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Babies, toddlers, and caregivers laugh during a baby lap-sit event at the library.

Babies & Books

Monday, March 30, 2026 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Children's Program Room at Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Program Type:
Storytimes
Age Group:
Early Learners (Birth - Age 5)

Books, rhymes, scarves, songs, and bubbles for babies. Older siblings are welcome to attend and may bring a stuffed animal to use as their "baby."

Library Branch: Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Early Learners (Birth - Age 5)
Program Type: Storytimes
Event Details:

Books, rhymes, scarves, songs, and bubbles for babies. Older siblings are welcome to attend and may bring a stuffed animal to use as their "baby."

A woman's hands crocheting blue yarn with a red needle

Fiber & Friends - Teen Craft & Chat

Monday, March 30, 2026 at 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Teen Program Room at Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Program Type:
Craft
Age Group:
Tween & Teen (Gr. 5-12)

Drop-in and bring a craft you are working on and join fellow crafters to work on projects and get tips from other creative people. All crafts are welcome, including sewing, knitting, crocheting, scrapbooking, paper crafts, and so on.

Library Branch: Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Room: Teen Program Room
Age Group: Tween & Teen (Gr. 5-12)
Program Type: Craft
Event Details:

Drop-in and bring a craft you are working on and join fellow crafters to work on projects and get tips from other creative people. All crafts are welcome, including sewing, knitting, crocheting, scrapbooking, paper crafts, and so on.

Photo of a wire basket full of different colored yarn and a set of knitting needles sitting on a table with a white brick background

Craft & Chat

Monday, March 30, 2026 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Meeting Room BC at Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Program Type:
Craft
Age Group:
Adult (Ages 18+)

Join fellow crafters to work on projects and get tips with other creative people. All crafts are welcome, including sewing, knitting, crocheting, scrapbooking, paper crafts and so on.

Library Branch: Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Room: Meeting Room BC
Age Group: Adult (Ages 18+)
Program Type: Craft
Event Details:

Join fellow crafters to work on projects and get tips with other creative people. All crafts are welcome, including sewing, knitting, crocheting, scrapbooking, paper crafts and so on.

kids and caregivers are dancing to music in the Children's Program Room

Sing & Shake

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at 9:15am - 9:45am
Children's Program Room at Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Program Type:
Storytimes
Age Group:
Early Learners (Birth - Age 5)

Singing, shaking, dancing, and bubbles! Adult participation is required.

Library Branch: Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Early Learners (Birth - Age 5)
Program Type: Storytimes
Event Details:

Singing, shaking, dancing, and bubbles! Adult participation is required.

kids and caregivers are dancing to music in the Children's Program Room

Sing & Shake

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Children's Program Room at Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Program Type:
Storytimes
Age Group:
Early Learners (Birth - Age 5)

Singing, shaking, dancing, and bubbles! Adult participation is required.

Library Branch: Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Early Learners (Birth - Age 5)
Program Type: Storytimes
Event Details:

Singing, shaking, dancing, and bubbles! Adult participation is required.

kids and caregivers are dancing to music in the Children's Program Room

Sing & Shake

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 at 9:15am - 9:45am
Children's Program Room at Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Program Type:
Storytimes
Age Group:
Early Learners (Birth - Age 5)

Singing, shaking, dancing, and bubbles! Adult participation is required.

Library Branch: Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Early Learners (Birth - Age 5)
Program Type: Storytimes
Event Details:

Singing, shaking, dancing, and bubbles! Adult participation is required.

kids and caregivers are dancing to music in the Children's Program Room

Sing & Shake

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Children's Program Room at Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Program Type:
Storytimes
Age Group:
Early Learners (Birth - Age 5)

Singing, shaking, dancing, and bubbles! Adult participation is required.

Library Branch: Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Early Learners (Birth - Age 5)
Program Type: Storytimes
Event Details:

Singing, shaking, dancing, and bubbles! Adult participation is required.

sKids and caregivers are dancing to music in the Children's Program Room.

Sing & Shake

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 at 10:45am - 11:15am
Children's Program Room at Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Program Type:
Storytimes
Age Group:
Early Learners (Birth - Age 5)

Singing, shaking, dancing, and bubbles! Adult participation is required.

Library Branch: Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Early Learners (Birth - Age 5)
Program Type: Storytimes
Event Details:

Singing, shaking, dancing, and bubbles! Adult participation is required.

