Week Calendar

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

Join us for songs, rhymes, play, and of course great stories! Engage kids in visual literacy, language development, and social skills in a fun class presented by our Youth Services team.

Join us for storytime! Stories, rhymes, songs, and simple crafts for little ones and their special grownup. 

Join a lively book club for inspiring conversations! Cirque D' Book meets on the fourth Monday of most months. A different book title is chosen every month to explore. Registration is not required.

Joins us and learn how to sew a Pillow Case French Seams. Ages 13 and up welcome. 

Must Know How to Sew.

Registration is Required.

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.

Come join us for a fun time of stories, music and movement. We will read a featured book and do some fun activities.

It is geared for ages 3-5 but all are welcome.

Learn what a website is, what makes them secure or unsecure, and how you can identify a safe site. We'll cover VPNs (Virtual Private Networks), encryption, online shopping, and more.

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.

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. 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 us at the Fruitville Library with your knit/crochet projects. All ages and skills are welcome. Supplies and knowledgeable members are on hand to help anyone interested in learning to knit or crochet. 

Join other local knitters for a time to work on individual projects and discuss all things knitting.

Preschoolers, kindergarteners, and their families can enjoy loosely structured play with a variety of rotating toys and activities in our Story Time Room.

Children ages 2-8 and their caregivers are invited for Wednesday morning free-play time, with an assortment of toys and props to inspire the young imagination! Drop-in anytime between 10:30am and 11:30am.

Do you need access to a sewing machine for practice? Or do you need help with a sewing or mending project? This is an open lab for adults with basic sewing machine experience. 

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? 

Get your bling on! 

 Looking to try a new craft/art form? Join us for our monthly Creation Station drop-in DIY jewelry making sessions!

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

Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

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.

Join Evan and Vanessa as they bring all of the fun of their podcast to the library with fun sing-along songs, engaging stories, interactive sound games and much more!

Prescription Assistance for income qualified individuals.

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 the second and fourth Fridays of the month, June-August, for a special craft project. Each session of this casual drop-in program features a simple craft for children and their families to work on together. 

Draw or find images to engrave wooden coasters and pendants with the Glowforge. Ages 5 and up. Children under 8 must be accompanied by and attentive adult. Registration is required.

Get simple strategies for eating healthy and learn how to make delicious, healthy food!  You get to eat what you make and take home a bag of groceries.

Registration required. 

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

Join us at the North Port Library for storytime!  Songs, crafts and stories guaranteed! 

Join folk guitarist and singer Dave Moran for a collection of children's songs with a show from the Selby Puppets. 

Best suited for ages 1-3, but all ages are welcome as needed. 

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.

This summer lunch program is sponsored by the Sarasota County School District. Free lunches are available for anyone up to age 18 in the Juliano room on weekdays.  

Join us for our Summer Teen Hangout!

Bringing a baby into the world can fill our hearts with joy and love, and our minds with questions and wonder.

This summer lunch program is sponsored by the Sarasota County School District. Free lunches are available for anyone up to age 18 in the Juliano room on weekdays.  

Join us for our Summer Teen Hangout!

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. 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.

This summer lunch program is sponsored by the Sarasota County School District. Free lunches are available for anyone up to age 18 in the Juliano room on weekdays.  

Join us for our Summer Teen Hangout!

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.

This summer lunch program is sponsored by the Sarasota County School District. Free lunches are available for anyone up to age 18 in the Juliano room on weekdays.  

Join us for our Summer Teen Hangout!

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.

This summer lunch program is sponsored by the Sarasota County School District. Free lunches are available for anyone up to age 18 in the Juliano room on weekdays.  

Join teen musician, Anni Szantosi, to jam and talk about music. Bring your own instrument or play along on the ones provided.

Are you curious about our Creation Station? Join us for Open Lab, where library patrons can explore and experiment with a variety of tools and equipment such as sewing machines, button makers, and more. 

Each week participants will learn a different aspect for healthy food choices. Includes an activity. 

Registration is required. This event is for grades K-2.

Join other tweens on Mondays this summer for Minecraft adventures and popular board games. Attendees will have the ability to join others on a world building survival map or play board games with other tweens.

Play Mah Jongg with other experienced players in the Rotunda and make new friends! Please bring your own NMJL card with your name on it.

Drop in to design your own ceramic coaster using infusible ink markers and our Cricut EasyPress! 

Registration required and limited to 15 participants - children, tweens and teens. One name per registration, please.

Everyone is welcome to the open-topic discussions of the Socrates Cafe.

Learn to thread the sewing machine and make simple drawstring bags. Registration is required for this adult program.

Come and get assistance with your genealogy research from experienced and knowledgeable volunteers.

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!

Welcome to the Adventure in Cardboard Competition! This fun and creative program is perfect for those who love to build with every day materials.

In this class, students will learn the basics of using Tinkercad, a free, web-based 3D modeling tool.

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.

A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.

Join the fun as we explore various arts and craft formats! This month, we will make personalized wooden chotchkes. Sponsored by the Friends of the North Port Library.

A 100 year journey back through time that offers a fresh perspective through song, story, and history to learn about the music of America's black musical giants.

Teens! Join us in the teen room for Mario Monday to play Mario games on the Nintendo Switch. Mario Mondays occur the second and fourth Monday of every month!

