Events
Explore a variety of hands-on S.T.E.A.M. activities with a different theme each month. This session, explore dinosaurs!
For kids in grades 1-5 and their caregivers.
Registration required.
Design, create, and make! Craft Lab is an open-ended art space exploring a different craft technique each month. This month enjoy making foam embroidery creations.
For kids in grades K-5 and their caregivers.
Registration required.
Pick up an activity pack that includes book suggestions and an early learning activity to complete at home! Available on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last.
For kids 2-5 years old with adult supervision.
Registration not required.
Pick up an activity pack that includes book suggestions and an early learning activity to complete at home! Available on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last.
For kids 2-5 years old with adult supervision.
Registration not required.
"Fabricated Reality" – Tyler Magee
November 1-25, 2024
About the exhibit:
Tyler Magee is a freelance graphic designer, painter, fiber artist, and Kansas native currently based in Des Moines, Iowa. She is a 2023 graduate of Emporia State University with her bachelor’s degree in fine arts. She enjoys exploring various mediums and methods of creating, with analog and digital collages being her current focus. “Fabricated Reality” is a multidisciplinary collection of ongoing work that explores the world of media with meaning as well as media made purely for aesthetics.
The Art Gallery is open Monday-Friday 9 AM-3 PM, Saturday 9 AM-12 PM, and Sunday 12-4 PM. If the meeting room is in use, the gallery will be closed to the public. Want to visit at a certain time? Call the Library at (515) 978-7944 to check availability.
Build early literacy skills with 15-20 minutes of songs, rhymes, and books followed by playtime.
For infants 0-17 mo. and their caregivers.
Monthly registration required. One registration will get you signed up for all of the month’s sessions.
If you or anyone in your household is feeling unwell in any way, please help prevent the spread of illness by limiting your library use to online and curbside services until all are feeling better.
Build early literacy skills with 15-20 minutes of songs, rhymes, and books followed by playtime.
For infants 0-17 mo. and their caregivers.
Monthly registration required. One registration will get you signed up for all of the month’s sessions: November 4, 18 and 25.
Ages listed for storytimes are a general guideline as kids develop skills at different ages, particularly in these first years. If you have kids in more than one storytime age group, we’d recommend starting by attending the program for the younger child. Please visit with our youth services staff before or after a storytime program to determine the program that will best fit you and your kids. You can also email our youth services staff with additional questions.
If you or anyone in your household is feeling unwell in any way, please help prevent the spread of illness by limiting your library use to online and curbside services until all are feeling better.
Students are invited to participate on the library’s Teen Advisory Board (TAB). TAB meets weekly to help plan teen programs, sign up for library volunteer opportunities, build leadership skills and suggest teen books to be purchased by the library.
For students in grades 7-12.
Registration requested. E-mail Kiki to register.
Put on your PJs and come to the Library for around 25 minutes of interactive bedtime songs, stories, and fun.
For kids 0-5 years old and their caregivers.
Registration not required.
If you or anyone in your household is feeling unwell in any way, please help prevent the spread of illness by limiting your library use to online and curbside services until all are feeling better.
Enjoy 20-25 minutes of short stories, songs, and lots of movement followed by playtime to build early literacy skills.
For kids 18 mo.-3 years old and their caregivers.
Monthly registration required. One registration will get you signed up for all of the month’s sessions.
Each session in the same week is a repeat event. Please limit attendance to one session per week.