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.

Stop by the Health in Motion Bus to talk to a Nurse with the Florida Health Department with any questions you might have!

Each month will have a feature focus. This month is FREE flu shot!

This special story time features baby sign language, rhymes, songs, books, and playtime. 

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.

Drop in to receive research-based lawn, landscape, pest management, and gardening help from the University of Florida.

These sessions are made possible through a partnership with UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County.

Ages 0 - 5, attending with caregiver. Storytime includes themed stories, songs and a craft.

Registration is required as space is limited.

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 help with...

eBooks, movies, eAudiobooks

Email how-to

Using your device

Library Database Resources

Cyber Security Questions

Printing Questions

or something else? 

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

Prescription Assistance for income qualified individuals.

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 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 a fun exercise class with a coach from Stretch and Grow of Sarasota. Recommended for ages 3-6; all ages welcome in the room as needed.

Come explore the different options in our Open Lab using self-guided time in the Creation Station. Available equipment includes Cricut Air Explore 2, 3D printing, sewing machines, Glowforge, button makers and more.

Join us on certain Wednesday mornings to wonder and create! This monthly program will be a place for kids to color, craft, and create. This program will feature a variety of coloring and craft projects for kids to be as creative as possible.

Join us for friendly discussion, book recommendations, and insight!

We will be discussing ~TBD~

A variety of fun learning activities including rhymes and fingerplays geared for toddlers. All ages are welcome.

Learn how to make plant-based foods that just taste good. You will discover that eating your vegetables has never been tastier! This program's mission is to "nourish people and to practice that with compassion and sustainability." 

Join us for a special showing of Hocus Pocus (rated PG). Snacks and drinks will be served. No registration required. Attendance is first come, first serve as room capacity is limited.

Florida's Top 10 Ghostly Legends

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.

Chess lovers meet and play chess with other chess lovers.  All skill levels are welcome.

¿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,

The Writer's Circle was created for writers of all types and genres. Whether you write Fiction, Poetry, Lyrics even Stand-Up Comedy; here, you will find a welcoming place via Zoom to share and if you wish to, discuss your work.

Destroying the Stigma of Mental Illness

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.

Genealogy Assistance.

Tech Instruction in Spanish/ Outreach

To all teens who want to help by volunteering at their library, there's the Teen Advisory Board or TAB for short. TAB works to develop programs and strategies to make the library a welcoming environment for all individuals.

Come hang out with your friends in the Teen Room at the Venice Public Library. When Blaise, the Teen Librarian, is in there will be crafts, video games, board games and more! 

Come hang out with your friends in the Teen Room at the Venice Public Library. When Blaise, the Teen Librarian, is in there will be crafts, video games, board games and more! 

Come and join the book discussion group on the first Thursday of the month.  A different book title is chosen every month to explore.  This book club is sponsored by the Friends of Gulf Gate Library.

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.

Come hang out with your friends in the Teen Room at the Venice Public Library. When Blaise, the Teen Librarian, is in there will be crafts, video games, board games and more! 

At every Time to Be Loud, we will always have: food, coloring, puzzles, beading, origami, fidget toys, food, games, button (pin) making, Mario Cart (etc.) on the Switch and food.

Yes, there will be bubbles.

Come hang out with your friends in the Teen Room at the Venice Public Library. When Blaise, the Teen Librarian, is in there will be crafts, video games, board games and more! 

With Halloween right around the corner, many houses will begin stocking up on candy. How ever will you know which candy is the best? Well, now's your chance to try all types of candy and decide which is your favorite.

The Haunted Tales of Southwest Florida

Meet other coders and work on your coding project. Share with others and troubleshoot as a team. Led by Levi Szantosi whose top picks are Python, Scratch, and Unreal Engine. 

Drop-in projects each week for ages 7-107! Wednesdays Oct. 5-Nov. 30 excluding Nov. 23.

This week try embroidery on a small hoop with embroidery floss and basic hand-sewing.

Meet therapy dogs and their owners.  Enjoy the benefits of spending time with therapy pets!

Drop into the Teen Center for a visit with Alex Jordan, a frequent Selby Library culinary educator and chef, and a sampling of a dazzling array of healthful vegetarian snacks that you can learn to make for yourself and your family.

A different project every week!

Ages 6+.

During this Cyber-Seniors webinar, our teen tech mentors will show you how to make your computer and phone batteries last longer using quick and accessible features and applications.

Children are invited to read with certified pet therapy dogs. The program encourages conversation and develops reading and communication skills.

Learn new skills and get hands-on experience with different STEAM activities.

For children ages 5-12. Registration is required.

Join teen musician, Annie Szantosi, to jam and talk about music. Bring your own instrument or play along with provided percussion instruments. 

Recommended for ages 9 and up.

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

This month's book is Haggis and Tank Unleashed: All Paws on Deck by Jessica Young. Snacks and drinks will be served. Please pick up a copy of the book at the youth desk to read before the meeting.

Our classic storytime, but the evening edition! Filled with the same music, fun and craft!

Join us this week as we read : Have you seen elephant?

We will get our creative juices flowing as we paint elephants with watercolors.

Join us for the Monthly Creation Station Wood Craft. Each month, attendees will assemble and paint an item themed for the month. A sample will be located at the front desk at the beginning of the month. This is an in-person event.

CANCELLED

Come meet some of the talented and creative quilters of the Friendship Knot Quilters' Guild and The South Sarasota Modern Quilt Guild. 

Fall Films

Practical Magic

PG-13. Warner Bros.

This month's pick:

Beetle & the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne

Halloween is the best time for spooky stories and chilling tales, and with that in mind the library has partnered with the Horror Writers Association of Southwest Florida to give you the best horror writers that North Port has to offer!