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Socrates Cafe

1:30pm - 3:00pm
Library Branch: Fruitville Public Library
Room: Meeting Room - Fruitville Library
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Discussion Groups
Details:
Socrates Café is a gathering where people from different backgrounds get together and exchange thoughtful ideas and experiences while embracing the central theme of Socratic teaching; the idea that we learn. ...

"Comets: A Love Story" with NASA Solar System Ambassador Linda McKenna

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Virtual Events
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Educational, Virtual
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 45
Details:
Comets: A Love Story  This presentation revolves around a love story: love between a man and a woman, but also the love they shared for exploring the universe. This is a story of comets, craters, outer space and a man and woman ...

Intro to Android Smartphones

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Library Branch: Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Public Library
Room: Creation Station - Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Library
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Technology Instruction
Details:
Unfamiliar with your new phone? Here's a hint, if it's not an iPhone, it's an Android. Come learn the basics of setting up and operating smartphones running on Android-based operating systems. ...

Primary Readers Next Edition (LIVE)

4:00pm - 4:45pm
Registration
Library Branch: Virtual Events
Age Group: Tweens (9 to 12 years)
Program Type: Book Discussions, Discussion Groups, Educational, Virtual
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 14
Details:
This a monthly book club for tweens, looking for fun and exciting books to read and discuss with other kids. As with every Primary Readers, each book club will meet to discuss characters, themes and how it is applicable to their life. This mo...

E-Help with Bob

10:00am - 12:00pm
Library Branch: Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Public Library
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Technology Instruction
Details:
   Ask Bob, our local Windows expert, any questions about your PC or Laptop. ...

Forty Carrots: Partners in Play

10:15am - 11:15am
Library Branch: Selby Public Library
Room: Jack J. Geldbart Auditorium - Selby Library
Age Group: Babies (Birth to 1 year), Toddlers (1 to 3 years), Preschoolers (3 to 5 years)
Program Type: Educational, Health & Human Services
Details:
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 in the...

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

Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
Library Branch: Fruitville Public Library
Room: Meeting Room - Fruitville Library
Age Group: Babies (Birth to 1 year), Toddlers (1 to 3 years)
Program Type: Educational, Storytimes
Details:
For infants to five years, attending with caregiver. The storytime includes simple stories, nursery rhymes, songs, fingerplays, and crafts. Space is limited to 80 people. Free tickets are available at the youth desk beginning at 10 a.m. the morning o...

Roaming Readers (OUTSIDE)

10:30am - 11:30am
Registration
Library Branch: Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Public Library
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Book Discussions
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Details:
Let's walk and talk about books! We will meet at 10:30 a.m. to ensure our paperwork is in order (liability forms on file, etc), and then we will begin our route! We plan to walk over to Woodmere Park and explore their trail. ...

Lemon Bay Fest: Ecology of Englewood (Zoom)

11:00am - 12:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Virtual Events
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Educational, Lectures, Special Events, Virtual
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 30
Details:
Join Dr. Katherine Clements, Ecology and Natural Resources Educator for University of Florida/IFAS Extension Sarasota County on Zoom Live February 11, 2021 from 11 a.m. - noon as she and her guests discuss the Ecology of Englewood: then, now, and int...

Forty Carrots: Partners in Play

12:00pm - 1:00pm
Library Branch: Selby Public Library
Room: Jack J. Geldbart Auditorium - Selby Library
Age Group: Babies (Birth to 1 year), Toddlers (1 to 3 years), Preschoolers (3 to 5 years)
Program Type: Educational, Health & Human Services
Details:
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 in the...

Disclaimer(s)

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

Master Gardener Plant Clinic

1:30pm - 3:30pm
Library Branch: Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Public Library
Room: Conference Room - Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Library
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Educational, Environmental & Gardening
Details:
Sarasota County Extension Services Master Gardeners are here to help folks identify plants, flowers, etc. as well as care for them.  Get expert advice on your landscaping needs. ...

Virtual Dungeons and Dragons (LIVE)

4:00pm - 7:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Virtual Events
Age Group: Teens (13 to 18 years), Adults
Program Type: Games, Virtual
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Details:
  Play the classic role-playing game with a new group of players/adventurers. Overcome obstacles, defeat monsters, and discover long forgotten treasures. Dungeons & Dragons has helped hone critical and creative thinkin...

AARP Free Tax Help

10:30am - 3:30pm
Library Branch: Shannon Staub Public Library
Room: Meeting Room #159 - Shannon Staub Library
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Tax Help
Details:
AARP is providing free tax help. Due to Covid-19 restrictions and concerns, ALL taxpayers are required to make an appointment to have their documents dropped off. There will be no client/counselor face-to-face tax preparation; tax preparati...

Food Truck Fridays

11:30am - 2:00pm
Library Branch: Shannon Staub Public Library
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), Adults, Seniors, Families, All Ages
Program Type: Health & Human Services, Special Events
Details:
  Come on down to Shannon Staub Library and enjoy a delicious lunch from some of Southwest Florida's premier meals on wheels!  ...

Ask Jack

1:30pm - 3:30pm
Library Branch: Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Public Library
Room: Creation Station - Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Library
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Technology Instruction
Details:
TBA ...

Music on the Lawn - The Garbage-Men

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Registration
Library Branch: Fruitville Public Library
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Live Music
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 38
Details:
"Music on the Lawn" featuring The Garbage-Men Join us for an outdoor socially distanced live musical performance. This program will be held on the grassy lawn at the rear of the library building. Bring your hat and lawn chair along to en...

Lemon Bay Fest: Drive In Movie Night "Cracker: The Last Cowboys of Florida"

6:00pm - 8:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Elsie Quirk Public Library
Age Group: Teens (13 to 18 years), Adults, Seniors, Families
Program Type: Educational, Movies, Special Events
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 48
Details:
Take a step into the past with an old-fashioned drive-in movie.  Bring your own snacks and tune into the sound through your car's FM radio.  We ask that everyone remains in their vehicles throughout the show to maintain social distance.&nbs...

Alzheimer's Caregiver Bereavement Support Group (Live)

9:00am - 10:00am
Library Branch: Virtual Events
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Health & Human Services, Virtual
Details:
Alzheimer's Association support groups, conducted by trained facilitators, ara a safe place for people living with dementia and their care partners to:  -Develop a support system.                  ...

Conversation Cafe

10:30am - 12:00pm
Library Branch: Fruitville Public Library
Room: Conference Room - Fruitville Library
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Discussion Groups, Educational
Details:
Practice speaking English! Sponsored by the Literacy Council of Sarasota. Please call 941-955-0421 to register as an ESOL learner with the Literacy Council of Sarasota. ...

Genealogical Society of Sarasota Program

10:30am - 12:00pm
Library Branch: Virtual Events
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Discussion Groups, Educational, Genealogy, Lectures
Details:
The Genealogical Society of Sarasota will continue to host its programs in an online environment until we can safely return to the Geldbart Auditorium. Participants can expect expert information on a variety of genealogy subjects. Plea...

Countywide Teen Advisory Board (TAB) (Live)

3:00pm - 4:30pm
Registration
Library Branch: Virtual Events
Age Group: Tweens (9 to 12 years), Teens (13 to 18 years)
Program Type: Discussion Groups, Educational, Virtual, Volunteer Orientations & Programs
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 25
Details:
Join the Teen Advisory Board to help plan library programs for teens, earn Bright Futures scholarship hours, gain leadership experience and have fun with new friends. This virtual program will be hosted in Zoom. Once you register you will be sent ...

Disclaimer(s)

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

Lemon Bay Fest: Drive-in Movie Night "Patrick Smith's Florida: A Sense of Place"

6:00pm - 8:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Elsie Quirk Public Library
Age Group: Teens (13 to 18 years), Adults, Seniors, Families
Program Type: Educational, Movies, Special Events
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 48
Details:
Take a step into the past with an old-fashioned drive-in movie.  Bring your own snacks and tune into the sound through your car's FM radio.  We ask that everyone remains in their vehicles throughout the show to maintain social distance.&nbs...

Florida Humanities Council Talks At Home: Presidents in Crisis: Their Response, Their Resolve, Their Leadership (On Demand)

All Day
Library Branch: Virtual Events
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Educational, Lectures, Virtual
Details:
America has faced many crises, from its very beginning as a new nation, to the Civil War and Great Depression, to World War II, the Cold War, and 9/11. The presidents during these crisis events met the challenge in different ways, but each one exhibi...