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Name: Winter Reading 2025 begins!
Start: 2025-01-01
End: 2025-01-01
Location: West Des Moines Public Library

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Winter Reading 2025 begins!

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Main Branch

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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...

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Library Branch: Main Branch

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

Program Type: Program

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

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Time	Sun (11/14)	Mon (11/15)	Tue (11/16)	Wed (11/17)	Thu (11/18)	Fri (11/19)	Sat (11/20)
All Day	This event is in the "All Ages" group. Veterans Day Display All Day 11/5 - 11/19 All Ages This event is in the "All Ages" group. Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Lobby Display Case Age Group: All Ages Program Type: Program Event Details: Enjoy a display created to honor all who have served our country. Veterans Day is observed on November 11, 2021.
9 am		This event is in the "Babies" group. Lapsit Storytime (Registration Required) 9:30am - 10:00am Babies Closed Required This event is in the "Babies" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Community Room Age Group: Babies Required Seats Remaining: 6 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. This event is in the "Toddlers" group. Toddler Storytime (Registration Required) 9:30am - 10:00am Babies, Toddlers Closed Required This event is in the "Babies" group. This event is in the "Toddlers" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Community Room Age Group: Babies, Toddlers Program Type: Storytime Required Seats Remaining: 0 Event Details: Simple stories, gentle tunes, flannel boards, and nursery rhymes.	This event is in the "Toddlers" group. This event is in the "Preschool" group. Baby Doll Storytime (Registration Required) 9:30am - 10:00am Toddlers, Preschool Closed Required This event is in the "Toddlers" group. This event is in the "Preschool" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Community Room Age Group: Toddlers, Preschool Program Type: Storytime Required Seats Remaining: 1 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.
10 am		This event is in the "Babies" group. Lapsit Storytime (Registration Required) 10:30am - 11:00am Babies Closed Required This event is in the "Babies" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Community Room Age Group: Babies Required Seats Remaining: 9 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. Tech One-on-One 10:00am - 10:30am Adults Closed Required This event is in the "Adults" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Study Room A Age Group: Adults Program Type: Program Required Seats Remaining: 0 Event Details: Tech One-on-One This event is in the "Adults" group. Tech One-on-One 10:30am - 11:00am Adults Closed Required This event is in the "Adults" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Study Room A Age Group: Adults Program Type: Program Required Seats Remaining: 0 Event Details: Tech One-on-One This event is in the "Babies" group. This event is in the "Toddlers" group. Toddler Storytime (Registration Required) 10:30am - 11:00am Babies, Toddlers Closed Required This event is in the "Babies" group. This event is in the "Toddlers" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Community Room Age Group: Babies, Toddlers Program Type: Storytime Required Seats Remaining: 0 Event Details: Simple stories, gentle tunes, flannel boards, and nursery rhymes.	This event is in the "Toddlers" group. This event is in the "Preschool" group. Baby Doll Storytime (Registration Required) 10:30am - 11:00am Toddlers, Preschool Closed Required This event is in the "Toddlers" group. This event is in the "Preschool" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Community Room Age Group: Toddlers, Preschool Program Type: Storytime Required Seats Remaining: 0 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.	This event is in the "Toddlers" group. This event is in the "Preschool" group. Family Storytime (Registration Required) 10:30am - 11:00am Toddlers, Preschool Closed Required This event is in the "Toddlers" group. This event is in the "Preschool" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Community Room Age Group: Toddlers, Preschool Program Type: Storytime Required Seats Remaining: 0 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!	This event is in the "Toddlers" group. This event is in the "Preschool" group. Family Storytime (Registration Required) 10:30am - 11:00am Toddlers, Preschool Closed Required This event is in the "Toddlers" group. This event is in the "Preschool" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Community Room Age Group: Toddlers, Preschool Program Type: Storytime Required Seats Remaining: 0 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!	This event is in the "School-Age Children" group. This event is in the "Teens" group. This event is in the "Adults" group. Family Friendly Creative Space 10:00am - 11:30am School-Age Children, Teens, Adults Closed Required This event is in the "School-Age Children" group. This event is in the "Teens" group. This event is in the "Adults" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Community Room Age Group: School-Age Children, Teens, Adults Program Type: Craft Required Seats Remaining: 22 Event Details: Looking for a space and tools to finish your craft project? Join us for Family Friendly Creative Space! Bring your own project and supplies and we will provide a variety of tools and lots of space. We will also provi
11 am			This event is in the "Adults" group. Tech One-on-One 11:00am - 11:30am Adults Closed Required This event is in the "Adults" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Study Room A Age Group: Adults Program Type: Program Required Seats Remaining: 1 Event Details: Tech One-on-One
12 pm
