A Reiman Gardens holiday tradition is back! Visitors of all ages will be enchanted by the RG Express Train from Sat., Nov. 8, 2025, through Sun., Jan. 18, 2026. This detailed garden scale display was created by Applied Imagination, an internationally recognized company whose train displays merge botanical design and architecture.
Find great deals at the Ames Public Library Book Sale on thousands of used items, including books, movies, music, and more!
Join The EcoTheatre Lab and Ames Writers Collective for a community Climate Change Theatre Action workshop!
Children of all ages and their grown-ups are invited to this storytime to build listening, language, and literacy skills through music, movement, song and action rhymes. Each week will feature a new theme. Storytime Room.
Hey teens, come to the Library's Teen Silent Book Club to unwind, read, and connect with others. We will enjoy good books and good—but quiet—company as we munch on some snacks.
Gather (in person or online) for casual conversations in Japanese. Chat in your native language or get comfortable speaking in another language.
Join Story Theater Company for the classic fairytale Once Upon a Mattress.
Gather (in person or online) for casual conversations in Russian. Chat in your native language or get comfortable speaking in another language.
Gather (in person or online) for casual conversations in French. Chat in your native language or get comfortable speaking in another language.
The second annual Empty Bowls soup supper will be held on Sat., Nov. 15 from 5:30 – 8 p.m. at Collegiate United Methodist Church and Wesley Foundation (2622 Lincoln Way, Ames). Soup will be served in an artist-made bowl that ticket holders get to keep, along with bread, and dessert.