Upcoming Events

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.

This program is a unique and sustainable way to explore your creativity and imagination.

Join Teresa as she teaches the art of origami. She likes to create items to decorate a home or to give away as a gift. She brings in her own extra work as examples and sometimes to give away.

The Death Cafe returns to the Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Library every third Saturday of the month! Join us for an open discussion about death and life, dying, end-of life topics and their place in our lives. Come and share.

All materials will be provided, including watercolor paints, brushes, and paper. Just bring your enthusiasm and creative spirit! 

Walk-ins are welcome, so drop by anytime during our program hours to participate.

Get genealogy research assistance from experienced and knowledgeable volunteers.

Bring your questions!

Join us on Mondays of the month for adult coloring!  We supply the coloring pages and the pencils. Snacks will be provided by the Friends of the Gulf Gate Library. Hope to see you there.

If you like writing your own pieces or would like to grow your creativity, come join us for our Teen Writers Club!  Enhance your writing skills, participate in free-writing exercises and get feedback on written work.

Get expert and experienced genealogy research assistance.

Bring your questions

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

A different project every week!

Recommended for ages 6 and up.

Want to play chess? Can’t find someone or somewhere to play? 

Open to chess players of all ages and abilities. Chess experience is recommended.

First & Fourth Tuesday of every month. 5 - 7 p.m.

Join us at the Fruitville Library with your knit/crochet projects. All ages and skills are welcome. Supplies and knowledgeable members are on hand to help anyone interested in learning to knit or crochet. 

Preschoolers, kindergarteners, and their families can enjoy loosely structured play with a variety of rotating toys and activities in our Story Time Room.

Children ages 2-8 and their caregivers are invited for Wednesday morning free-play time, with an assortment of toys and props to inspire the young imagination! Drop-in anytime between 10:30am and 11:30am.

Come and get one-on-one genealogy research assistance with expert experienced volunteers.

Bring your questions!

Join us at the North Port Library for storytime!  Songs, crafts and stories guaranteed! 

Everyone is welcome to the open-topic discussions of the Socrates Cafe.

Through Tobacco Free Florida’s Quit Your Way Program, Gulfcoast South AHEC (GSAHEC) offers free Group Quit sessions to tobacco users free of charge.

Work on your own creations or build as a team. We provide the LEGO® bricks, you provide the imagination.

For infants to five years, attending with caregiver. The storytime includes simple stories, nursery rhymes, songs, fingerplays, and crafts. Space is limited. Free tickets are available at the youth desk beginning at 10 a.m.

For ages 2-5. Join us for story time filled with a variety of early literacy activities that include music, stories, movement, crafts and school readiness.