A pile of playing cards, all black suites

Social Canasta

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room B at Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Program Type:
Games
Age Group:
Adult (Ages 18+)

Canasta is a card game of the rummy family, invented in Uruguay in 1939 that quickly took the world by storm and became an American craze through the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s.  If you haven’t played in several years or missed out on the craze ent

Library Branch: Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Room: Meeting Room B
Age Group: Adult (Ages 18+)
Program Type: Games
Event Details:

Canasta is a card game of the rummy family, invented in Uruguay in 1939 that quickly took the world by storm and became an American craze through the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s.  If you haven’t played in several years or missed out on the craze ent

Photo of people doing chair yoga in a small room

Chair Yoga

Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 9:30am - 10:30am
Meeting Room A at Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Program Type:
, Special Events
Age Group:
Adult (Ages 18+)

Kerry Walter-Ashby will lead you in a chair yoga class. 

Library Branch: Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Room: Meeting Room A
Age Group: Adult (Ages 18+)
Program Type: , Special Events
Event Details:

Kerry Walter-Ashby will lead you in a chair yoga class. 

Librarians read a picture book.

Story Time

Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Children's Program Room at Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Program Type:
Storytimes
Age Group:
Early Learners (Birth - Age 5)

Join us for books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, bubbles, and more, geared toward toddlers & pre-k.

Library Branch: Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Early Learners (Birth - Age 5)
Program Type: Storytimes
Event Details:

Join us for books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, bubbles, and more, geared toward toddlers & pre-k.

small white dog with yellow vest

Read to Marmalade the Dog (K-5th Grade)* 4:00-4:10 PM

Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 4:00pm - 4:15pm
Children's Program Room at Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Program Type:
Special Events
Age Group:
School-Age (Gr. K-5)

*THIS SESSION IS FOR 4:00 - 4:10 PM. Our system only allows us to put in 15-minute increments.   

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: School-Age (Gr. K-5)
Program Type: Special Events
Registration Required
Event Details:

*THIS SESSION IS FOR 4:00 - 4:10 PM. Our system only allows us to put in 15-minute increments.   

A group of people work on a craft.

K-5 ASAP: Nature + Animals

Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Program Type:
Special Events
Age Group:
School-Age (Gr. K-5)

K-5 kids are invited to participate in fun and educational programming, brought to you by the After School Arts Program.

Library Branch: Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Age Group: School-Age (Gr. K-5)
Program Type: Special Events
Event Details:

K-5 kids are invited to participate in fun and educational programming, brought to you by the After School Arts Program.

small white dog with yellow vest

Read to Marmalade the Dog (K-5th Grade)* 4:10-4:20 PM

Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 4:15pm - 4:30pm
Children's Program Room at Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Program Type:
Special Events
Age Group:
School-Age (Gr. K-5)

*THIS SESSION IS FOR 4:10 - 4:20 PM. Our system only allows us to put in 15-minute increments.   

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: School-Age (Gr. K-5)
Program Type: Special Events
Registration Required
Event Details:

*THIS SESSION IS FOR 4:10 - 4:20 PM. Our system only allows us to put in 15-minute increments.   

small white dog with yellow vest

Read to Marmalade the Dog (K-5th Grade)* 4:20-4:30 PM

Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 4:30pm - 4:45pm
Children's Program Room at Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Program Type:
Special Events
Age Group:
School-Age (Gr. K-5)

*THIS SESSION IS FOR 4:20 - 4:30 PM. Our system only allows us to put in 15-minute increments.   

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: School-Age (Gr. K-5)
Program Type: Special Events
Registration Required
Event Details:

*THIS SESSION IS FOR 4:20 - 4:30 PM. Our system only allows us to put in 15-minute increments.   

Photo taken from above of someone at a desk writing in a notebook with coffee, a laptop glasses and photos

Write on Thursdays

Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room A at Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Program Type:
Workshop, Writing
Age Group:
Adult (Ages 18+)

Join us for our new writer's workshop! Come and share your own work, get advice from others and make connections with other local authors. 

Library Branch: Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Room: Meeting Room A
Age Group: Adult (Ages 18+)
Program Type: Workshop, Writing
Event Details:

Join us for our new writer's workshop! Come and share your own work, get advice from others and make connections with other local authors. 

Photo of a chess board with a hand moving a pawn

Social Chess

Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room B at Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Program Type:
Games
Age Group:
All Ages, Tween & Teen (Gr. 5-12), Adult (Ages 18+)

The purpose of this program is to promote the magnificent game of chess in Ankeny by bringing players of all ages and skill levels together at the library for a relaxing and informal evening of chess.

