Upcoming Events

Join us for an engaging watercolor program where we’ll explore the sun-scorched summer landscapes of Iowa. Whether you’re a beginner or an intermediate artist, this program is designed to enhance your watercolor skills.

Beyond Birth: Baby's First Year is a free weekly postpartum support group for parents and their new babies.

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. 

Need help creating an email account? Polishing a resume or applying for a job? Come to the Forest Avenue Library on Tuesdays from 10:00AM-12PM and get individual computer assistance. First-come, first-served. 

Do you love to craft? Come make your own twine coaster or bring your current project and make some progress!

Registration recommended.

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.

Come to the library and create a design with perler beads and we will iron it for you to take home!

Join ISU Extension for this 8 week course that supports individuals and families in making healthy choices on a tight grocery budget.

Come explore creative writing, poetry, drawing and dance!

Join us at South Side Library to learn about and read to a therapy pet.

Teens! Do you need volunteer hours? Students ages 12-18 may volunteer at the South Side Library for 1 hour performing various tasks during our South VolunTeens program! This is a great way to earn volunteer hours!

Join Zakiya Jenkins from Grace Fitness as she leads chair exercises. All levels welcome!

Join Bridgett Robinson, Neighborhood Finance Corporation’s Diversity and Inclusion Mortgage Loan Originator and Outreach Coordinator, along with community panelists, as they help navigate what Black/African American homeownership may look like tod

You can design your yard to hold and retain stormwater instead of losing it to runoff.

Book Bites will feature a delicious book and snacks! We will focus each week on healthy eating and prepare and cook snacks each week.

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. 

Explore the fascinating world of insects and their bizarre ways of life.

Connect with others interested in environmentally friendly gardens. The focus is on native plants which foster and nourish wildlife.

Are you Ready for it? We will use Taylor Swift's poetic universe as we create collages infused with the magic of her lyrics. 

Join us once a month to discuss books by underrepresented authors. Our goal is to amplify these voices and experiences while discussing social issues in the context of fiction and non-fiction books.

Snippets: A Writers' Workshop for Shorter Works Please email your submissions to Julia at jmdunt@dmpl.org if you would like them printed out. This group will read and discuss works out loud.

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.