Name: Great Decisions Group Discussion
Start: 2020-02-03T10:00:00-05:00
End: 2020-02-03T12:00:00-05:00
Location: William H. Jervey Jr. Venice Library

Great Decisions Group Discussion

10:00am - 12:00pm

Community Room

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Library Branch: William H. Jervey Jr. Venice Library

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Discussion Groups

Details:

February 3 Topic: China's Road Into Latin America The Great Decisions Group discusses timely international topics during eight Monday morning meetings from February 3 through March 30 (excluding Presidents Day). The group bases their di...

Master Gardener Plant Clinic

10:00am - 12:00pm

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Library Branch: Gulf Gate Library

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Green Living

Details:

Want to learn more about Florida-Friendly gardens, composting, or citrus trees? Need a plant or insect identified? On the first and third Monday mornings of every month, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Gulf Gate Library hosts the Master Gardener Plant...

OverDrive and cloudLibrary Help Desk

10:00am - 12:00pm

Study Room 1

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Library Branch: Gulf Gate Library

Room: Study Room 1

Age Group: Adults, Seniors

Program Type: Discussion Groups, Technology Instruction

Details:

Drop in to get assistance with and ask questions about downloading library books to your computer and other devices, such as the Kindle, Nook, iPad, iPod, iPhone and Android phones and tablets. Please check in at the Reference Desk when you arrive...

SHINE Counseling

10:00am - 2:00pm

Conference Room

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Library Branch: Fruitville Library

Room: Conference Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Healthy Living

Details:

SHINE counselors provide free, unbiased and confidential counseling to Medicare beneficiaries, their caregivers and those soon to be eligible. To locate a SHINE counseling site or community event near you visit www.floridashine.org or call the Elder...

Reservation

SunCoast Blood Bank

10:00am - 2:00pm

Rotunda

This is not a library sponsored event.

Library Location: Selby Library

Room: Rotunda

Purpose of Meeting

To collect blood for donation to the community when it needs it. ...

SHINE MEDICARE

10:00am - 4:00pm

Creation Station

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Library Branch: North Port Library

Room: Creation Station

Age Group: Adults, Seniors

Program Type: Healthy Living

Details:

Free unbiased counseling for Medicare from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. For Medicare appointments call the Elder Help Line at 1-866-413-5337 to request a referral to a SHINE Medicare Counselor. ...

Disclaimer(s)

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Forty Carrots Partners in Play

10:15am - 11:15am

Storytime Room

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Library Branch: William H. Jervey Jr. Venice Library

Room: Storytime Room

Age Group: Babies (Birth to 1 year), Toddlers (1 to 3 years)

Program Type: Special Events

Details:

Enjoy special uninterrupted play time with your child in our drop-in FREE Partners In Play® (PIP) parenting education groups. Meet our Friendly Parenting Educators and discover how Forty Carrots can help you enhance your parenting skills even more. H...

Forty Carrots: Partners In Play®

10:15am - 11:15am

Program Room

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Library Branch: Elsie Quirk Library

Room: Program Room

Age Group: Babies (Birth to 1 year), Toddlers (1 to 3 years)

Program Type: Lifelong Learning, Storytimes

Details:

Enjoy special uninterrupted play time with your child in our drop-in FREE Partners In Play® (PIP) parenting education groups. Meet our Friendly Parenting Educators and discover how Forty Carrots can help you enhance your parenting skills even more. H...

The History Club Presents: Count Rumford, a Historic Overview

10:15am - 11:45am

Meeting Room A

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Library Branch: Gulf Gate Library

Room: Meeting Room A

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Lifelong Learning, Lectures

Details:

Benjamin Thompson was born a poor colonial Massachusetts farm boy. He had a remarkable life which included being a Loyalist spy and soldier, an important scientist and inventor, the head of the Bavarian Army, and the co-founder of the Roya...

Genealogy Basics, Part 1

10:15am - 12:15pm

Learning Lab

Registration Closed

Required

Registration Closed

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Library Branch: Gulf Gate Library

Room: Learning Lab

Age Group: Adults, Seniors

Program Type: Lifelong Learning, Genealogy, Technology Instruction

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: 2

Details:

This computer-based genealogy course covers the following topics: why study genealogy; how to get started; what sources are available; and how to organize and present your research. Students will start researching their family history using the Libra...

Lemon Bay Fest: Native Plants for Birds

10:30am - 11:30am

Meeting Room

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Library Branch: Elsie Quirk Library

Room: Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Lifelong Learning, Special Events

Details:

Learn how to attract songbirds to your yard with native plants from the Sarasota County UF/IFAS Extension unit. Lemon Bay Fest programs are sponsored by the Friends of Elsie Quirk Library ...

Story Time

10:30am - 11:30am

Veranda Room

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Library Branch: North Port Library

Room: Veranda Room

Age Group: Babies (Birth to 1 year), Toddlers (1 to 3 years), Preschoolers (3 to 5 years)

Program Type: Storytimes

Details:

Join us for stories,songs,rhymes,crafts and other fun activities for the whole family! ...

Literacy Council of Sarasota - ESOL Class

10:30am - 12:00pm

Meeting Room II

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Library Branch: Betty J. Johnson North Sarasota Library

Room: Meeting Room II

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Lifelong Learning

Details:

The Literacy Council of Sarasota - English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Class Registration required through The Literacy Council of Sarasota. ...

AARP Tax Aide

10:30am - 2:30pm

Creation Station

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Library Branch: Elsie Quirk Library

Room: Creation Station

Age Group: Adults, Seniors

Program Type: Tax Help

Details:

AARP Foundation Tax-Aide offers free assistance for federal returns. By appointment only. You must schedule your appointment in person at Elsie Quirk Library's front desk. ...

