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Iowa's Largest Arts and Crafts Show

Iowa State Fairgrounds · Through Nov 15

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Fatherland

Varsity Cinema · 4:15 PM

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Wicker

Varsity Cinema · 4:30 PM

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You Can See Everything

Varsity Cinema · 6:45 PM

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Kids Color Pencil Animal Drawings

Hoyt Sherman Place · 12:30 PM

From $20
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Kids Landscapes

Hoyt Sherman Place · 2:30 PM

From $35
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Franklin Cinema Club – Sorry to Bother You

Des Moines Public Library: Franklin Avenue Library · 6:30 PM

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Journeys of Life: Through the Eyes of Mainframe Artists

Anderson Gallery · 12:00 PM

19 more dates through Dec 18
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ASAP Tuesdays: Famous Art and Artists

Des Moines Public Library: East Side Library · 3:30 PM

1 more date through Nov 24
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Intricacies of Form Poetry with Iowa's Poet Laureate

Des Moines Public Library: North Side Library · 6:30 PM

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The Art of Expression: Junk Journaling

Des Moines Public Library: Franklin Avenue Library · 4:00 PM

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Art Cart

Des Moines Public Library: North Side Library · 4:00 PM

7 more dates through Jan 20
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Foxy Fall Pumpkins

Hoyt Sherman Place · 5:30 PM

From $40
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Air Dry Clay: What Can You Create?

Des Moines Public Library: South Side Library · 6:00 PM

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ASAP Days: Nature Drawing

Des Moines Public Library: South Side Library · 4:00 PM

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Student Curator Led Tour of Journeys of Life

Anderson Gallery · 5:30 PM

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The New Golden Age of Space Exploration

Des Moines Public Library: Franklin Avenue Library · 6:30 PM

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Take & Make: Embroidered Ornament

Des Moines Public Library: North Side Library · 12:00 AM

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Central Iowa Railroad Club Open House

Iowa State Fairgrounds · 7:00 PM

2 more dates through Feb 26
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ASAP Tuesdays: Jewelry and Wire Wrapping

Des Moines Public Library: East Side Library · 3:30 PM

2 more dates through Dec 15
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Movie Watch Party : The Sheep Detectives

Des Moines Public Library: Forest Avenue Library · 3:30 PM

1 more date through Jan 5
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Festive Watercolor with Lisa Christensen

Des Moines Public Library: North Side Library · 6:00 PM

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Broadlawns Mobile Memory and Wellness Clinic and Dementia Prevention

Des Moines Public Library: Forest Avenue Library · 3:00 PM

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Embrace Winter with Wander Women

Des Moines Public Library: Forest Avenue Library · 6:00 PM

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Cozy Hot Cocoa Jars!

Des Moines Public Library: South Side Library · 4:00 PM

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Chasing Auroras: The Beauty of the Northern Lights

Des Moines Public Library: Franklin Avenue Library · 5:30 PM

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Polk County Conservation: Nocturnal Animals

Des Moines Public Library: Forest Avenue Library · 3:30 PM

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Pixel Art

Des Moines Public Library: East Side Library · 6:00 PM

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France and the USA: Cross-Cultural Communications Over 250 Years

Des Moines Public Library: Franklin Avenue Library · 6:00 PM

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Craft & Movie: Holiday Edition

Des Moines Public Library: East Side Library · 6:00 PM

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Cocoa, Cookies, & Canvas

Des Moines Public Library: Franklin Avenue Library · 4:00 PM

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ASAP Tuesdays: Color and Collage

Des Moines Public Library: East Side Library · 3:30 PM

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ASAP Wednesdays: Art and Story

Des Moines Public Library: North Side Library · 3:30 PM

2 more dates through Jan 20
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ASAP Days: Artful Insects

Des Moines Public Library: South Side Library · 4:00 PM

1 more date through Jan 14
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Vison Board Workshop

Des Moines Public Library: East Side Library · 5:30 PM

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My Kids Don't Want My Stuff, Now What?

Des Moines Public Library: Franklin Avenue Library · 6:00 PM

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Franklin Cinema Club – Howards End

Des Moines Public Library: Franklin Avenue Library · 6:30 PM

Close by, in East Village, Ingersoll, Downtown Des Moines

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