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This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Drop-in Activity: Poetry Terrariums
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Library Branch:
Main Branch
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Craft
Event Details:
In April, we invite you to make your own Poetry Terrarium. Just what is a Poetry Terrarium? It combines snips of words and poetry in a small, clear box with tiny found objects (like keys or lego pieces).
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This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Drop-in Activity: Poetry Terrariums
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Craft
Event Details:
In April, we invite you to make your own Poetry Terrarium. Just what is a Poetry Terrarium? It combines snips of words and poetry in a small, clear box with tiny found objects (like keys or lego pieces).
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This event is in the "Babies" group.
This event is in the "Babies" group.
Apr
17
2023
Mon
Lapsit Storytime (Registration Required)
Closed
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Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
StoryRoom
Required
Seats Remaining:
3
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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This event is in the "Babies" group.
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Babies" group.
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
Apr
18
2023
Tue
Toddler Storytime (Registration Required)
Closed
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Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
StoryRoom
Age Group:
Babies,
Toddlers
Program Type:
Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:
Simple stories, gentle tunes, flannel boards, and nursery rhymes.
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This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
Toddlers,
Preschool
Closed
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
Apr
19
2023
Wed
Baby Doll Storytime (Registration Required)
Closed
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Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
StoryRoom
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.
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This event is in the "Babies" group.
This event is in the "Babies" group.
Apr
17
2023
Mon
Lapsit Storytime (Registration Required)
Closed
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
StoryRoom
Required
Seats Remaining:
7
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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This event is in the "Babies" group.
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Babies" group.
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
Apr
18
2023
Tue
Toddler Storytime (Registration Required)
Closed
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
StoryRoom
Age Group:
Babies,
Toddlers
Program Type:
Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:
Simple stories, gentle tunes, flannel boards, and nursery rhymes.
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This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
Toddlers,
Preschool
Closed
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
Apr
19
2023
Wed
Baby Doll Storytime (Registration Required)
Closed
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
StoryRoom
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.
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This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
Toddlers,
Preschool
Closed
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
Apr
20
2023
Thu
Family Storytime (Registration Required)
Closed
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Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
Toddlers,
Preschool
Program Type:
Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining:
12
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!
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This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
Toddlers,
Preschool
Closed
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
Apr
21
2023
Fri
Family Storytime (Registration Required)
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:
16
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!
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This event is in the "Babies" group.
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
Babies,
Toddlers,
Preschool
This event is in the "Babies" group.
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
Apr
22
2023
Sat
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
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.
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This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Apr
20
2023
Thu
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Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Study Room A
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Program
Required
Seats Remaining:
1
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This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Apr
22
2023
Sat
Gardening with Native Prairie Plants
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Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Event Details:
Please join Kelly from the Iowa Prairie Network and Pocket Prairies of Des Moines on April 22nd to learn more about gardening with native plants.
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This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Apr
16
2023
Sun
Iowa Files: Buttons, Buttons, Iowa Made the Buttons!
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Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Program
Event Details:
Muscatine, Iowa was the primary American manufacturing source for mother-of-pearl buttons made from Mississippi River shellfish, beginning in 1890 and by 1898 The Pearl City (Muscatine) was the largest manufacturer of pearl buttons in the world!
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This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Apr
20
2023
Thu
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
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Apr
20
2023
Thu
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
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This event is in the "School-Age Children" group.
School-Age Children
Closed
This event is in the "School-Age Children" group.
Apr
19
2023
Wed
After School Adventures - Lego Club!
Closed
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Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
School-Age Children
Program Type:
Program
Required
Seats Remaining:
8
Event Details:
Go on a different adventure every month month after school! Sign up this month and participate in a vehicular building challenge using everyone's favorite interlocking brick system.
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4 pm |
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This event is in the "School-Age Children" group.
School-Age Children
Closed
This event is in the "School-Age Children" group.
Apr
20
2023
Thu
Kids Graphic Novel Club Read - Swim Team
Closed
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Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
School-Age Children
Program Type:
Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining:
2
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, Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas.
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This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Apr
18
2023
Tue
Library Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting
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Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Board Meeting
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6 pm |
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This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Apr
17
2023
Mon
Genealogy Basics with Kevin Spire
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Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Program
Event Details:
We welcome you to join us for a discussion of Genealogy Basics, presented by Kevin Spire.
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This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
Toddlers,
Preschool
Closed
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
Apr
19
2023
Wed
Family Storytime (Registration Required)
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:
12
Event Details:
For the month of April, join us in the Story Room for this class featuring stories, songs, and rhymes followed by gross and fine motor play all with an early literacy focus in the Community Room!
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This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Apr
20
2023
Thu
Adult Craft Night - Iris Folding
Closed
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Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Craft
Required
Seats Remaining:
6
Event Details:
Engage your creativity.
Relieve stress.
Make something beautiful.
Learn a new skill.
You can do all this at Adult Craft Night!
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7 pm |
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This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Apr
20
2023
Thu
Step Back in Time: Historical Fiction book group
Closed
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Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Off-Site Location
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining:
6
Event Details:
Historical fiction is a great way to learn about people and events through stories that bring history to life. Our group discusses titles from a wide variety of time/places/people.
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