Library Branch: Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Room: Meeting Room B
Age Group: All Ages, Tween & Teen (Gr. 5-12), Adult (Ages 18+)
Program Type: Games
Event Details:

The purpose of this program is to promote the magnificent game of chess in Ankeny by bringing players of all ages and skill levels together at the library for a relaxing and informal evening of chess.

Photo of people sitting in chairs in a circle in a white room

Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Group

Friday, April 3, 2026 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room BC at Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Program Type:
Meeting
Age Group:
Adult (Ages 18+)

Support group meetings are a family caregiver's opportunity to learn more about Alzheimer's disease and care-giving from peers who have had similar experiences or have the same questions and concerns

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Room: Meeting Room BC
Age Group: Adult (Ages 18+)
Program Type: Meeting
Registration Required
Event Details:

Support group meetings are a family caregiver's opportunity to learn more about Alzheimer's disease and care-giving from peers who have had similar experiences or have the same questions and concerns

a family tries to find clues in the library

Family Treasure Hunt (Drop-in)

Saturday, April 4, 2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Children's Program Room at Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Age Group:
All Ages, Early Learners (Birth - Age 5), School-Age (Gr. K-5), Tween & Teen (Gr. 5-12)

Drop in to follow clues, solve puzzles, and try to find a prize! Each month there will be a new theme. 

Library Branch: Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: All Ages, Early Learners (Birth - Age 5), School-Age (Gr. K-5), Tween & Teen (Gr. 5-12)
Event Details:

Drop in to follow clues, solve puzzles, and try to find a prize! Each month there will be a new theme. 

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Dungeons and Dragon Game Board

Dungeons & Dragons

Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 2:00pm - 7:00pm
Meeting Room BC at Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Program Type:
Games
Age Group:
Adult (Ages 18+)

All adult players are welcome! Games start at 3:30pm. For help with character creation or any questions please arrive between 2:00pm and 3:30pm, walk-ins are also welcome during this time!

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Library Branch: Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Room: Meeting Room BC
Age Group: Adult (Ages 18+)
Program Type: Games
Event Details:

All adult players are welcome! Games start at 3:30pm. For help with character creation or any questions please arrive between 2:00pm and 3:30pm, walk-ins are also welcome during this time!

Babies, toddlers, and caregivers laugh during a baby lap-sit event in the library.

Babies & Books

Monday, April 6, 2026 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Children's Program Room at Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Program Type:
Storytimes
Age Group:
Early Learners (Birth - Age 5)

Books, rhymes, scarves, songs, and bubbles for babies. Older siblings are welcome to attend and may bring a stuffed animal to use as their "baby."

Library Branch: Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Early Learners (Birth - Age 5)
Program Type: Storytimes
Event Details:

Books, rhymes, scarves, songs, and bubbles for babies. Older siblings are welcome to attend and may bring a stuffed animal to use as their "baby."

Babies, toddlers, and caregivers laugh during a baby lap-sit event at the library.

Babies & Books

Monday, April 6, 2026 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Children's Program Room at Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Program Type:
Storytimes
Age Group:
Early Learners (Birth - Age 5)

Books, rhymes, scarves, songs, and bubbles for babies. Older siblings are welcome to attend and may bring a stuffed animal to use as their "baby."

Library Branch: Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Early Learners (Birth - Age 5)
Program Type: Storytimes
Event Details:

Books, rhymes, scarves, songs, and bubbles for babies. Older siblings are welcome to attend and may bring a stuffed animal to use as their "baby."

A woman's hands crocheting blue yarn with a red needle

Fiber & Friends - Teen Craft & Chat

Monday, April 6, 2026 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Teen Program Room at Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Program Type:
Craft
Age Group:
Tween & Teen (Gr. 5-12)

Drop-in and bring a craft you are working on and join fellow crafters to work on projects and get tips from other creative people. All crafts are welcome, including sewing, knitting, crocheting, scrapbooking, paper crafts, and so on.

Library Branch: Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library
Room: Teen Program Room
Age Group: Tween & Teen (Gr. 5-12)
Program Type: Craft
Event Details:

Drop-in and bring a craft you are working on and join fellow crafters to work on projects and get tips from other creative people. All crafts are welcome, including sewing, knitting, crocheting, scrapbooking, paper crafts, and so on.