Event List

Interact with your child as we use books, songs, music, finger plays, and flannel boards to build early literacy skills. Designed for children from 18 months through preschool and ...

Take a bite! Try something new! In this yummy storytime, we will be taste-testing foods and reading stories about how they are made. Kids in grades K-5 must register to attend.

This month, we will be taste-testing fry bread and pecan pie!

Let's Talk is a casual program designed for non-native English speakers to practice their English conversation skills with a native English speaker. Discussions focus on current ne...

Rhythm and Rhymes is a passive, musical play time for children and their caregivers to explore sounds through instruments, toys, and other materials. Perfect for ages 2-5, but...

Calling all Pokémon trainers! Join us each month for the ultimate Pokémon Club, where we'll gather to talk all things Pokémon—whether you're into the video games, trading card batt...

 Central Iowa Authors Inkwell group will be in the Archive Room doing timed writing sprints as part of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), where they work towards the go...

Join the Johnston Public Library's Well Red Book Club that meets on the last Tuesday of every month. Join the Well Red Book Club that meets at Pagliai's Pizza in Johnston. Come for...

This month's book is Many Hands Make Light Work by Cheryl Stritzel McCarthy.

Join JPL's first-ever Mario Kart 8 Worldwide Time Trials Competition Esports Team! Over the next 11 weeks, prepare to put your racing skills to the test on a different track each w...

Get ready to move at a special storytime that will get you and your kids up on your feet! This is a high-energy story time for kids of all ages.

"The first rule of Craft Club: You always talk about Craft Club!" At each meeting, we'll take on a new craft project that challenges the status quo and lets you push the limits ...

School's out, so JPL's Teen Space has extended hours! Drop in anytime today between 1:00 - 5:00 pm to hang out, play video games, create art, and MORE! Mario Kart Tournament starts...

Let's go!  Drive, dodge, and maneuver your way to a first-place finish in our Mario Kart Tournament! Prizes for the winners. 6th grade and up. 

Test your skills! Prizes and bragging rights for the winners. Tournaments held every Wednesday. 6th grade and up.

"In this tournament, chaos is your only strategy!" Get ready for the ultimate test of adaptability and skill at our Super Smash Bros. Random Mayhem Tournament! In this uniq...