Adventure Pass Ending in 2025

Due to circumstances outside of our control, the Des Moines Public Library’s Iowa Adventure Pass service 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. 

Baby Rhyme Time

10:15am - 11:00am
Birth-Preschool
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Library Branch: Franklin Avenue Library
Room: Franklin Avenue Meeting Room
Age Group: Birth-Preschool
Program Type: Storytimes
Event Details:

Join us for rhymes, bounces, a story, and a short playtime.

For caregivers and babies from newborns up to eighteen months.

Mother Goose on the Loose

10:30am - 11:00am
Birth-Preschool
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Library Branch: North Side Library
Room: North Side Meeting Room
Age Group: Birth-Preschool
Program Type: Storytimes
Event Details:

“Mother Goose on the Loose”, is a 30-minute nursery rhyme program for newborns to three-year-olds. The class helps to strengthen babies' and toddler's foundation for literacy with rhymes, rhythm, repetition, story, and movement.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

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.

Mother Goose on the Loose!

10:30am - 11:00am
Birth-Preschool
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Library Branch: East Side Library
Room: East Side Meeting Room
Age Group: Birth-Preschool
Program Type: Storytimes
Event Details:

“Mother Goose on the Loose”, is a 30-minute nursery rhyme program for newborns to three-year-olds. The class helps to strengthen babies' and toddler's foundation for literacy with rhymes, rhythm, repetition, story, and movement.

Conversations & Coffee

12:30pm - 1:30pm
Adults
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Library Branch: Forest Avenue Library
Room: Forest Avenue Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Educational
Event Details:

Do you want to practice your English skills? Looking to meet new people in your community? Join community members and English language learners alike at Forest Avenue Library and enjoy light refreshments and sparkling conversation!

City of Des Moines - Benchmarking DSM Training

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Adults
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Library Branch: Central Library
Room: Central Library Tech Central
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Educational
Event Details:

On June 3, 2019, the Des Moines City Council passed the Energy and Water Benchmarking Ordinance requiring building owners of buildings 25,000 sq.

North Side Book Discussion

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Adults
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Library Branch: North Side Library
Room: North Side Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Clubs
Event Details:

We will be discussing the book Salt Houses by Hala Alyan. Copies are available to check out at the North Side Library. 

Disclaimer(s)

Food Allergies

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

Franklin Creative Readers

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Children
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Library Branch: Franklin Avenue Library
Room: Franklin Avenue Children’s Area
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Storytimes
Event Details:

Read a story, explore and create with art and STEM activities! Bring your imagination and join us in the children's area. Ages 3 years to 8 years.

Level Up!

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Children, Teens
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Library Branch: Forest Avenue Library
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Gaming
Event Details:

Join us every Tuesday as we play Roblox, Minecraft, and more. Grades 3-8. 

Try It Out Tuesday: Gumdrop Geometry

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Children, Teens
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Library Branch: South Side Library
Room: South Side Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Educational, Gaming
Event Details:

Tweens and Teens! Learn to make something new during our Try It Out Tuesday events at South! This month, participants can use toothpicks and gumdrops to construct geometric shapes. Taste-testing allowed! No registration required.

Des Moines Public Library Board Meeting

4:15pm - 5:30pm
All Ages
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Library Branch: Central Library
Room: Central Library Administrative Board Room
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Library Meeting
Event Details:

The Library Board of Trustees will meet at 4:15 PM at the Central Library in the Administrative Board Room.

Bilingual Storytime/Cuentos y Canciones Bilingües

6:00pm - 6:30pm
Birth-Preschool, Children
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Library Branch: East Side Library
Room: East Side Meeting Room
Age Group: Birth-Preschool, Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Play & Learn, Storytimes
Event Details:

Come and enjoy stories, rhymes, songs and crafts in English and Spanish.

Venga y disfrute cuentos, rimas, canciones, y manualidades en inglés y español.

Disclaimer(s)

Children’s Program

Children under 10 years old must be accompanied by a caregiver over 12 years old.

What We Owe Our Mothers: A Vietnamese American's Story of Immigration in Iowa

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Adults
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Library Branch: North Side Library
Room: North Side Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Visits
Event Details:

We the Interwoven author Hieu Pham, born in Vietnam, immigrated to Iowa with her family as a child. She is passionate about issues such as Asian American identity, community health and the immigrant diasporic experience.

Black Future Film Series: Fast Color

6:00pm - 8:00pm
Adults
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Library Branch: Forest Avenue Library
Room: Forest Avenue Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: , Movies
Event Details:

Join us for a showing of Fast Color (see trailer) as part of February's Bla

Disclaimer(s)

Movie Rating

Movie is not intended for children unless accompanied by an adult.

Family Storytime

6:15pm - 6:45pm
Children
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Library Branch: Franklin Avenue Library
Room: Franklin Avenue Rosie's Rocket
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytimes
Event Details:

The whole family can come to the library for stories, rhymes and songs. Rosie's Rocket Reading Room

Family Storytime: Not So Cuddly Critters w/ the Blank Park Zoo

6:30pm - 7:00pm
Birth-Preschool, Children
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Library Branch: Central Library
Room: Central Library Meeting Room 1, 2, 3
Age Group: Birth-Preschool, Children
Program Type: Storytimes
Event Details:

Some animals like to be cuddled, but these ones are mostly hand-off!  Learn about a range of not-so-cuddly critters with a Blank Park Zoo educator and enjoy some animal stories.

Disclaimer(s)

Children’s Program

Children under 10 years old must be accompanied by a caregiver over 12 years old.