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All ages can earn a prize by reading 30 days this winter!  
       
               
      
                               
    
                       
      
      
      
  
        
       
  
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Come see portraits created by Ames High School art students for this year's Memory Project.
  
       
               
      
                               
    
                       
      
      
      
  
        
       
  
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          Collective Mending Exhibit
        
        
        
        
       
     
              
      
      
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The Collective Mending Sessions (2018-present) is a socially engaged project by Iowa-based artist Catherine Reinhart. The artist facilitates workshops where participants repair an abandoned quilt, together.  
       
               
      
                               
    
                       
      
      
      
  
        
       
  
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Enjoy a story book as you walk through Downtown Ames! 
Start at the Library and find the pages of Snowmen at Night in shop windows along Douglas Avenue and Main Street.  
       
               
      
                               
    
                       
      
      
      
  
        
       
  
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            Ames Public Library Bookmobile will be closed December 19-30.  
       
       
       
  
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Ames Public Library is partnering with IowaWORKS to provide easy access to critical services in our community.  
       
               
      
                               
    
                       
      
      
      
  
        
       
  
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            onboarding new team members for Casey's 
we will bring lap top computers, and tablets 
applications available to the public 
 
       
       
    
       
   
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          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
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          Jonie & John Fitzsimmons Study Room - 1st Floor
         
           
    
          
                              
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          Jonie & John Fitzsimmons Study Room - 1st Floor
         
           
    
          
                              
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Ames Public Library is partnering with Lutheran Service in Iowa (LSI) to provide families with easy access to critical services in our community.   
       
               
      
                               
    
                       
      
      
      
  
        
       
  
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          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
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          Lisa Fawcett Nilsson Study Room - 2nd Floor
         
           
    
          
                              
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          Conversation Circles: English
        
        
        
        
       
     
        
      
      
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          Iowa Department of the Blind
        
        
               
     
          
        
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          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
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          Ames Parks & Recreation TaeKwonDo Celebration and Potluck
        
        
               
     
          
        
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          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
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            Ames Parks & Recreation TaeKwonDo Celebration and Potluck 
 
       
       
    
       
   
  
  
                
    
  
  
  
    
          
        
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Ames Public Library is partnering with IowaWORKS to provide easy access to critical services in our community.  
       
               
      
                               
    
                       
      
      
      
  
        
       
  
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          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
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          PEO Room
         
           
        
          
    
       
   
  
  
                
    
  
  
  
    
          
        
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          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
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          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
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          Rotary Room
         
           
        
          
        
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          Good Neighbor Emergency Assistance Board Meeting
        
        
               
     
          
        
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          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
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          PEO Room
         
           
        
    
       
   
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          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
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          Society for Creative Anachronism Medieval Recreation Meeting
        
        
               
     
          
        
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          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
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          Farwell T. Brown Auditorium
         
           
        
          
        
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            Local meeting for the Society for Creative Anachronism, A worldwide non-profit dedicated to learning about history through hands-on recreation.  The local meetings are for learning, sharing knowledge and working on projects.  
       
       
    
       
   
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          Conversation Circles: Spanish
        
        
        
        
       
     
        
      
      
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          Dale H. Ross Board Room
         
           
    
          
                              
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Gather (in person or online) for casual conversations in Spanish. Chat in your native language or get comfortable speaking in another language. 
   
       
               
      
                               
    
                       
      
      
      
  
        
       
  
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          Conversation Circles: German
        
        
        
        
       
     
        
      
      
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                          Language Learning, 
                          Meetup
                       
               
    
    
            
          
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Gather (in person or online) for casual conversations in German. Chat in your native language or get comfortable speaking in another language. 
   
       
               
      
                               
    
                       
      
      
      
  
        
       
  
  
  
                
    
  
  
  
    
          
        
          This is not a library sponsored event.
         
       
    
    
    
              
          Library Branch:
          Ames Public Library
         
      
              
          Room:
          Rotary Room
         
           
        
          
    
       
   
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