Week Calendar

Show off your art skills! Join us in decorating the Giant Jenga blocks for the Teen Program Room! We will leave the blocks out for our patrons to vote on the best one, and the top three blocks will receive a prize!

Come have a magical moment with New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune as he chats about his Cerulean Chronicles, with special emphasis on his newest in the series, Somewhere Beyond the Sea.&

Show off your driving skills and enjoy some snacks while playing in the Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library Mario Kart Tournament! This bracketed tournament will give each competitor multiple opportunities to win and advance in the bracket.

In a delicious blend of cultural criticism and personal narrative that explores our cognitive biases and the power, disadvantages, and highlights of magical thinking, Amanda Montell now turns her erudite eye to the inner workings of the

Join us for an exciting evening of board games! Whether you are a seasoned pro or a curious newcomer, you are invited to participate in a friendly competition. Snacks and games provided. Open to tweens and teens.

You’re writing a book (or thinking about it), but what happens next?

Join us for this enlightening presentation with Smithsonian curator Sabrina Sholts as she talks about how the very fact of being human increases our pandemic risks—and gives us the power to save ourselves.