Hours & Address
Monday - Friday: 10 am - 6 pm
Saturday: 10 am - 2 pm
Sunday: CLOSED
115 Drake Avenue
Centerville, Iowa 52544
Phone: 641-856-6676
Fax: 641-856-6135
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Centerville, IA - Drake Library
3 days 18 hours ago
Thursday is a creative day at the library! Adult Coloring Time is open at 1:30pm in the top floor meeting rooms and Create Crew for elementary kiddos starts right after school. Join us!
Centerville, IA - Drake Library
4 days 12 hours ago
Call us old fashioned, but we like a good cookbook around here! Check out just a few of the new cookbooks available on the New Releases shelf or in the Swab Reading Room under 641.5.
Centerville, IA - Drake Library
1 week 2 days ago
Well, hello to you too! It's a beautiful day to stop by the library for some book, audiobooks, magazines or DVDs! We open at 10am!
Centerville, IA - Drake Library
1 week 4 days ago
The House Appropriations Committee released its FY25 budget bill with a 15% cut to IMLS (the primary agency for library funding). It's time for library advocates to take action and tell Congress to #FundLibraries.
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Centerville, IA - Drake Library
2 weeks 2 days ago
Something to think about over the holiday weekend and every day!
Centerville, IA - Drake Library
2 weeks 3 days ago
Drake Public Library will be closed on Monday, September 2nd in observance of Labor Day. We will open again on Tuesday, September 3rd at 10am.
Centerville, IA - Drake Library
2 weeks 3 days ago
Free to anyone needing a good meal and information about local services.
Centerville, IA - Drake Library
2 weeks 3 days ago
Today at Drake Public Library, Adult Coloring will meet at 1:30pm in the top floor meeting rooms. Anyone over the age of 18 can participate. There are different levels of difficulty in coloring sheets available as well as marker and colored pencils. Or bring your own projects to work on in the quiet of our beautiful library. All are welcome!
Centerville, IA - Drake Library
2 weeks 4 days ago
September's Book Chat book selection is Eliza Starts a Rumor by Jane L. Rosen. Please let JeNel know if you will be new to the group and would like a copy reserved for you. They will be coming through inter library loan and will be expected to be here next Thursday or after. Also, if you will be at September's Book Chat book club, please bring an author's name that you would recommend for other participants, and we will choose one randomly for one future month's "Choose a Book by this Author" theme.
Centerville, IA - Drake Library
2 weeks 4 days ago
Today at Drake Public Library: Book Chat at 12:15 will discuss the book The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman. Friends of the Drake Public Library will meet at 5pm and are looking for "friends" who want to help with the Halloween Hustle fundraiser on the morning of Saturday, October 19.
Centerville, IA - Drake Library
2 weeks 5 days ago
Wednesday is a busy day for us. Book Chat will be meeting at 12:15 in the Swab Reading Room. If you are interested in our joining this book club, come on in. We also discuss what else we are reading or want to read. individually and as a group.
Friends of the Drake Public Library will be meeting at 5pm in the Conference Room. (Wouldn't it be great if we had to move the Friends meeting to a larger room?!)
Join us at Drake Public Library!
Friends of the Drake Public Library will be meeting at 5pm in the Conference Room. (Wouldn't it be great if we had to move the Friends meeting to a larger room?!)
Join us at Drake Public Library!