Track your reading minutes and earn prizes! Let us help you log your Summer Learning Challenge minutes today! 

Don't know how to sew? No problem! We have got a great no sew project for you! PLUS, you can help us recycle our leftover event t-shirts into a handy tote bag for you!

Join us for this neuroscience research-based dynamic workshop presented by Kelly Ward from the Florida Department of Health, to learn how to fuel and activate your brain for optimal performance. 

Join other tweens this summer for creative crafts. This program is for tween and early teens (9-13). Advance sign up is required due to limited space. You must sign up for each day you wish to attend. Weekly projects may be subject to change.

Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

Drop by the teen room and watch this week's requested movie. Add more wishlist movies to our clipboard request page in the teen room!

Join Ms. Adrianne and her Fun To Be Kit Bigs Class for ages 6 - 12.

Join us for a class full of dancing, fitness games and a whole lot of fun!

Sarasota award-winning author and editor, Liz Coursen, presents a richly illustrated, fast-paced program featuring Florida's most famous lighthouses.

This spectacular show thrills audiences with impressive science experiments. The event includes foggy dry ice storms and demonstrates how energy and matter go hand in hand.

Calling all tween and teen kitchen curious kids, up to age 17! We are excited to offer a family nutrition program from the University of Florida. This program contains a curriculum created to help kids develop a love of cooking!

If you're like most Americans, when someone asks you to name a "southern" state, chances are good that places like Mississippi, Georgia, or Alabama will come to mind.

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.  An advanced skill level in Spanish is recommended.

Kodu Game Lab is a 3D game development environment that is designed to teach kids basic programming principles.

Teens will have the opportunity to make a variety of items during the summer ranging from woodcrafts to 3D string art to resin projects. Each week will feature a different project as listed below.

The Ancient and Classical Antiquity of the Dalmatian Coast: Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, and Bosnia & Herzegovina as experienced by Jane Mahler. This session will explore travels in the countries that used to be Yugoslavia.

Come by the teen room to make your own keychains and jewelry with some beading supplies. 

Are you the best at a video game or board game? Could you be better than a librarian? Find out by challenging our staff — international grand world supreme champions in their chosen games — at Overcooked, Mario Kart, and Battleship.

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.

Learn about the history of sword fighting during the Renaissance period from Steel Ring Academy. They'll give a demonstration of techniques taken from historical manuscripts, and share how this art has been revived into a martial sport.

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.

Each week participants will learn a different aspect for healthy food choices. Includes an activity. 

Registration is required. This event is for grades 3-5.

A representative from All Faiths Food Bank will be available to help with your SNAP application. 

Appointments are preferred but not required. 

Drop in during this one-hour session to meet certified pet therapy dogs from Suncoast Humane Society and their parents.

Learn to create a simple 3D design using Tinkercad, a free program that is great for beginners. Staff will print your design on the library's 3D printer, and you may pick it up the following week. Create your free account before coming to class.

Ready to have some electrifying good fun this summer? Explore our Snap Circuits Playground to learn basic circuitry for speakers, fans, disco balls, and more!

Drop in to design your own ceramic coaster using infusible ink markers and our Cricut EasyPress! 

Registration required and limited to 15 adults. One name per registration, please.

Through Tobacco Free Florida’s Quit Your Way Program, Gulfcoast South AHEC (GSAHEC) offers free Group Quit sessions to tobacco users free of charge.

For young chefs wanting to learn the basics, or are excited to try new recipes!

Join us as we learn to make a homemade dessert with just a microwave! For this program we will be learning how to make chocolate chip mug cookies.

Take a break from your busy summer to relax and watch a movie with us! Enjoy a fun craft and snacks as you watch a movie.

All ages are welcome. The craft is best suited for ages 5 and up.

Calling all young scientists! Grow your scientific knowledge and dazzle with some cool hands-on science experiments with the help of Miss Jenny and the other librarians at Fruitville.

If you like writing your own pieces or would like to branch out and grow your creativity, come join us for our Teen Writers Club! We will be meeting weekly on Mondays @ 4 p.m. Ages 11-18 welcome!

Come draw with us! In this open hour have fun drawing your own doodle designs.

Work on your own creations or build as a team. We provide the LEGOs, you provide the imagination. 

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

A different project every week!

Ages 6+.

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

Join us in the Teen Center for Teen Video Gaming! Play together or compete on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, or experience virtual reality with the Meta Quest 3!

Have you always wanted to learn chess or maybe you already know how to play chess and want to find someone to play against? Either way, this is the club for you!

Watch anime and discuss your favorite characters. Explore anime-inspired, Asian snacks and crafts. Ages 9-18 are welcome!

Monday Night Movies returns to Elsie Quirk! Join us for a feature-length film on our big screen.

Enjoy some award winning international films with English subtitles. This month's title features director Pedro Almodóvar's 1988 film "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown."

Want to play chess? Can’t find someone or somewhere to play? First & Fourth Tuesday of every month. 5 - 7 p.m. 

Want to have fun like a kid again and get some fitness in too? Try hula hooping! 

Join us to watch: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)

This month we will be reading and discussing "A Land Remembered" by Patrick D. Smith.