Adventure Pass Changes in 2025

Due to software issues affecting all libraries using the service, the Des Moines Public Library’s Iowa Adventure Pass program will no longer be available in 2025. Any reservation already made for 2025 will be honored, but we encourage anyone with a current reservation to print those passes immediately. Customers can make new reservations for passes that must be used by December 31, 2024. We hope to reintroduce the service at a later time, and we apologize for the inconvenience. 

Giant Coloring Pages

All Day
Children
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Library Branch: Central Library
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Join the fun and add you own decoration to our giant communal coloring sheets (must stay at the library).

Scooby-Doo Scavenger Hunt

All Day
Teens
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Library Branch: Franklin Avenue Library
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Gaming
Event Details:

Celebrate 50 years of mysteries and meddling with a scavenger hunt in the Teen Area all week long.

Forest Avenue Calming Room

10:00am - 12:00pm
Birth-Preschool
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Library Branch: Forest Avenue Library
Room: Forest Avenue Study Room
Age Group: Birth-Preschool
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Do you need a calm place to play? Then come to the Forest Avenue Calming Room for a sensory interactive experience! This is an unsupervised, drop-in program for youth.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Preschool Storytime

10:15am - 10:45am
Children
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Library Branch: Franklin Avenue Library
Room: Franklin Avenue Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytimes
Event Details:

Children ages three to five can come and enjoy stories, rhymes, songs, and more, followed by a craft.

Play, Grow, Learn!

10:15am - 11:30am
Birth-Preschool
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Library Branch: Forest Avenue Library
Room: Forest Avenue Meeting Room
Age Group: Birth-Preschool
Program Type: Play & Learn
Event Details:

Play, Grow, Learn! is an opportunity for you to use the Imagination Station to explore early literacy tips and books, play with others, and develop early literacy skills using Forest Avenue Library's space and toys.

Basic Computer Skills

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Adults
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Library Branch: North Side Library
Room: North Side Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Computers & Technology
Event Details:

Visit us at the North Side Library every Monday to learn some computer basics. Create an email account, build a simple resume, and learn about the library catalog.

Comics Creators

3:00pm - 5:00pm
Children, Teens
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Library Branch: Forest Avenue Library
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Love Raina Telgemeier, superheroes, manga, graphic novels, and cartoons? Ready to let your artist flag fly? Then come to Comics Creators! We'll provide the paper and pens, you provide the creativity! This is an unsupervised, drop-in program.

Pop Art Painting Party

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Teens, Adults
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Library Branch: East Side Library
Room: East Side Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Join a painting party inspired by the Color Field art style from the 1960's. Prepare your geometric composition on a 16" x 20" canvas using painter's tape, then with acrylic paints, make it come alive with color.

Ruby Reads Storytime with the Blank Park Zoo

6:30pm - 7:00pm
Children
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Library Branch: South Side Library
Room: South Side Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytimes
Event Details:

Kids and families! Have you met Ruby the red panda yet? Ruby is a very special red panda and she loves to read!