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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.

Girls Scouts 1302

7:00pm - 8:00pm
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.

Tech One-on-One

10:00am - 10:30am
Adults
Closed
Registration
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Study Room G
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
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: 1
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.

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: 37
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: 6
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

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: 18
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

5:30pm - 6:30pm
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

6:30pm - 8:00pm
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.

Kids Graphic Novel Club Read - Bring Your Own Book

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

YA Not Club Read

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration 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!

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.

Settlers of Catan - Unofficial Tournament

1:00pm - 4:00pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 8
Event Details:

Catan Tournament

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

2:30pm - 3:30pm
Adults
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.

Lapsit Storytime

9:30am - 10:00am
Babies
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

10:30am - 11:00am
Babies
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.