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This event is in the "All Ages" group.
This event is in the "All Ages" group.
Corey Underwood collection
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Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Lobby Display Case
Age Group:
All Ages
Program Type:
Exhibit
Event Details:
Come peak into a world of natural objects. Most may be things you walk by or look at on a daily basis, and don't give a second thought to.
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This event is in the "Babies" group.
This event is in the "Babies" group.
Mar
10
2025
Mon
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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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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.
Mar
11
2025
Tue
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Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
StoryRoom
Age Group:
Babies,
Toddlers
Program Type:
Storytime
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.
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
Mar
12
2025
Wed
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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.
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Purpose of Meeting
Board meeting non-profit
*This program is not sponsored by or affiliated with the West Des Moines Public Library.
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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 "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.
Mar
15
2025
Sat
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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 "Babies" group.
This event is in the "Babies" group.
Mar
10
2025
Mon
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
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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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.
Mar
11
2025
Tue
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
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.
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
Mar
12
2025
Wed
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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.
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This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
Mar
13
2025
Thu
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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.
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This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Mar
14
2025
Fri
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Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Southwoods Room
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Program
Event Details:
Join us at the West Des Moines Public Library for English with Friends, a welcoming and informal conversation program.
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
Mar
14
2025
Fri
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
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.
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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.
Mar
15
2025
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.
Mar
9
2025
Sun
Prohibition in Eastern Iowa
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Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Program
Event Details:
The Library is very happy to welcome back author Linda Betsinger McCann!
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Mar
10
2025
Mon
Noon Optimist Club of Western Des Moines
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Purpose of Meeting
The West Des Moines Optimists Club hosts an essay contest, for high school students. We are going to have an awards ceremony, to honor the top six essays, as well as six outstanding educators in this area.
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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.
Mar
11
2025
Tue
Kids Club Read - Just Harriet + Dragon Masters*
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 books, this club is for you. Join us for discussion and activities related to this month's book Just Harriet by Elana K.
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This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
This event is in the "Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
Mar
12
2025
Wed
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
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.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Mar
12
2025
Wed
Academy of Fandom: Librarians of Fandom
Closed
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Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Millie Knee Classroom
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Program
Required
Seats Remaining:
3
Event Details:
Welcome to the Academy of Fandom! We will have one session per week over six weeks on a wide variety of topics. Tonight’s topic is Librarians of Fandom. Is Rupert Giles really what a school librarian is like?
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This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Mar
13
2025
Thu
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Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining:
11
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!
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This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Mar
10
2025
Mon
Club Read: Hybrid Edition
Closed
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Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining:
9
Event Details:
Join Alana and Amy on Monday, March 10th for Club Read, a book club for adults. You may join us in the Community Room at the library or through Zoom.
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This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Mar
11
2025
Tue
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Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Program
Event Details:
Do you ever look around your house and wonder what life would be like without some of the things we take for granted? Like dishwashers? Or central heat?
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