Week Calendar

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Join us in kicking off October as we welcome three Smithsonian-affiliated scientists to teach us about the remarkable world of tropical bats!

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

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

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!

Let's zero in on how to make cooking at home zero waste! Join zero waste enthusiast Carissa Thoma from Down to Earth Living to learn basic zero waste living principles, including how to minimize the waste we create in the kitchen.

Learn skills to relieve stress related to school, grades, peers, etc. and build resilience to face struggles and stressors in life. Participants will gain practical skills to manage pressures of being a teen! Dinner will be provided.

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.

Drop in to create something with our Duplos and Lego Bricks! You can free-build or follow fun prompts. 

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

Meet once a month for 2 hours. 

Why join?

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. 

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.