May 27 2024 Mon LIBRARIES CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY All Day Closing May 27 2024 Mon Closing LIBRARIES CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY All Day Branches: Betty J. Johnson North Sarasota Library, Elsie Quirk Library, Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Library, Gulf Gate Library, North Port Library, Osprey Library and History Center, Selby Library, Shannon Staub Library, William H. Jervey Jr. Venice Library, Pop-Up Library Description: LIBRARIES CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY
This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. May 28 2024 Tue Cuban Rancho Heritage 2:00pm - 3:30pm Classroom A/B (both rooms) Registration Open Registration This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. May 28 2024 Tue Cuban Rancho Heritage 2:00pm - 3:30pm Classroom A/B (both rooms) Registration Open Library Branch: Osprey Library and History Center Room: Classroom A/B (both rooms) Age Group: Adults, Seniors Program Type: Cultural Life, Green Living, History & Culture, Lectures, Lifelong Learning Registration Required Seats Remaining: 11 Details: Cuban Rancho Heritage Presented by Sara Alvarez, Education and Volunteer Specialist, Natural Resources Department, Manatee County Government
This event is in the "Teens (13 to 18 years)" group. This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. May 29 2024 Wed Florida-Friendly Landscaping for the Bees of Sarasota 2:00pm - 3:00pm Meeting Room Registration Open Registration This event is in the "Teens (13 to 18 years)" group. This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. May 29 2024 Wed Florida-Friendly Landscaping for the Bees of Sarasota 2:00pm - 3:00pm Meeting Room Registration Open Library Branch: Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Library Room: Meeting Room Age Group: Teens (13 to 18 years), Adults, Seniors Program Type: Green Living, Lectures, Special Events Registration Required Seats Remaining: 70 Details: Learn about key native and non-native bee species in Florida and the plants they favor as pollinators.
This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. Jun 7 2024 Fri Digital Literacy Workshop: Misinformation and Disinformation 2:00pm - 4:00pm Meeting Room This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. Jun 7 2024 Fri Digital Literacy Workshop: Misinformation and Disinformation 2:00pm - 4:00pm Meeting Room Library Branch: Shannon Staub Library Room: Meeting Room Age Group: Adults, Seniors Program Type: Lectures, Lifelong Learning, Technology Instruction Details: Misinformation and disinformation isn't new, from pre-Revolutionary era falsehoods and errors to the yellow journalism of the 1890s to the current age of social
This event is in the "All Ages" group. Jun 8 2024 Sat SRQCon 2024 11:00am - 4:00pm This event is in the "All Ages" group. Jun 8 2024 Sat SRQCon 2024 11:00am - 4:00pm Library Branch: Selby Library Age Group: All Ages Program Type: Adventure Begins at Your Library (Summer 2024), Art Displays & Exhibits, Arts & Crafts, Author Event, Book Discussions, Creation Station, Games, Lectures, Lifelong Learning, Movies, Outreach, Performances, Special Events Details: Save the date for Selby Library's annual pop culture convention returning on June 8! Selby Library'
This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. Jun 10 2024 Mon Practical Wine Know-How 2:00pm - 3:00pm Veranda Room Registration Open Registration This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. Jun 10 2024 Mon Practical Wine Know-How 2:00pm - 3:00pm Veranda Room Registration Open Library Branch: North Port Library Room: Veranda Room Age Group: Adults, Seniors Program Type: Cultural Life, History & Culture, Lectures, Lifelong Learning Registration Required Seats Remaining: 35 Details: From sipping to storing, learn the fundamentals of tasting, buying, and entertaining with wine.
This event is in the "Adults" group. Jun 11 2024 Tue Lecture: David Levy Yulee: Father of the Florida Railroad 2:00pm - 3:30pm Meeting Room A This event is in the "Adults" group. Jun 11 2024 Tue Lecture: David Levy Yulee: Father of the Florida Railroad 2:00pm - 3:30pm Meeting Room A Library Branch: Gulf Gate Library Room: Meeting Room A Age Group: Adults Program Type: Adventure Begins at Your Library (Summer 2024), Lectures Details: David Levy Yulee, often called the “Father of Florida Statehood” and the “Father of Florida Railroads,” was a complicated man, in his personal and professional life.
