Week Calendar

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

Enjoy a fun storytime featuring movement, music, and rhyming! 

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.

This conversation club is both for native speakers and those wanting to learn Russian. Topics of conversation are meant to be light. Get to know other members of your community, or assist those wanting to learn Russian.

Step into the Mississippi Delta when Juke Joints came alive at “quittin’ time!” Matt Woods delivers authentic Delta guitar, showcasing why he’s one of the region’s best.

Need help with a phone, laptop, or tablet, or another electronic device? Come by the Central Library at 2PM on Thursdays and our staff will work with you to figure things out. This is a drop-in, first-come first-served service.

Do you like all things K-pop? Come to the Central Library every month and bring your photocards to trade, invite your friends or meet and hang out with other fans! Enjoy snacks, other activities, and listening to music.

Join us for an introduction to special effects makeup, where you’ll learn how to create realistic cuts, bruises, and scars—just in time for Halloween!

Dungeons & Dragons is a role-playing game set in worlds of swords and sorcery where players use their imaginations to tell a story and create an adventure together.  We usually get together on the third Thursday of each month to play, but

Join us for an introduction to special effects makeup, where you’ll learn how to create realistic cuts, bruises, and scars—just in time for Halloween!