Event List

Join us on Tuesdays for Bilingual Preschool Storytime presented in English and ASL.

We're hosting an Anime and Manga club for teens! We'll talk about our favorite series, favorite characters, and enjoy some fun treats, including snacks from a monthly Snack Box subscription.

Petersen & Tietz is bringing the garden to the WPL! Join us for a plant-filled program where you'll have the opportunity to build your own take-home garden box from a selection of assorted annual garden plants, herbs, and perennials.

Join us on Wednesdays for Preschool Storytime.

Computer Basics

Join us on Thursdays for Terrific Twos Storytime.

Join flower enthusiasts Anderson and Miranda for a seed starting workshop with a focus on growing beautiful cut flowers for your home garden.

Join flower enthusiasts Anderson and Miranda for a seed starting workshop with a focus on growing beautiful cut flowers for your home garden.

Come play board games with us on your no-school day! Drop in anytime between 10:00 and 11:30 AM in our Meeting Rooms to enjoy some of our favorite games from the library’s collection.

Age group: PreK - 5th Grade

Bike Maintenance & Safety with Ryan

Bike enthusiast Ryan will be here from 3pm-4:30pm to teach teens tips for bike maintenance and the importance of bike safety. Registration is required so please do so here.

Join us on Saturdays for Family Storytime.

The basement is open and our shelves are loaded! Fill your bookshelves and help Friends make room on theirs. Visit the basement on Mondays from 10am - 1pm to shop Friends basement inventory at Friends Used Book Store Prices!

Join us on Mondays for Mother Goose Storytime.

The Master Gardeners from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach are back for a five-part gardening series to share their expertise on gardening trellis style, cover crops, tomatoes, and more.

Join us on Tuesdays for Bilingual Preschool Storytime presented in English and ASL.

Let's hang out and talk about books! Tweens in Grades 5-8 are invited to join us on the 3rd Tuesday of the month to chat about selected titles from the 2025-2026 Iowa Children’s Choice Award list.

Join us on Wednesdays for Preschool Storytime.

Google Sheets: The Basics

Library staff will provide you the basics to feel confident in using the free spreadsheet application, Google Sheets!

Are you an aspiring novelist, poet, or someone who loves writing short stories? Join us for our Teen Writers Workshop! We'll work with different writing prompts and brainstorm ideas for our writing.

Become the writer you’ve always wanted to be! Join the Waterloo Writer’s Workshop series to hear from local authors about their writing process, discuss writing workshop books, and share your own work with fellow writers.

Join us on Thursdays for Terrific Twos Storytime.

In partnership with Together For Youth and the UnityPoint Mental Health Clinic here in the Cedar Valley, we invite you to join us for a three-month parenting series! See below for details on each session.