AARP is providing free tax preparation at Shannon Staub Library again this year. The tax returns will be prepared by IRS-certified tax counselors. The AARP Tax-Aide Tax Preparation Program will begin on Friday February 4, 2021.

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.

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.

Enjoy stories, music, movement activities, and crafts. Families with children of all ages are welcome!

No registration is needed.

Use 1 of our 5 Brother sewing machines on your own projects. Must know how to sew. First come first serve.

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.

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.

Join Fun To Be Fit Kids with Ms. Adrianne! This is a music and movement program for children (ages 0 - 6) and their caregivers to attend together.

For mobile babies to 5 years old.

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.

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 color, play, talk, and learn with us! We have a wide variety of coloring sheets, eye-catching stickers, and new boxes of 24 crayons we want to share with our library friends!

Sarasota Music Archive 2022 Lecture/Performance Series:

January 12 Jazz presentation: Harry Miedema (Blue Heron Sextet)

Are you looking for technology help? Visit our Tech Navigator page to sign up for a one-on-one session.  

Come and socialize with fellow knitting, crocheting and sewing enthusiasts! All levels welcome. Bring your current project to work on.

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.

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.

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 0-5.

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.

Come learn about how to spot 'fake news' and  learn about websites that can help you tell whether or not a person is making an accurate or true statement or if an event really happened.

Hola! Come and learn basic conversational Spanish with instructor Dan Duffy. This class is for persons who know little or no Spanish. Mr. Duffy is a winter resident of Englewood and a career educator.

AARP is providing free tax preparation at Shannon Staub Library again this year. The tax returns will be prepared by IRS-certified tax counselors. The AARP Tax-Aide Tax Preparation Program will begin on Friday February 4, 2021.

Dig into our buffet of breakfast snacks and relive the glory days of childhood with a retro-tastic playlist of the cartoons that once ruled Saturday mornings! 

Join us for the return of storytime at North Port Library.  Singing, dancing, stories and fun are guaranteed!  

Join us for a fun-filled morning of stories, songs, kindergarten readiness skills, and craft activities for the whole family! 

Recommended for ages 3-5.

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.

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.

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.

Bring a few questions and your smartphone, tablet or laptop.

Please register below for 1 -1:30 p.m.

For mobile babies to 5 years old.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Please consider joining us for a virtual webinar on Yoga Nidra, a potentially powerful tool to combat stress.

Today's Topic:

Library Apps

Want your technology questions answered?

¿Quiere aprender más sobre...

correo electrónico

uso de computadoras

uso de dispositivos móviles

cómo descargar libros electrónicos

cómo adjuntar un documento o una foto

cómo usar MS Word, Excel,

Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through a live, virtual appointment with the staff at the Elsie Quirk Library in Englewood. 

Join Sarasota Extension Services Master Gardeners for questions pertaining to Florida-friendly gardening, composting, and identifying insects.

Bring a few questions and your smartphone, tablet or laptop.

Please register below for 1 -1:30 p.m.

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.

Violist David Pedraza

Bring your projects, patterns, and questions to Elsie Quirk Library and join the Quirky Knitters for an afternoon of knitting and crochet.  All skill levels welcome.  Registration is not required, so come on in to knit and chat!

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.

Teens in grades 6 through 12 are welcome to hang out, play games, and more.

Watch a movie on the big screen!

The current schedule is attached as a flyer and includes a brief description of these titles.

Teens in grades 6 through 12 are welcome to hang out, play games, and more.

Bring a few questions and your smartphone, tablet or laptop.

Please register below for 2 - 2:30 p.m.

Teens in grades 6 through 12 are welcome to hang out, play games, and more.

For people who want to improve their Spanish speaking skills.  Come practice your pronunciation and oral understanding through conversation and instruction of this romantic language.  Everyone is welcome.

Adult Programming - Lisa Backer

Join award-winning Sarasota editor and publisher Liz Coursen as she discusses the lives and times of two “firsts” in baseball: Hank Greenberg, America’s first Jewish sports hero, and Jackie Robinson, the color-barrier-breaking superstar.

Teens in grades 6 through 12 are welcome to hang out, play games, and more.

Join us in the Conference Room to make Valentine Buttons and other easy to make projects.

This is a class for those who have had the beginner’s class, as well as any others who can read/speak basic Spanish.

Teens in grades 6 through 12 are welcome to hang out, play games, and more.

Children are invited to read with certified pet therapy dogs from the Suncoast Humane Society Pet Therapy Team. This program encourages conversation and develops reading and communication skills.

An Afternoon of Gilbert and Sullivan

Enjoy Some Favorite Songs from their Popular Operettas!

Come and hear selections from HMS Pinafore, Mika

Join us for a fun and relaxing afternoon of board games and card games! We'll have board games and card games such as Yahtzee, Scrabble, Exploding Kittens, Clue, and much more to choose from.

Musical Memories

Looking for a fun spot to hang out with friends after the last bell rings? Afterschool Club is the place to be! Join us every Wednesday for an afternoon of recreation and education.

On the hunt for an exciting adventure? Look no further than the library!

Creation Station + is a drop-in open lab time where everyone can come learn and use our various equipment to make items or to learn STEAM activities.

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.

A different project every week!

Ages 6+.

Hang out in the teen room and play board games with other friendly teens and tweens. Games and tables will be available on a first come, first served basis. 

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

Chill out and get some after school relaxation with certified instructor Sheila Blake.

Please bring your own mat or towel.

Join us in the teen room for Teen Movie Night. This weeks movie: Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom

Enjoy some award winning international films with English subtitles.

This month: 

Fellini's Juliet of the Spirits

(Italy, 137m, 1965, Image Entertainment)

Libraries and Librarians in Film

Storm Center

Rated Approved. Columbia Pictures Industries

This month we will be reading and discussing "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer. William Kamkwamba was born in Malawi, a country where magic ruled and modern science was mystery.

Wind down with us in this special evening edition of storytime! The same reading, singing, dancing, and crafting fun of our morning programs now brought to you just in time for bedtime.

Time Sifters Archaeology Society is pleased to announce our 2021 - 2022 Fall schedule of presentations. All lectures will be on ZOOM at 6:00 PM and are free. Each presentation will be about one hour with time for questions and answers.

Join us this month as we read a new mystery book: