Adventure Pass temporarily shut down in 2025

Due to software issues affecting all libraries using the service, the Iowa Adventure Pass program will temporarily shut down 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 still make new reservations for passes that must be used by December 31, 2024. The service will return at a later time. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Weather update for 12/14/2024

All locations of the Des Moines Public Library will be open normal hours Saturday, December 14, and all locations will serve as emergency warming shelters during open hours. 

Take & Bake: Jell-O Cake

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts, Educational, Take & Make

Age Group:

Teens, Adults
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Event Details

Looking for a cool cake to eat during the summertime? Look no further than our Take&Bake: Jell-O Cake program! 

Registrants will receive a FREE bag with (almost) all the supplies needed to make an 9x13 inch pan of Jell-O cake.  The ingredients provided are: white cake mix and Jell-O mix.  Participants will need to supply a 9x13 inch pan, 1/3 c oil, 3 eggs, one tub of Cool Whip and water. 

The bags will be available for pickup at Central Library's Pickup Window during curbside hours from May 4 - May 13. 

Registration is required to receive a kit. After registration, you will receive a confirmation email with the link and password to the Zoom program. This link is how we will get together to learn how to make Jell-o Cake. Easton, from Easton's Food Truck, and DMPL Librarian, Haley, will be showing step by step how to make this cool cake.

Library staff will monitor the chat and will pass those questions along from the chat. Disruptive or disrespectful comments in the chat may result in removal from the program.