This event is in the "Adults" group. Jun 12 2024 Wed Having Fun, Wish You Were Here! --- Florida's History Through Postcards 2:00pm - 3:00pm Meeting Room Registration Open Registration This event is in the "Adults" group. Jun 12 2024 Wed Having Fun, Wish You Were Here! --- Florida's History Through Postcards 2:00pm - 3:00pm Meeting Room Registration Open Library Branch: Fruitville Library Room: Meeting Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Active Older Adult Living, Adventure Begins at Your Library (Summer 2024), History & Culture, Lectures, Lifelong Learning Registration Required Seats Remaining: 32 Details: "An Illustrated History of the Postcard in Florida" presented by Liz Coursen a Sarasota award-winning author and editor. Join us as Liz Coursen takes us on a "Illustrated History of Postcards in Florida.", First restricted by
This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. Jun 18 2024 Tue Travelogues with Jane Mahler: Dalmatian Coast 10:30am - 12:00pm Meeting Room This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. Jun 18 2024 Tue Travelogues with Jane Mahler: Dalmatian Coast 10:30am - 12:00pm Meeting Room Library Branch: Elsie Quirk Library Room: Meeting Room Age Group: Adults, Seniors Program Type: Adventure Begins at Your Library (Summer 2024), Cultural Life, History & Culture, Lectures, Lifelong Learning Details: Join world adventurer, Jane Mahler, for a lecture exploring her travels in the countries that used to be Yugoslavia.
This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. Jun 18 2024 Tue Designing for the Sunshine State: How Creative Architecture Made Florida More Livable 2:00pm - 3:30pm Classroom A/B (both rooms) Registration This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. Jun 18 2024 Tue Designing for the Sunshine State: How Creative Architecture Made Florida More Livable 2:00pm - 3:30pm Classroom A/B (both rooms) Library Branch: Osprey Library and History Center Room: Classroom A/B (both rooms) Age Group: Adults, Seniors Program Type: Cultural Life, Green Living, History & Culture, Lectures, Lifelong Learning Registration Required Seats Remaining: 50 Details: Designing for the Sunshine State: How Creative Architecture Made Florida More Livable Presented by:
This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. Jun 18 2024 Tue Lecture: Citrus Labels in Florida: Signs of the Times 2:00pm - 3:30pm Meeting Room A This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. Jun 18 2024 Tue Lecture: Citrus Labels in Florida: Signs of the Times 2:00pm - 3:30pm Meeting Room A Library Branch: Gulf Gate Library Room: Meeting Room A Age Group: Adults, Seniors Program Type: Lectures, Lifelong Learning, Special Events Details: Award-winning Sarasota author Liz Coursen will discuss how the brightly colored citrus and vegetable crate labels used by both Florida and California farmers mirrored America’s prevailing pre-World War II attitudes about race and gender, health an
This event is in the "Teens (13 to 18 years)" group. This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. Jun 20 2024 Thu Having Fun, Wish You Were Here! An Illustrated History of the Postcard in Florida 2:00pm - 3:30pm Classroom A/B (both rooms) Registration This event is in the "Teens (13 to 18 years)" group. This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. Jun 20 2024 Thu Having Fun, Wish You Were Here! An Illustrated History of the Postcard in Florida 2:00pm - 3:30pm Classroom A/B (both rooms) Library Branch: Osprey Library and History Center Room: Classroom A/B (both rooms) Age Group: Teens (13 to 18 years), Adults, Seniors Program Type: Active Older Adult Living, Adventure Begins at Your Library (Summer 2024), Cultural Life, History & Culture, Lectures Registration Required Seats Remaining: 30 Details: Come take a trip - a trip back to a time, beginning when Florida was a backwoods swamp in the 1900s through its transformation into a vacation paradise in the 1950s as told by vintage postcards.
This event is in the "Adults" group. Jun 26 2024 Wed History Program- Guiding Light, Florida's Famous Lighthouses 2:00pm - 3:00pm Meeting Room Registration Open Registration This event is in the "Adults" group. Jun 26 2024 Wed History Program- Guiding Light, Florida's Famous Lighthouses 2:00pm - 3:00pm Meeting Room Registration Open Library Branch: Fruitville Library Room: Meeting Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Adventure Begins at Your Library (Summer 2024), History & Culture, Lectures, Lifelong Learning Registration Required Seats Remaining: 34 Details: Sarasota award-winning author and editor, Liz Coursen, presents a richly illustrated, fast-paced program featuring Florida's most famous lighthouses.
