Week Calendar

Join children's musician Wesley Waffles for a fun, engaging show with props and audience participation! 

We're taking Sing & Shake outside for the summer! Join us at AMP under the shaded pavilion for singing, dancing, and bubbles! 

Enjoy a free dance class with staff from Tippi Toes!

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What is fun, stimulating, and a great way to meet new friends? 

If you are new to the game or a little rusty after years without a fourth, this is the perfect place for you.

Drop in to enjoy flower crafts in June! *must be at least 5 years old to attend.

Join Christina Wyman, author of this year's Kids All Iowa Reads title, and Janeé Jackson-Doering, State Library of Iowa Youth Services consultant, as they chat about the 2025 selection, "Jawbreaker".

Use your creative skills to mold and decorate a tic-tac-toe board and pieces from quick-dry clay that can be taken anywhere! This event is for tweens and teens. Registration required.

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

Learn about dinosaurs through audience participation, amazing dinosaur facts and props.

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!

Create model Alka-Seltzer-fueled rockets with Math Professor and Chair of the NIACC Math, Engineering, and IT Department Brent Hamilton! This event is for tweens and teens. Registration required. 

Do you like reading graphic novels? This club is for you! Join us for fun activities and to talk about One Piece by Eiichiro Oda. Didn’t finish the book?

Join us to decorate and create beautiful candles! This event is for tweens and teens. Registration required.

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.

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. 

A Conversation Circle is a monthly gathering of adults who practice everyday conversational English and get to know the public library.

Why join?

--Improve your English conversation and pronunciation.

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.

This 8-week Mind-Body Skills Group provides a supportive, small-group setting where participants learn and practice evidence-based techniques to build personal resilience.

Join Tim Johnston, author of this year's All Iowa Reads title, and Kayla Becker, from the Norwalk Easter Public Library, as they chat about the 2025 selection, Distant Sons.

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.

This month's selection: Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury

Spend your evening relaxing as you learn yoga from Meghan May! You can bring your own yoga mat, or borrow one from the library. For grades 4 - 12. Registration Required.

Join us in painting a beautiful landscape as we follow along to Bob Ross' Joy of Painting while sipping on some delicious flavors of pop. This program is open to tweens and teens.