1 pm					This event is in the "Adults" group. Tech One-on-One 1:30pm - 2:00pm Adults Closed Required This event is in the "Adults" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Study Room A Age Group: Adults Program Type: Program Required Seats Remaining: 0 Event Details: Tech One-on-One		This event is in the "Adults" group. Creative Space Saturday 1:00pm - 4:00pm Adults Closed Required This event is in the "Adults" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Community Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Craft Required Seats Remaining: 37 Event Details: Looking for a space and tools to finish your craft project? Join us for Creative Space Saturday! Bring your own project and supplies and we will provide a variety of tools and lots of space. We will also provide a drop in craft.
2 pm					This event is in the "Adults" group. Tech One-on-One 2:00pm - 2:30pm Adults Closed Required This event is in the "Adults" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Study Room A Age Group: Adults Program Type: Program Required Seats Remaining: 0 Event Details: Tech One-on-One This event is in the "Adults" group. Tech One-on-One 2:30pm - 3:00pm Adults Closed Required This event is in the "Adults" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Study Room A Age Group: Adults Program Type: Program Required Seats Remaining: 1 Event Details: Tech One-on-One
3 pm
4 pm				This event is in the "Adults" group. Tech Help with Teens 4:00pm - 4:15pm Adults Closed Required This event is in the "Adults" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Millie Knee Classroom Age Group: Adults Program Type: Program Required Seats Remaining: 2 Event Details: Tech Help with Teens This event is in the "Adults" group. Tech Help with Teens 4:30pm - 4:45pm Adults Closed Required This event is in the "Adults" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Millie Knee Classroom Age Group: Adults Program Type: Program Required Seats Remaining: 3 Event Details: Tech Help with Teens	This event is in the "School-Age Children" group. Kids Graphic Novel Club Read- When Stars Are Scattered 4:15pm - 5:00pm School-Age Children Closed Required This event is in the "School-Age Children" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Community Room Age Group: School-Age Children Program Type: Book Club Required Seats Remaining: 3 Event Details: If you like to read and talk about graphic novels, this club is for you. Join us for discussion and activities related to this month's book, When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson & Omar Mohamed.
5 pm			This event is in the "All Ages" group. This event is in the "Adults" group. Library Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting 5:00pm - 7:00pm All Ages, Adults This event is in the "All Ages" group. This event is in the "Adults" group. Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Community Room Age Group: All Ages, Adults Program Type: Board Meeting Event Details: Visit the Library Board of Trustees webpage for the meeting agenda and minutes from past meetings.	This event is in the "Adults" group. Tech Help with Teens 5:00pm - 5:15pm Adults Closed Required This event is in the "Adults" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Millie Knee Classroom Age Group: Adults Program Type: Program Required Seats Remaining: 3 Event Details: Tech Help with Teens
6 pm		This event is in the "Adults" group. All Iowa Reads Virtual Author Visit: Nickolas Butler 6:00pm - 7:00pm Adults Virtual Event This event is in the "Adults" group. Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Virtual Age Group: Adults Program Type: Author Event, Book Club Event Details: The Iowa Center for the Book is excited to sponsor VIRTUAL VISITS in 2021 from each of the All Iowa Reads authors! The visits are FREE and open to the public. This event is in the "Babies" group. This event is in the "Toddlers" group. 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: Native American Culture with Timothy Perkins 6:30pm - 7:30pm Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children, Teens, Adults Closed Required This event is in the "Babies" group. This event is in the "Toddlers" group. 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. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Community Room Age Group: Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children, Teens, Adults Required Seats Remaining: 28 Event Details: Join the West Des Moines Library in welcoming Timothy Perkins and CultureALL to this month's family night! https://www.cultureall.org/ambassadors/timothy-perkins		This event is in the "Toddlers" group. This event is in the "Preschool" group. Family Storytime (Registration Required) 6:30pm - 7:00pm Toddlers, Preschool Closed Required This event is in the "Toddlers" group. This event is in the "Preschool" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Community Room Age Group: Toddlers, Preschool Program Type: Storytime Required Seats Remaining: 3 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!	This event is in the "Adults" group. Medicare Basics Education Seminar 6:00pm - 7:00pm Adults This event is in the "Adults" group. Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Millie Knee Classroom Age Group: Adults Program Type: Program Event Details: If you are turning 65 or approaching retirement, you are invited to a FREE Medicare Education seminar. This seminar will provide you with the following: This event is in the "Adults" group. Adult Craft Night - Washer Pendant Necklaces 6:30pm - 8:00pm Adults Closed Required This event is in the "Adults" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Community Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Craft Required Seats Remaining: 9 Event Details: Engage your creativity. Relieve stress. Make something beautiful. Learn a new skill.
7 pm			Reservation Des Moines University SOS club 7:30pm - 8:45pm Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Community Room Purpose of Meeting We will be meeting together to complete a service project for the food bank of Iowa where we will be writing letters to go in lunches for children in the surrounding Des Moines Area.

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