This event is in the "Teens (13 to 18 years)" group. This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. Jun 27 2024 Thu Shade in the Sunshine State: Reflections on Segregation in Florida 2:00pm - 3:30pm Classroom A/B (both rooms) Registration Open Registration This event is in the "Teens (13 to 18 years)" group. This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. Jun 27 2024 Thu Shade in the Sunshine State: Reflections on Segregation in Florida 2:00pm - 3:30pm Classroom A/B (both rooms) Registration Open Library Branch: Osprey Library and History Center Room: Classroom A/B (both rooms) Age Group: Teens (13 to 18 years), Adults, Seniors Program Type: Active Older Adult Living, Adventure Begins at Your Library (Summer 2024), Cultural Life, History & Culture, Lectures, Lifelong Learning Registration Required Seats Remaining: 29 Details: If you're like most Americans, when someone asks you to name a "southern" state, chances are good that places like Mississippi, Georgia, or Alabama will come to mind.
This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. Jun 28 2024 Fri Travelogue: Dalmatian Coast 2:00pm - 3:30pm Community Room Registration Open Registration This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. Jun 28 2024 Fri Travelogue: Dalmatian Coast 2:00pm - 3:30pm Community Room Registration Open Library Branch: William H. Jervey Jr. Venice Library Room: Community Room Age Group: Adults, Seniors Program Type: Active Older Adult Living, Adventure Begins at Your Library (Summer 2024), Cultural Life, Healthy Living, History & Culture, Lectures, Lifelong Learning Registration Required Seats Remaining: 108 Details: The Ancient and Classical Antiquity of the Dalmatian Coast: Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, and Bosnia & Herzegovina as experienced by Jane Mahler. This session will explore travels in the countries that used to be Yugoslavia.
Jul 4 2024 Thu LIBRARIES CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY All Day Closing Jul 4 2024 Thu Closing LIBRARIES CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY All Day Branches: Betty J. Johnson North Sarasota Library, Elsie Quirk Library, Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Library, Fruitville Library, Gulf Gate Library, North Port Library, Osprey Library and History Center, Selby Library, Shannon Staub Library, William H. Jervey Jr. Venice Library, Pop-Up Library Description: LIBRARIES CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY
This event is in the "Teens (13 to 18 years)" group. This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. Jul 11 2024 Thu Fascinating Stories from our National Parks 2:00pm - 3:00pm Meeting Room This event is in the "Teens (13 to 18 years)" group. This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. Jul 11 2024 Thu Fascinating Stories from our National Parks 2:00pm - 3:00pm Meeting Room Library Branch: Elsie Quirk Library Room: Meeting Room Age Group: Teens (13 to 18 years), Adults, Seniors Program Type: Adventure Begins at Your Library (Summer 2024), Green Living, Lectures Details: Do you know which national parks are associated with President Lincoln's assassination? What's the most visited national park - and its controversial history? That there's a park where taking a bath is a common activity?
This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. Jul 16 2024 Tue Travelogues with Jane Mahler: Africa, Part 1 10:30am - 12:00pm Meeting Room This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. Jul 16 2024 Tue Travelogues with Jane Mahler: Africa, Part 1 10:30am - 12:00pm Meeting Room Library Branch: Elsie Quirk Library Room: Meeting Room Age Group: Adults, Seniors Program Type: Adventure Begins at Your Library (Summer 2024), Cultural Life, Lectures Details: Join world adventurer, Jane Mahler, for a lecture exploring Amboseli National Park, Kenya, and Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. Amboseli National Park has the most elephants of all the parks in Kenya, including some of the oldest.
This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. Jul 16 2024 Tue Yes, You! An Entertaining Autobiography in Three Easy Steps 2:00pm - 3:30pm Meeting Room A This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. Jul 16 2024 Tue Yes, You! An Entertaining Autobiography in Three Easy Steps 2:00pm - 3:30pm Meeting Room A Library Branch: Gulf Gate Library Room: Meeting Room A Age Group: Adults, Seniors Program Type: Lectures, Lifelong Learning, Special Events Details: Have you ever thought about writing a memoir, but didn’t know where to begin? What stories are "must-haves," and what could be (and should be) left out?
