Week Calendar

Rise & SHINE - a Kitchen Table series where you can learn about Medicare and enjoy your favorite cup of brew! Learn about Medicare Advantage options as well as the opportunity to make a change during the MA-OEP January - March 2021. 

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.

For mobile babies to 5 years old.

Learn to knit or crochet! All ages and skill levels welcome! It is recommended to bring your own yarn and needles. Instructor-supplied yarns remain with the instructor weekly until piece is completed.

Watch the Livestream of these events at 

 Ask Bob, our local Windows expert, any questions about your PC or Laptop.

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.

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.

Join us in the Reading Garden for storytrails, live stories, a scavenger hunt, and take-home crafts.

STORYTIME IS BACK! And this time we're headed for the great outdoors. We've missed our storytime friends and can't wait to see you again! Join us on the front patio for a morning filled with stories, songs, and a craft. 

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.

Enjoy special uninterrupted play time with your child in our drop-in FREE Partners In Play® (PIP) parenting education groups.

Meet friends and share fun learning experiences in science, reading, music and more in these Live Zoom programs. Build confidence and attention skills for online classes and the professional world of the future while sparking curios

Come on down to Shannon Staub Library and enjoy a delicious lunch from some of Southwest Florida's premier meals on wheels! 

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Learn how to start your own seedlings at home.

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.

For mobile babies to 5 years old.

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.

Learn about Google tools that can help you work and stay productive no matter where you are.

Open time for questions, sharing solutions

Bring your device and library staff will try to answer your questions in an informal group setting.
 

Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through a live, virtual appointment. 

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.

Willa Knox has always prided herself on being the embodiment of responsibility for her family.

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Join us for Blues on the Lawn at Fruitville Public Library.  This will be an outdoor socially distanced live musical performance.

Want to learn how to start photographing the night sky? Join NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador Mark A. Brown as he provides a very broad introduction to the basics of astrophotography.

Do you want to improve your cognitive skills? Perhaps you are looking for a new pastime? Learn chess strategies and improve your cognitive thinking with an expert chess coach on Brainfuse!

Join us online for a virtual intro to 3D design!

Learn to knit or crochet! All ages and skill levels welcome! It is recommended to bring your own yarn and needles. Instructor-supplied yarns remain with the instructor weekly until piece is completed.

Do you want to share your anime/manga obsession with other Otaku? Come to the club! We will enjoy talking about Japanese culture, eating Japanese snacks, and of course, watching anime!

A different project every week!

Ages 6+. 

Hola!  Join us for an evening of learning intermediate Spanish grammar and vocabulary and practicing conversational skills. 

Play the classic role-playing game with a new group of players/adventurers.

Enjoy a FREE socially distanced movie on the front lawn of the library. Bring a blanket or lawn chair, get comfy, and enjoy!

Masks are encouraged.

This month we will be reading and discussing "The Little Red Chairs" by Edna O'Brien.

Time Sifters Archaeology Society present monthly lecture programs.

What makes winter nights cozier than hot chocolate? This class will level up your favorite drink with a decedent dessert board.