Forty Carrots Partners in Play

11:45am - 12:45pm

Storytime Room

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Library Branch: William H. Jervey Jr. Venice Library

Room: Storytime Room

Age Group: Babies (Birth to 1 year), Toddlers (1 to 3 years)

Program Type: Special Events

Details:

Enjoy special uninterrupted play time with your child in our drop-in FREE Partners In Play® (PIP) parenting education groups. Meet our Friendly Parenting Educators and discover how Forty Carrots can help you enhance your parenting skills even more. H...

Forty Carrots: Partners In Play®

11:45am - 12:45pm

Program Room

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Library Branch: Elsie Quirk Library

Room: Program Room

Age Group: Babies (Birth to 1 year), Toddlers (1 to 3 years)

Program Type: Lifelong Learning, Storytimes

Details:

Enjoy special uninterrupted play time with your child in our drop-in FREE Partners In Play® (PIP) parenting education groups. Meet our Friendly Parenting Educators and discover how Forty Carrots can help you enhance your parenting skills even more. H...

VPL Chess Club

1:00pm - 5:00pm

Conference Room

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Library Branch: William H. Jervey Jr. Venice Library

Room: Conference Room

Age Group: Teens (13 to 18 years), Adults

Program Type: Clubs, Lifelong Learning, Games

Details:

VPL patrons playing chess and teaching the game to others ...

Adult Creation Station Workshop: 3D Object Design

2:00pm - 3:30pm

Conference Room

Registration Closed

Required

Registration Closed

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Library Branch: Shannon Staub Library

Room: Conference Room

Age Group: Adults, Seniors

Program Type: Creation Station

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: 1

Details:

Each monthly session explores a different piece of creation station equipment. This month we will use Tinkercad to design a phone or tablet stand that can be printed on our 3D printer! All supplies provided. ...

Lemon Bay Fest: Patrick Smith's Florida: A Sense of Place

2:00pm - 4:00pm

Meeting Room

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Library Branch: Elsie Quirk Library

Room: Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults, Seniors

Program Type: Lifelong Learning, Movies, Special Events

Details:

This film includes fascinating stories of Patrick Smith's life, adventures, experiences and Florida's past which led the author to write his novel, "A Land Remembered". Lemon Bay Fest programs are sponsored by the Friends of Elsie Quirk Library...

AARP Tax Help

2:00pm - 6:00pm

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Library Branch: Selby Library

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Tax Help

Details:

AARP Foundation Tax-Aide offers free assistance for federal returns. ...

After School Excitement

2:30pm - 4:30pm

Registration Closed

Required

Registration Closed

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Library Branch: North Port Library

Age Group: Tweens (9 to 12 years), Teens (13 to 18 years)

Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Clubs, Creation Station, Discussion Groups, Lifelong Learning, Games, Movies, Special Events

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: 25

Details:

Come create, play, or just relax at the library after school. Our Teen Room is open from 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. when school is in session for registered teens and tweens in grades 6 - 12. Participants have access to our board and video gam...

Teen Room

2:30pm - 4:30pm

Dr. Edward James II Meeting Room

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Library Branch: Betty J. Johnson North Sarasota Library

Room: Dr. Edward James II Meeting Room

Age Group: Tweens (9 to 12 years), Teens (13 to 18 years)

Program Type: Clubs

Details:

Teens in grades 6 through 12 are welcome to hang out, play games, and more. ...

Teen Board Games

2:30pm - 5:00pm

Teen Room

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Library Branch: William H. Jervey Jr. Venice Library

Room: Teen Room

Age Group: Tweens (9 to 12 years), Teens (13 to 18 years)

Program Type: Creation Station, Lifelong Learning, Games

Details:

Come to the teen room and choose from a variety of board Games like Apples to Apples, Balderdash, Uno, Scattergories, Scrabble, and more. ...

AARP Income Tax Assistance

3:00pm - 7:00pm

Meeting Room A

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Library Branch: Gulf Gate Library

Room: Meeting Room A

Age Group: All Ages

Program Type: Tax Help

Details:

Volunteers from the AARP Tax Aide Program will be available for free individual tax preparation and e-filing. Any age/income level welcome. Please bring a photo ID (required), and any other documents that apply. ...

LEGOs at the Library

3:00pm - 7:00pm

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Library Branch: William H. Jervey Jr. Venice Library

Age Group: Babies (Birth to 1 year), Toddlers (1 to 3 years), Preschoolers (3 to 5 years), Children (5 to 9 years), Tweens (9 to 12 years), Families

Program Type: Games

Details:

4:30pm - 7:30pm

Creation Station

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Library Branch: Selby Library

Room: Creation Station

Age Group: Tweens (9 to 12 years), Teens (13 to 18 years), Adults, Seniors

Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Creation Station, Technology Instruction

Details:

Self-guided time in the Creation Station. use our Adobe/ Mac software, sewing machines, craft supplies and more for your own personal projects. ...

Chess Club

5:00pm - 7:00pm

Meeting Room

Registration Closed

Required

Registration Closed

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Library Branch: Shannon Staub Library

5:30pm - 7:00pm

Creation Station

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Library Branch: Elsie Quirk Library

Room: Creation Station

Age Group: Teens (13 to 18 years), Adults

Program Type: Lifelong Learning, Spanish/En Español

Details:

This class is for Spanish speakers, who want to improve their English skills in speaking, and understanding English, with emphasis on correct pronunciation. Students must be able to speak some basic English. Class meets once a week, Monday evenings, ...