This event is in the "Teens (13 to 18 years)" group. This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. Jul 18 2024 Thu Taking the Waters: A History of Florida's Most Famous Springs 2:00pm - 3:30pm Classroom A/B (both rooms) Registration This event is in the "Teens (13 to 18 years)" group. This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. Jul 18 2024 Thu Taking the Waters: A History of Florida's Most Famous Springs 2:00pm - 3:30pm Classroom A/B (both rooms) Library Branch: Osprey Library and History Center Room: Classroom A/B (both rooms) Age Group: Teens (13 to 18 years), Adults, Seniors Program Type: Active Older Adult Living, Adventure Begins at Your Library (Summer 2024), History & Culture, Lectures, Lifelong Learning Registration Required Seats Remaining: 29 Details: From Ponce de Leon to the caravans of RVs that ply our highways, tourists visit the Sunshine State for many reasons, including the health benefits they hope to find here.
This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. Jul 19 2024 Fri Travelogue: Sri Lanka 2:00pm - 3:30pm Community Room Registration Open Registration This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. Jul 19 2024 Fri Travelogue: Sri Lanka 2:00pm - 3:30pm Community Room Registration Open Library Branch: William H. Jervey Jr. Venice Library Room: Community Room Age Group: Adults, Seniors Program Type: Active Older Adult Living, Adventure Begins at Your Library (Summer 2024), Cultural Life, Healthy Living, History & Culture, Lectures, Lifelong Learning Registration Required Seats Remaining: 115 Details: Sri Lanka, the land of serendipity and Pearl of the Indian Ocean, is the oldest continuous Buddhist country in the world. There are ancient Buddhist ruins, tea plantations, beautiful beaches, amazing wildlife, the world’s oldest human-plante
This event is in the "Teens (13 to 18 years)" group. This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. Jul 22 2024 Mon What's So Funny? Adding Humor to Your Stories and Presentations 4:00pm - 5:00pm Veranda Room Registration Open Registration This event is in the "Teens (13 to 18 years)" group. This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. Jul 22 2024 Mon What's So Funny? Adding Humor to Your Stories and Presentations 4:00pm - 5:00pm Veranda Room Registration Open Library Branch: North Port Library Room: Veranda Room Age Group: Teens (13 to 18 years), Adults, Seniors Program Type: Adventure Begins at Your Library (Summer 2024), Lectures, Lifelong Learning, Special Events Registration Required Seats Remaining: 36 Details: Everyone loves a funny story - or a funny storyteller - or a story with funny characters - or just a good laugh. This workshop offers strategies and tips for adding humor to your story or your presentation or both.
This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. Jul 25 2024 Thu Green Living: Tips for Becoming More Sustainable 2:00pm - 3:00pm Meeting Room This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. Jul 25 2024 Thu Green Living: Tips for Becoming More Sustainable 2:00pm - 3:00pm Meeting Room Library Branch: Shannon Staub Library Room: Meeting Room Age Group: Adults, Seniors Program Type: Green Living, Lectures, Lifelong Learning Details: Learn ways you can live more sustainably that work best for you.
This event is in the "Teens (13 to 18 years)" group. This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. Jul 25 2024 Thu The Rosenwald Schools of Florida 2:00pm - 3:30pm Classroom A/B (both rooms) Registration This event is in the "Teens (13 to 18 years)" group. This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Seniors" group. Jul 25 2024 Thu The Rosenwald Schools of Florida 2:00pm - 3:30pm Classroom A/B (both rooms) Library Branch: Osprey Library and History Center Room: Classroom A/B (both rooms) Age Group: Teens (13 to 18 years), Adults, Seniors Program Type: Active Older Adult Living, Adventure Begins at Your Library (Summer 2024), History & Culture, Lectures, Lifelong Learning Registration Required Seats Remaining: 30 Details: In 1911, Booker T. Washington, principal of the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama, met Julius Rosenwald, Chicago philanthropist and CEO of Sears, Roebuck. Mr. Washington managed to convince Mr.