Families with toddlers are invited for a storytime filled with music, stories, and fun! Mondays and Wednesdays are the same presentation.

Bring your pre-walker to the Library for stories, songs, and baby sign language. Join with other caregivers and older siblings for 20 minutes of fun and learning. Feel free to bring a stuffed animal or doll for the older sibling to learn along with you. 

America 250: Prairie, Plows, and the People’s College will honor the key people, moments and experiences that have been centered within the Farm House Museum, campus’ first building. This exhibition will explore America’s 250th through 250 primary source objects from honoring the land of the original Indigenous people to the plowing of the prairie, campus development and the fostering of generations of democratic and innovative citizens.

The Gallery in the Round at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ames will present Landscapes & Mindscapes: Reflections on the Worlds We Inhabit, a solo exhibition by visual artist and physicist Sebastián Sánchez-Falero, on view from April 4 through June 30.

Hey 6 - 12th graders, help plan exciting Library events for teens, share what you’re reading, make new friends, and eat some food! To register or find out more, visit https://www.amespubliclibrary.org/get-involved/teen-advisory-group.

Activate and strengthen your core by exploring a full-body dance flow with transcultural fusion belly dancer and instructor Sara, of Mirage Middle Eastern Dance Troupe. 

Gather (in person or online) for casual conversations in German. Chat in your native language or get comfortable speaking in another language.

Building on concepts introduced in Beginner classes, or for those with dance experience, skilled dancer and instructor Melinda, of Mirage Middle Eastern Dance Troupe, will lead you through techniques and drills that are more complex, and introduce more advanced choreography.

Don't miss Grandma Mojo's - Iowa State's premier improv comedy troupe - every other Wednesday at the M-Shop for a night filled with hijinks and hilarity, all for only $1 at the door!