Week Calendar

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 searching for a new job, having trouble navigating a website, or looking to learn a new digital skill? Goodwill is at the library to help!

Stop by Franklin Ave Library and learn how to use DMPL’s digital resources like Libby, Consumer Reports, Kanopy, and newspapers.

Are you searching for a new job, having trouble navigating a website, or looking to learn a new digital skill? Goodwill is at the library to help!

The 2025 Mindfulness Day will provide patrons the space to spend a day engaging in a variety of contemplative practices that will give them the opportunity for peaceful space to get centered before the busy holiday season begins.

 Friends of the North Side Library Meeting.  New members always welcome.

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.

This month we will be reading and discussing The Book of Delights by Ross Gay. Copies of the book are available at the North Side Library.

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.

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.

Join us for South Side's Monthly Book Discussion!

This month we're reading The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder by David Grann.

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. 

Let us be glad, let us be grateful! Come rejoicify the release of Wicked: For Good at Central Library with a ballyhoo in honor of our two favorite witches. There will be crafts, activities, and a screening of the first film! 

Calling all poets to Freedom in Freeform. 

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

November's film selection is Stranger Than Fiction (2006), a quirky comedy directed by Marc Forster and starring Will Ferrell and Emma Thompson.

Watch the documentary Madan Sara by Haitian journalist Etant Dupain, which highlights the vital role of women in Haiti’s informal economy.

Choose a recipe from Half-Baked Harvest, prepare it at home, and bring it to the library for a community potluck.

Craft Night at the Forest Avenue Library is a great place to spend time with friends, meet new people, and enjoy a fun activity. Each month will focus on a new craft, and supplies will be provided.

Take a break from your novel and join our flash fiction workshop! Craft a complete story from a prompt in a single session and share it with others.