GRIMES PUBLIC LIBRARY
Events Calendar

Join Get Fit Grimes challenge participants and get your daily steps in! Meet at the Library for a walk to accumulate steps. One loop is 0.6 miles and 2 loops is 1.2 miles. Group will leave the library at 5:05pm.

Join us to wrap up our Get Fit Grimes Step Challenge. Team and Individual winners will be announced along with fun activities!

Explore the wonderful world of Orchids, Tillandsia and other Bromeliads.  Join us to learn about epiphytes (plants that don’t live in regular soil) and other unique plants.  We will discuss the various varieties and how to care for them.  We will also cover the basics on how to encourage your plants to re-bloom.

Please register.

Now is the time to prepare for a successful gardening season! Harness nature by collecting natural rainwater in a rain barrel, storing it until needed. This workshop will shed light on the proper way to care for and use a rain barrel, as well as how to make it visually appealing in your yard. Each registered participant will make a rain barrel free of charge and take it home at the end of the workshop. Space is limited; reserve your spot today!

Please register for this event.

If event is full, please check availability on one of our other dates:

March 30 Registration.

April 27 Registration.

Take this class and get started with composting! Composting is the best way to get natural fertilizer for your garden as well as reduce your carbon footprint. Master Gardener, Mamta, will be on hand to answer questions and help your composting be a success.

Please register here. 

Grimes Public Library is pleased to welcome back antique appraiser Mark Moran for a 3 hour antique appraising event! Mr. Moran will appraise 40 items ranging from vases to autographs, books and paintings to furniture.  Last year, Mr. Moran gave informal appraisals at the Grimes Library for 40 items ranging from $10 to $15,000 in value. This is a can’t miss show of the season! Spectators welcome.

Mr. Moran has over 20 years of appraisal experience and has co-authored more than 2 dozen books on antiques. He has appeared as a guest expert on “Antiques Roadshow” and has appraised antiques and collectibles at more than 1,000 events across the Midwest.

*Limit of 1 antique per person. Please read list of eligible items below before registering.

Appointments betwen 9 and 10am are full. Please choose another time.

Register here for an appraisal between 10am and 11am.  

Register here for an appraisal between 11am and 12pm.  

Accepted items:

Fine art, including paintings, drawings, prints and statuary.

Furniture (larger pieces may be viewed using images sent by email).

Ceramics, including figural pottery, vases, dishes, kitchenware and stoneware.

Glassware, including lighting, marbles and souvenir items.

Vintage photographs, including snapshots, tintypes, ambrotypes and daguerreotypes.

Advertising, including posters, lithographed tin, paper and figural objects.

Folk art, including carvings, quilts, weathervanes, windmill weights and “outsider” art.

Assorted toys, including dolls (bisque, composition and plastic), windups and mechanical banks.

Metalware, including iron, bronze, brass, pot metal, silver, silver plate.

Clocks, including mantel, hanging and figural.

Costume jewelry, including brooches, bracelets, earrings.
Antique and vintage lighting of all kinds. 
Musical instruments.
Sporting collectibles.
Books.

Excluded Items: All weapons, including swords and knives (though folding knives with advertising are accepted); traps (like leg-hold); coins and paper money; Nazi memorabilia; fine jewelry, including precious gems; Beanie Babies.

Please email jill@grimeslibrary.org for questions regarding eligible antiques.

Downton Abbey is BACK for one final show! To celebrate the release of Downton Abbey the movie on September 20, GPL is hosting a traditional English afternoon tea!

Come for tea and cakes and stay for a brief history of how English Tea Time has evolved over the last 200 years. Etiquette tips included!

Period dress for this event is encouraged! Space is limited, so Please register!

Join us after hours for life size Code Games!

Help your team identify the enemy before the assassin strikes!

Ages 18+

Make your own holiday herb and spice floating candles! These holiday shaped candles can float in bowls and jars and make a great seasonal addition to your home!

Ages 15+

Register here. 

Register a team of 1 – 4 players for 1 hour of intense Mario Kart Racing! Time slots are available in 1 hour increments between 10am and 4pm. Teams can register for 1 hour at each Mario Kart gaming station: Nintendo Switch on the TV, Wii on the TV, and Wii on the movie screen. Everyone is welcome to try out any of our Mario Bros activities located throughout the library all day!

No age limitations on this event so grab your friends and family, form a team, and call today to reserve your game time!

Call the library to register: 515-985-3551. Please have the names of your teammates ready when you call to register.