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. 

Sunshine Storytime

10:00am - 10:30am
Birth-Preschool, Children
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Library Branch: South Side Library
Room: South Side Library Lawn
Age Group: Birth-Preschool, Children
Program Type: Storytimes
Event Details:

Kids and families! Join Miss Janee outdoors at South for Sunshine Storytime at 10:00 a.m.! Bring a blanket, chair or tarp and listen to silly stories and move to fun songs outside on the Library Lawn under the trees!

Disclaimer(s)

Children’s Program

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

Family Storytime at McHenry Park

10:30am - 11:00am
Birth-Preschool, Children
Offsite Event
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Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Birth-Preschool, Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Storytimes
Event Details:

Join Miss Alicia at McHenry Park for stories, songs, and rhymes for the whole family! The library will provide yoga mats for seating, but you are also welcome to bring your own blanket or chair to the park.

Disclaimer(s)

Children’s Program

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

Inclement Weather

This program is hosted outdoors. In case of inclement weather please check back here for updates. 

Pop-Up Fun: Art Creations

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Children, Teens
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Library Branch: South Side Library
Room: South Side Library Lawn
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Drop-by the South Side Library for our Pop-Up series of fun activities! This week, drop-by the library to make and take artwork outside on the Library Lawn. Use our supplies to make any creation you choose! For youth Ages 5-18.

Disclaimer(s)

Children’s Program

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

Inclement Weather

This program is hosted outdoors. In case of inclement weather please check back here for updates. 

Get Moving with Grace Fitness

2:00pm - 2:45pm
Children
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Library Branch: Forest Avenue Library
Room: Forest Avenue Library Lawn
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Educational, Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Bring your children and dance and move your body outdoors on the West Lawn at Forest Avenue Library! Join us and fitness educator Zakiya Jenkins of Grace Fitness for a 30-minute workout session for the whole family! No equipment needed.

Disclaimer(s)

Outdoor Program

This program is hosted outdoors.  

In case of inclement weather please check back here for updates. 

Art on the Green

3:00pm - 3:45pm
Children
Offsite Event
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Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Take & Make
Event Details:

Make a Colorful Shape Collage. Bring your imagination and join Miss Donna at Riley Park from 3:00 PM to 3:45 PM for this free, creative program where kids will explore various materials to

Disclaimer(s)

Children’s Program

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

Outdoor Program

This program is hosted outdoors.  

In case of inclement weather please check back here for updates. 

LSI Global Greens: A Farmer's Story

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Children, Teens, Adults
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Library Branch: Franklin Avenue Library
Room: Franklin Avenue Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Educational
Event Details:

Global Greens is an urban agriculture program that reconnects New Americans with the land by offering a spectrum of gardening and farming opportunities.

DSM Book Festival Book Club: Malibu Rising

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Adults
Virtual Event
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Library Branch: DMPL Systemwide
Room: Online Programming
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Clubs
Event Details:

The Des Moines Public Library is partnering with the DSM Book Festival's DSM Book Club to cohost its online book discussion.