Week Calendar

Join us and learn how to make an Origami Fabric Basket. All Materials will be provided. Ages 13 and up.

Must know how to sew.

Registration is required.

Have you ever thought about making your own board game? Now is your chance! Use fun patterned paper and a variety of other supplies to design the board, and then make game pieces with Model Magic clay or other materials.

Dive into the joy of music with musician, Jill Brown at our beginner guitar course, where music meets community!

Join us for an enjoyable craft session in the Veranda Room at the North Port Public Library! It will be a fun time of learning and building new crafting skills.

Jam and learn with your teen teacher, Anni Szantosi, and her numerous instruments! This club is for music lovers who want to learn to play an instrument or find people who like music as well.

Unleash your creativity and craft beautiful, one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces using a variety of materials and techniques.

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

Join us for a calming and therapeutic coloring session where you can unleash your creativity and unwind. 

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!

Join us for a fun Cricut program and discover the endless possibilities of this innovative cutting machine. During the session, participants are encouraged to bring their own paper.

Reclaiming the History of Native Plants in Home Landscape Design

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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!

This program is a unique and sustainable way to explore your creativity and imagination.

Have you always wanted to play Dungeons & Dragons? Now's the chance! This group, open to teens, is here to be just that. Our first meeting will begin with a session 0 to determine how often we want to meet, and create our characters.

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.

LAST Stop is a drop-in program designed for teens in 6th through 12th grade to participate in fun activities, talk with friends, have snacks, and play games.

LAST Stop is a drop-in program designed for teens in 6th through 12th grade to participate in fun activities, talk with friends, have snacks, and play games.

Need a place to get some homework done, write that paper, or work on that group project? Come over to Elsie Quirk Library to study and listen to some tunes while you get your homework done!

LAST Stop is a drop-in program designed for teens in 6th through 12th grade to participate in fun activities, talk with friends, have snacks, and play games.

On the opening night of Olivier Lyon's newest masterpiece, The Blue Lady, a terrible accident plagues the newly restored Moxey Theatre with the collapsed electrical rig tragically killing the two main stars.

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

LAST Stop is a drop-in program designed for teens in 6th through 12th grade to participate in fun activities, talk with friends, have snacks, and play games.

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!

The club meets 3:30-5:30 p.m.

LAST Stop is a drop-in program designed for teens in 6th through 12th grade to participate in fun activities, talk with friends, have snacks, and play games.

Join us tweens and teens on the first Monday of every month to watch Anime and try Japanese drinks and /or snacks.

The Sarasota County Libraries and History Center will be closed due while preparing for Hurricane Milton.

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. 

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

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

Plan and Volunteer At Library Events.

Provide Feedback on Library Services.

Earn Volunteer Hours and Resume credit

All while Meeting new Friends, Eating snacks and Playing Games!

It's Game Night at Selby Library! Join us for a new game to learn and play each week. Recommended for ages 13+.

Using cardboard and paper bags, learn how to make a large wearable Frankenstein head or other head or mask.

Discuss and plan library programs, especially the Halloween party, with other teens.

Join us for the monthly Creation Station PM Craft Workshop. Each month, attendees will create an item themed for the month. Advance registration is required due to limited seats. This is a Friends of the Gulf Gate Library sponsored event.

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