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.

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

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."

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.

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."

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.

After thirty years of friendship, Pam dreams of her perfect retirement with Nancy, Shalisa, Marlene, and their husbands—until their husbands pool their funds for an investment that goes terribly wrong, and their dreams of beachfront condos and a s

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!

Stop by the Children's Desk closest to the Play Nook to pick up a holiday ornament craft. You can decorate your craft in the Children's Program Room or take it home. *while supplies last

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.

Work together or alone to build and decorate your own Ginger Bread Houses! These houses will be on display in the teen room throughout the month of December. This program is for tweens and teens, grades 5 - 12.

Do you like to read and talk about books? Join our book club for tweens! This month’s book is The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau.

Maker Monday is a monthly program for teens to learn more about using the makerspace and utilizing their own creativity to build and create unique items by hand. This month we will be making mini golf courses with cardboard!

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.

Come taste foods or drinks and guess what flavor or brand you are trying. Each month there will be a new theme. All ages are welcome, as this is now a family event! *while supplies last

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.