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Creation Station - Open Sewing Lab

10:00am - 12:00pm
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: Arts & Crafts, Creation Station
Details:
Use 1 of our 4 Brother sewing machines on Your Own Project. Must Know How to Sew. Machines available on first come first serve basis. ...

Health in Motion Bus

10:00am - 2:00pm
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Library Branch: Betty J. Johnson North Sarasota Library
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Healthy Living
Details:
Stop by the Health in Motion Bus to talk to a Nurse with the Florida Health Department with any questions you might have!   No appointment required.  ...

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Sarasota County prohibits discrimination in all services, programs or activities. View the complete policy at scgov.net/ADA.

Baby Rhyme & Sign

10:15am - 11:00am
Meeting Room B
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Library Branch: Gulf Gate Library
Room: Meeting Room B
Age Group: Babies (Birth to 1 year), Toddlers (1 to 3 years)
Program Type: Storytimes
Details:
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. ...

40 Carrots Partners in Play

10:15am - 11:15am
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: Lifelong Learning

For mobile babies to 5 years old. Drop in to enjoy special play time with your child, meet our friendly Parenting Educators and discover how Forty Carrots Family Center can help you enjoy parenting even more. Space is limited, pick up a ticket at the Youth Desk the day of the event.

Forty Carrots: Partners in Play

10:15am - 11:15am
Meeting Room II
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Library Branch: Betty J. Johnson North Sarasota Library
Room: Meeting Room II
Age Group: Babies (Birth to 1 year), Toddlers (1 to 3 years), Preschoolers (3 to 5 years)
Program Type: Lifelong Learning, Storytimes
Details:
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. Space is lim...

Quirky Readers Book Club

10:30am - 11:30am
Program Room
Registration Closed
Required
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Library Branch: Elsie Quirk Library
Room: Program Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Book Discussions, Discussion Groups, Lifelong Learning
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Details:
Looking to try something new and maybe make a friend or two?  Join the library book club!  Today we'll discuss the book, "Less" by Andrew Sean Greer Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2018), Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (2018), ...

Roots of Black Music in America

10:30am - 11:30am
Meeting Room
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Library Branch: Elsie Quirk Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Children (5 to 9 years), Tweens (9 to 12 years), Teens (13 to 18 years), Adults, Seniors, All Ages
Program Type: Adventure Begins at Your Library (Summer 2024), Lifelong Learning, Music in the Libraries, Performances
Details:
Enjoy a musical journey back through time with musical troubadour, Karlus Trapp. We'll wade in the water with some Negro spirituals, sample the music of Louie Armstrong, Scott Joplin, Cab Calloway, Harry Belafonte and more that influenced and laid th...

Too Cool Tuesdays: Stories with Friends

11:00am - 11:30am
Jack J. Geldbart Auditorium
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Library Branch: Selby Library
Room: Jack J. Geldbart Auditorium
Age Group: Preschoolers (3 to 5 years), Children (5 to 9 years)
Program Type: Adventure Begins at Your Library (Summer 2024), Storytimes
Details:
Get ready for school with stories, activities, and socialization. Recommended for ages 3-5, but all ages are welcome. Space is limited and available on a first come, first served basis. Come to the youth desk 30 minutes before the program to pick up ...

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Sarasota County prohibits discrimination in all services, programs or activities. View the complete policy at scgov.net/ADA.

Genealogy Assistance

11:00am - 1:00pm
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Library Branch: William H. Jervey Jr. Venice Library
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Genealogy
Details:
Come get assistance with your genealogy research. Bring your questions! ...

Forty Carrots: Partners in Play

12:00pm - 1:00pm
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: Lifelong Learning, Special Events
Details:
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. Space is limited...

Family Afternoon Movie!

12:00pm - 2:00pm
Storytime Room
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Library Branch: William H. Jervey Jr. Venice Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Toddlers (1 to 3 years), Preschoolers (3 to 5 years), Children (5 to 9 years), Tweens (9 to 12 years), Teens (13 to 18 years), Families
Program Type: Movies
Details:
Join us for an afternoon movie for the family: Sing (PG). Snacks and drinks will be available!   ...

Open Lab in the Creation Station

12:00pm - 2:00pm
Creation Station
Registration Closed
Required
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Library Branch: Selby Library
Room: Creation Station
Age Group: Children (5 to 9 years), Tweens (9 to 12 years), Teens (13 to 18 years), Adults, Seniors, Families
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Creation Station, Technology Instruction
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Details:
Get ready to create: you bring the idea, we bring the tools!  Come to Open Lab in the Creation Station to bring your design to life. Equipment includes Cricut, 3D printing, sewing machines, button makers, and more. Supplies and machines ...

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Sarasota County prohibits discrimination in all services, programs or activities. View the complete policy at scgov.net/ADA.

Fluid Acrylic Painting

1:00pm - 4:00pm
Meeting Room
Registration Closed
Required
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Library Branch: Shannon Staub Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Artists in the Libraries, Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Details:
Create paintings that flow, drip, and puddle with fluid acrylic painting! Sandy Koolkin will teach us this fun and mesmerizing process as part of our Artists in the Libraries series.  Please wear old clothes, as you will get paint on the...

