pm
Community Room at Main Branch
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
School-Age Children
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 a...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: School-Age Children
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining: 7
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!

Preserve on Grand HOA

Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 6:15pm - 8:30pm
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.