Week Calendar

Rise and SHINE - Join SHINE from your kitchen table as we talk about Financial Assistance. Are you living on a fixed income? You might be eligible to save money, join us to learn about cost-saving programs. 

Come to Selby Public Library and pick up a craft kit to make a paper design inspired by quilt designs from Gee's Bend. Kits include cardstock, a variety of colored paper, and instructions.

Come to Selby Public Library and pick up a craft kit to make a paper design inspired by quilt designs from Gee's Bend. Kits include cardstock, a variety of colored paper, and instructions.

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.

Come to Selby Public Library and pick up a craft kit to make a paper design inspired by quilt designs from Gee's Bend. Kits include cardstock, a variety of colored paper, and instructions.

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.

Join us on the lawn for music with singer/guitarist Dave Moran. Bring chairs. Masks recommended. Registration required at scgov.net. Limit 40. Please sign up everyone who will be coming, including adults. 

Come to Selby Public Library and pick up a craft kit to make a paper design inspired by quilt designs from Gee's Bend. Kits include cardstock, a variety of colored paper, and instructions.

STORYTIME IS BACK! And again, we're headed for the great outdoors. We hope you'll join us on the front patio of the Jacaranda Library for a morning filled with stories, songs, and a craft.

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.

Come to Selby Public Library and pick up a craft kit to make a paper design inspired by quilt designs from Gee's Bend. Kits include cardstock, a variety of colored paper, and instructions.

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.

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

Express yourself in an online workshop environment. Receive writing prompts and general inspiration from different presenters and your fellow poets, with ample time to write and share.

Pick up the no sew hand sanitizer pouch to-go craft kit at the Betty J. Johnson North Sarasota Public Library or the Elsie Quirk Public Library.

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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For mobile babies to 5 years old.

Lunch and Learn with SHINE. From paper to online, join SHINE from your kitchen table to learn how this impacts the Part B enrollment process. 

Participants will learn about free resources available, including assistance with small business loans and becoming a certified, woman-owned business; training and workshops on topics like business planning, financing, and marketing strategies; on

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.

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

We will be discussing "Becoming" by Michelle Obama in this virtual edition of the Betty J. Johnson North Sarasota Public Library's book club! 

In 1941, during humanity’s darkest hour, three unforgettable young women must act with courage and love to survive, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Dovekeepers and The Marriage of Opposites Alice Hof

A step along the path begins with identifying early warning signs of any health condition including Alzheimer's and other dementias. Join us as Dr.

The Mars 2020 rover, Perseverance, launched from Kennedy Space Center on July 30, 2020. For the past six months the rover has been silently cruising through space and is due to land on Mars on February 18, 2021.

A variety of writings and speeches will be reviewed and presented by Ed Dwyer, PhD.

Wed 3: Amanda Gorman: "The Hill We Climb."

Wed 10: Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. : "Where Do We Go From Here?"

Please join us for an author talk with Ben Montgomery on his new book, A Shot in the Moonlight: How a Freed Slave and a Confederate Soldier Fought for Justice in the Jim Crow South.

Tap, ride, arrive. It's that easy! Join your peers for a free live virtual workshop where we'll cover popular ridesharing apps, how they work and how they can help you stay independent and connected.

Join Alice White as she talks about the messages that were secretly conveyed to runaway slaves using songs, quilt patterns, and even the stars! You will learn how how the Underground Railroad operated, view the ten quilt patterns commonl

Please join us for a live performance of Fannie Lou Hamer, an American voting rights activist and civil rights leader, by Ms.

Library lovers of all ages are welcomed to the front patio of the library to create laminated bookmarks from card stock, recycled printed materials, paper trimmers, punches, and scissors.

Calling all families with readers: Our dog friends from the Suncoast Humane Society are returning to the library, and they want you to read to them...outdoors!

Join Elsie Quirk Library staff at the Englewood Park/Recreation Center for some outdoor fun!  Enjoy walking the story trail with your family and participate in movement activities as you read the story together.  Take a walk, read and ha

Library lovers of all ages are welcomed to the front patio of the library to create laminated bookmarks from card stock, recycled printed materials, paper trimmers, punches, and scissors.

Learn about free access to digital resources for entertainment available to Sarasota County library cardholders.

To register and receive codes and information for Zoom, please email ningram@scgov.net

Calling all families with readers: Our dog friends from the Suncoast Humane Society are returning to the library, and they want you to read to them...outdoors!

A different project every week!

Ages 6+. 

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

The children read a book ahead of time. The book is then discussed during the meeting for characters, themes and how it is applicable to their life.

Want to test your trivia prowess? Join us for online trivia using Zoom and Kahoot! These questions will challenge your brain and keep you entertained!

Join Ms. Valerie Buchand as she discusses the historic community of Newtown in Sarasota and her advocacy work with this community.

Make time for the classics. Join librarians and fellow readers to discuss different books each month.

February's text: King Henry IV part 1 by William Shakespeare 

Recommended pre-reading: 

Time Sifters Archaeological Society present monthly lecture programs.

February 17-  Napoleon in Egypt. Dr. Steven Derfler

We will be discussing "Becoming" by Michelle Obama in this virtual edition of the Betty J. Johnson North Sarasota Public Library's book club! 

It is today widely understood that ‘race’ is a product of society and not a fact of nature. But where did this idea come from?