Delicious Science with Sub Zero Ice Cream

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room
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Library Branch: Fruitville Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Children (5 to 9 years), Tweens (9 to 12 years), Teens (13 to 18 years), Families
Program Type: Adventure Begins at Your Library (Summer 2024), Lifelong Learning, Special Events
Details:
Ages 5 and up. Be a part of interactive scientific demonstrations of the power of liquid nitrogen. Then sample the delicious flash-frozen ice cream results. Limit 45 - Come to the youth desk starting one hour ahead for a ticket.    ...

Constellation Embroidery A

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Conference Room
Registration Closed
Required
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Library Branch: William H. Jervey Jr. Venice Library
Room: Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Creation Station
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 1
Details:
Join us for a little embroidery project and create a lovely little embroidery piece that will be put on display in the library for the month of July!  ~Registration Required~ Supplies provided, no experience required. There is also a se...

Tween Tuesday Takeover

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Learning Lab
Registration Closed
Required
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Library Branch: Gulf Gate Library
Room: Learning Lab
Age Group: Tweens (9 to 12 years)
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Creation Station
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Details:
Join other tweens this summer for a variety of crafts. Advance sign up is required. You must register for each date you wish to attend. Today's craft is Make Your Own Poki-Ball. ...

Paint like Georgia O'Keeffe

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Meeting Room AB
Registration Closed
Required
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Library Branch: Gulf Gate Library
Room: Meeting Room AB
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lectures
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Details:
Paint flowers like the artist Georgia O'Keeffe. Use canvas and pastels to achieve a 3-D effect. Basic shading guidelines will make your flowers pop! ...

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Sarasota County prohibits discrimination in all services, programs or activities. View the complete policy at scgov.net/ADA.

Tech Navigator

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Group Study Room
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Library Branch: Elsie Quirk Library
Room: Group Study Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors, All Ages
Program Type: Lifelong Learning, Technology Instruction, Virtual
Details:
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. Tech Navigator ser...

Read with the Dogs

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Youth Activity Room
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Library Branch: Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Preschoolers (3 to 5 years), Children (5 to 9 years), Tweens (9 to 12 years), Families
Program Type: Lifelong Learning, Special Events, Storytimes
Details:
Calling all families with readers! Our dog friends from the Suncoast Humane Society are returning to the Jacaranda Library, and they want you to read to them! These gentle furry friends are certified pet therapy dogs, and children are encoura...

Meet the Pups!

4:00pm - 5:00pm
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Library Branch: Selby Library
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Lifelong Learning, Healthy Living
Details:
Meet therapy dogs and their owners.  Enjoy the benefits of spending time with therapy pets! ...

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Sarasota County prohibits discrimination in all services, programs or activities. View the complete policy at scgov.net/ADA.

Tinker Tuesday

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Meeting Room II
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Library Branch: Betty J. Johnson North Sarasota Library
Room: Meeting Room II
Age Group: Children (5 to 9 years), Families
Program Type: Adventure Begins at Your Library (Summer 2024), Arts & Crafts, Creation Station, Lifelong Learning
Details:
A different project every week! Ages 6+. ...

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Gaming and Karaoke

4:00pm - 6:00pm
Teen Center
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Library Branch: Selby Library
Room: Teen Center
Age Group: Tweens (9 to 12 years), Teens (13 to 18 years)
Program Type: Games
Details:
Play Nintendo Switch games, board games, foosball and ping pong. Try some karaoke! ...

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Sarasota County prohibits discrimination in all services, programs or activities. View the complete policy at scgov.net/ADA.

Family Game Night

5:00pm - 7:00pm
Storytime Room
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Library Branch: William H. Jervey Jr. Venice Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Preschoolers (3 to 5 years), Children (5 to 9 years), Tweens (9 to 12 years)
Program Type: Games
Details:
Join us for Family Game Night in the Storytime Room on Tuesdays from 5 - 7. Various board games/tabletop games will be available. ...

Roustabout Film Showing

5:00pm - 7:00pm
Jack J. Geldbart Auditorium
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Library Branch: Selby Library
Room: Jack J. Geldbart Auditorium
Age Group: Adults, Seniors, Families
Program Type: Movies
Details:
Enjoy a screening of "Roustabout" (1964) featuring Elvis and local author Wilda Taylor. Wilda will be talking about her new book "My Tinsel Town Memoirs" on June 27th, so don't miss this chance to see her both live and on-screen at the Selby Public L...

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The Many Languages of Jennifer Croft

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Virtual Events
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lifelong Learning, Lectures, Virtual
Details:
“The Many Languages of Jennifer Croft” with Hermitage Fellow Jennifer Croft Tuesday, June 20 at 6:30 p.m. Presented in Partnership with Sarasota County Libraries, the Johann Fust Library Foundation, and Bookstore1. Due to potentially st...