Week Calendar

Join us weekly for rhymes, songs, bounces, stories, and a little playtime. For caregivers and babies ages 0 - 18 months.

Toddlers and their caregivers can enjoy introductory stories, songs, music, and movement! For ages 18 months to 36 months.

Join Miss Jennifer for Preschool Storytime on Monday mornings at 10:15 a.m.  There will be stories, rhymes, music, and more.

This storytime is recommended for ages three to five, but all children are welcome to attend.

Join us for rhymes, songs, bounces, stories, and a little playtime. For caregivers and babies ages 0 - 18 months.

Children ages 0-5 and their caregivers can engage in open play, come and go activities at South. 

Babies and their caregivers can join Miss Jennifer on Tuesdays for rhymes, songs, bounces, and a story followed by a short playtime.

Babies, toddlers, and their caregivers can join us on Tuesdays for rhymes, songs, lap bounces, and a story.

This program is recommended for children from birth to 24 months of age.

Listen to silly stories, meet adorable puppet friends and move to fun songs!  Join us at Forest Avenue Library for Family Storytime at 10:00 A.M.!

Staff from the Evelyn K Davis Center for Working Families are ready to provide one-on-one job search and resume assistance to job seekers.

Staff from the Evelyn K Davis Center for Working Families are ready to provide one-on-one job search and resume assistance to job seekers.

Join Miss Donna for this fun filled story time! Together we will enjoy stories, songs, and more, all selected to engage your active toddler. Ages 18 months to 3 years old.

Children ages 3 to 5 and their caregivers can join us Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. for a 30-minute storytime with stories, musical activities and take-home activities that prepare your child for school.

Learn how to use the Glowforge Plus Laser Engraver at Tech Central! This program takes the place of the 1 on 1 Glowforge tutorial, so you will be fully qualified to book and use the Glowforge on your own after this program.

Join us at the Central Library for a fun storytime featuring movement, music, and rhyming! The storytime will take place in the meeting room to allow for social distancing.

Preschoolers and their caregivers can enjoy stories, rhymes, music, and learn school readiness skills. Afterwards, we will enjoy free-play together.

Kids and Families! Visit the Art Cart at Franklin from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM in the children's area! We'll have materials available for a fall craft to make and take! For youth ages 3 and up. This is a drop-in, unsupervised program.

The Des Moines Public Library is partnering with area organizations to connect people with community resources. Community advocates will provide information about community resources like meal sites and shelters.

The Des Moines Public Library is partnering with area organizations to connect people with community resources. Community advocates will provide information about community resources like meal sites and shelters.

Come to the Central Library on the last Friday* of each month at 1:30 p.m.

Drop-in to North Side every Wednesday to enjoy a craft or STEM activity!

This week, you can learn what mosaic art is and make your own!

Protect an egg! We're going old-school science class chaos with this one: using random things from around the library, you'll try to make sure your egg doesn't break when dropped. Bring friends and collaborate—or compete.

Join Library Assistant and artist Ben Hatcher as we discuss the craft of designing and assembling paper models. This program includes an educational presentation, model-making demonstration, and a take-home model sheet!

Join artist Marlú Abarca as she celebrates her inaugural solo exhibit Fantasma | Haunting.

Children will listen to a story and then create a masterpiece while exploring with art and STEM activities. Ages 3 to 8 years old, but younger and older siblings are welcome.

Tweens and teens ages 10-18 can join us after school on Tuesdays to enjoy activities on our meeting room.

This week, enjoy some games on the big screen with our Nintendo Switch!

Level up your gaming skills! Use our tablets and Nintendo Switch to play Among Us, Minecraft, Roblox, and more. Ages 8+.

Are you looking for a place to trade your Pokémon cards? 

Bring your friends and come to this monthly program with any cards you want to trade.  This event is open to children ages 7-18. 

Create and take home a beautiful poster size flower using pastels (in the style of Georgia O'Keefe's flower paintings).  We'll also enjoy a bilingual story!

The Art of Expression is a monthly program for teens to learn and create different types of art in a relaxed atmosphere. 

Join Rosario Manzano as she does a presentation on Medicare. After the presentation, she will host a game of BINGO! 

We will build Roz the Robot and Brighbill from The Wild Robot by Peter Brown and do STEM challenges with our robot. 

WEEK 1: Build Roz the robot and complete a Camouflage Challenge

Join us for a discussion of An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole. Ask at the information desk for a copy of the book.

Join us for our evening Family Storytime at 6:30 p.m.! Kids and caregivers can join us for fun songs, stories and crafts. You can even wear your jammies!  All Ages Welcome!

Love books and hate talking to people? Join like-minded readers as we sit quietly and read. Discussion optional and icebreakers forbidden. Bring your own book. 

Come make a page or two for a coloring book! We'll offer snacks and some ideas for the drawing-averse. At the end of the program, we'll make copies for everyone so you go home with a coloring book full of different art styles.

Do you love the science of slime?  Learn to make this unique, chunky jelly slime to take home and learn about the science of  non-Newtonian fluids!

Participate in an engaging presentation to discover how Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge staff and volunteers are bringing back Iowa's native tallgrass prairie and oak savanna ecosystems and wildlife populations.

The Des Moines Public Library is partnering with The Varsity Cinema for The Varsity Cinema Book Club.