Week Calendar

Join us before school to eat bagels (or other breakfast pastries) and chat about what you're reading!

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

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

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

Books, rhymes, scarves, songs, and bubbles for babies.

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

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

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

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

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

Join Ms. Blanca for stories, songs, and rhymes in English and Spanish!

Bring your favorite cribbage board or use one of ours. Come for the fun!

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

Learn how to avoid the hidden traps in retirement planning advice!

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.

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!

Come taste some snacks and try to guess what flavor or brand you’re eating!

Stop in for some totally random entertainment! We’ll pull out leftovers from previous events or set up special activities. Each activity is available while supplies last, so get here early!

Looking for a change of scenery and a space to connect with fellow writers? Join our Writer’s Café!

Create your own tumbler cup using the Cricut mug press, special markers, and stencils. Due to mug press heating times, participants may need to pick up their tumblers from the library at a later date. Registration required.

Presented virtually, OrganizeMe! of NY will teach you patrons techniques on how to manage their everyday paperwork with ease.

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.

Inspired by the international Human Library project, Open Book is a community project from CultureALL that creates connections and builds social cohesion through story sharing events where “Books” are people and You are the “Reader.” Open Book’s u

Join us for a showing of Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie, as you sit in your decorated boxcar! Stop by the Circulation Desk between January 4-22 to pick up a box to decorate and bring back the night of the movie!

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.