Week Calendar

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

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

There are 5 simple steps you can do with your child to create early literacy and learning success. Join us as we explore ways to incorporate more TALK into your everyday life.

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 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.

Love playing board games or putting together puzzles? Stop by the South Side Meeting Room to play a selection of provided board games and puzzles or invite a group and bring your own! Snacks will be provided.

Prepare for adventure! Open Slay Dungeons & Dragons is for teens and tweens who know how to play D&D and are ready to take on a campaign!

All gaming supplies and characters will be provided by The Rook Room.

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.

Save Money: Shop Smart and waste less food.

Save Time: At the store and in the kitchen

Help Picky Eaters: try new foods

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.

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

This week, make 3-D art using 3-D pens.

Love puzzles? Have puzzles at home that you've done and loved but won't do again?

Come to the South Side Library Meeting Room and exchange your beloved puzzles for new to you ones! We're having a good old fashioned puzzle swap!

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 in our meeting room.

This week, enjoy playing Nintendo Switch games on the big screen!

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

Come to South Side for an hour of sensory exploration! From cool textures to fun activities, kids can have a great time learning while doing what they do best: playing!

Design and create a notebook with a glittery sensory cover.

Art in the Library is for children ages 6-12 and requires preregistration.  

Learn to make charms for keychains, jewelry, bookmarks and more using UV resin and shrinky dink paper! Whether you design your own or use our templates, you can make your charm as unique as you are with cool mix-ins like color and glitter!

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. 

Join us at the Central Library as we celebrate everyone's favorite Blue Heeler! We will play games you may recognize from the show and do crafts inspired by your favorite furry friends. For real life? For real life!

The Taylor Swift trend is still going - let's make friendship bracelets! Stop by the East Side Library to create your own bracelet. All materials will be provided for you! 

Stop in the Children's Area to make a book out of paper bags! 

Join us for a discussion of All That She Carried by Tiya Miles. Ask at the information desk for a copy of the book.

Join artist and library staff member Fueche Vang as we start the year exploring some of the basic ideas and techniques of drawing. Learn how to use concepts such as line, shape, value, and more to build your skills!

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!

January's film selection is Alan J. Pukula's 1974 thriller The Parallax View.

Get started on the ukulele and quickly learn to play familiar tunes while having fun! Play your own ukulele or borrow one of North Side Library's soprano ukuleles with your library card.

Talk with Brooke Kern, midwest scientist!

Talk with Brooke Kern, midwest scientist! She'll tell us all about how plants have evolved over time and how they're still evolving. And she'll let us in on the research she is currently doing!

Join us for South Side's Evening Book Discussion! We will be discussing Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy. Sign up and get a copy of the book at the South Side Information Desk.

Join us from the comfort of your own homes and kitchens for a DMPL cookbook club that celebrates substitutions, creativity, sustainability and independence in home cooking.