Week Calendar

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

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.

Are you turning 65 or planning for retirement? Join us for a helpful session designed to guide you through the Medicare Open Enrollment process and answer your questions.

What you’ll learn:

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.

Join other women who are practicing their English in this casual conversation group. We will chat, share coffee, and learn together in this group moderated by a Forest Avenue Library staff member.

Join us at Forest Avenue Library for a Student Harmonica Giveaway and lesson with Bob Pace. A fixture of the Des Moines blues scene, Bob is best known for his guitar work with many famous musicians—but his first love was the harmonica!

Music, movement, games, and activities - everyone’s invited! Join the fun at an ASAP Dance Party and dance your heart out. Snack provided for all participants. 

October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29.
 

The Art of Expression is a program for teens to learn and create different types of art in a relaxed atmosphere. 

On October 29, we will design calavera masks in honor of Day of the Dead. 

Earn volunteer hours by assisting with library programs and projects! Teens ages 12 to 18 can drop in any open Wednesday and volunteer for one hour.

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!

Join Judith Leavitt for an introduction to the world of premium loose leaf tea. Explore the origins and myths of tea, learn where and how it’s grown, discover the six types, and get tips for brewing the perfect cup.

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!

Join professor Andy Langager for a series on different aspects of the history of photography. Did you know that photo manipulation goes all the way back to the 1840s?