On the second and fourth Tuesday each month, the Pop-Up partners with All Faith’s Food Bank. It can be spotted at the Church of the Palms Food Pantry signing people up for library cards and checking out books!

This special storytime features baby sign language, rhymes, songs, books, and playtime.

Registration is not required. Attendance is first come, first serve as room capacity is limited. Please see youth staff the morning of the program.

For mobile babies to 5 years old. Drop in to enjoy a special uninterrupted playtime with your child in our FREE Partners in Play® (PIP) groups. Meet our friendly Parenting Educators and discover how play and learning go hand-in-hand.

This workshop is for those who are new to using a computer or want to build more confidence using Microsoft Windows.

Get ready for school with stories, activities, and socialization. Recommended for ages 3-5, but all ages are welcome as needed. 

Presented by SCORE mentor James Julius

SCORE is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and  partners with the U.S. Small Business Administration

Come get assistance with your genealogy research. Bring your questions!

For mobile babies to 5 years old. Drop in to enjoy a special uninterrupted playtime with your child in our FREE Partners in Play® (PIP) groups. Meet our friendly Parenting Educators and discover how play and learning go hand-in-hand.

Get ready to create: you bring the idea, we bring the tools! 

Join Sarasota Extension Services Master Gardeners for questions pertaining to Florida-friendly gardening, composting, and identifying insects.

Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person or distance appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

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

LAST Stop is a drop-in program designed for teens in 6th through 12th grade to participate in fun activities, talk with friends, have snacks, and play games.

Drop in during this one-hour session to meet certified pet therapy dogs from Suncoast Humane Society and their parents.

Meet therapy dogs and their owners.  Enjoy the benefits of spending time with therapy pets!

Come play Pokémon at the library. Bring your Pokémon cards from home to trade or play.

For children ages 5-12. Space is limited and registration is required.

A different project every week!

Ages 6+.

Teens and tweens can play video games with Wii, Switch and Playstation consoles.

Southwest Florida has always been a draw for people looking to get away, but the dark timeline of this part of the state has left a mark not easily wiped away.

Join us for Family Game Night in the Storytime Room on Tuesdays from 5 - 7.

Various board games/tabletop games will be available.

Movie Club is every 3rd Tuesday of each month.

Movie will begin promptly at 5:30pm.

Enjoy a movie with a short discussion afterwards about what you liked or disliked about the movie. There will be popcorn and snacks available.

Inside an ordinary library on a seemingly ordinary day, an ancient manuscript--hidden in a rarely-used back corner of the library--disappears, and a body is found in one of the book aisles. Who took the book? Why? Where is it now?