Week Calendar

Use 1 of 5 Brother sewing machines on Your Own Project. Must Know How to Sew.  Machines Available on first come first serve basis.

Join Mrs. Bee from Bumble Bee Yoga for a 1-hour yoga session to help build strength and stability. No materials or experience required.

Registration Required.

Looking to try something new and maybe make a friend or two?  Join the library book club! 

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. 

The Sarasota Music Archive presents the John Goodman Performance and Lecture Series:

Please register for each event separately AND each name attending. (Duplicate registrations are deleted.)

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. 

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.

Come and get assistance from experienced and knowledgeable volunteers.

Bring your questions!

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.

Join us for a creative morning of beading and crafting as we design sparkling snowflakes to stay in the winter spirit!

The Plant Clinic meets in the library lobby.

Come to the Creation Station and sew a book bag with a sewing machine materials we have on hand.  This project is fairly simple for those who have attended at least one sewing class.  Beginners are also welcome.

Join Teresa as she teaches even more difficult origami than she does in her beginner class.

She likes to create items to decorate a home or to give away as a gift. She brings in her own extra work as examples and sometimes to give away.

Get assistance from experienced and knowledgeable volunteers

Bring your questions

Get expert and experienced genealogy research assistance.

Bring your questions

Assistance from experienced and knowledgeable volunteers

Bring your questions

Save the date for the Friends of Selby Public Library Silent Auction!

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. 

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 enjoy music. 

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

Pick your choice of colorful beads and accessories to create a beaded necklace.

Get assistance from experienced and knowledgeable volunteers

Bring your questions

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 other local knitters and crocheters while working on personal projects and discussing all things knitting/crocheting. All skill levels welcome. 

Registration is not required, so come on in to knit and chat!

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

Join Sari to learn basic Sumi-e strokes and express the beauty of nature as a black-and-white landscape painting.

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.

Participate in a wide variety of fabric crafts. 

This weeks craft is Hexagon Quilt Making instructed by Riley Ivol.

Registration Required.

Join us for a free lecture and Q&A exploring the Renaissance life, career and lasting legacy of Michelangelo Buonarroti.

This program will be a Zoom lecture with a library staff member available to facilitate audience questions.

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

Learn about the Japanese writing system and practice writing Zen words mindfully with a brush and ink.

Seating is limited. Registration is required.

Sponsored by the Friends of Fruitville Library.

Join us for a fast-paced and fun dramatic reading with Theatre of the Mind.

Seating is first-come first-served.

Sponsored by the Friends of Selby Library.

Mark Twain wrote autobiographically, basing fictional and non-fictional characters and events on the people he knew and personal experiences. Writers and performers of solo works continue that tradition in this program.

Add warmth to a chilly night by creating a setting, an ambiance for this time of year.

All supplies will be provided.

Creation Station event.

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

The Multi-session program meets weekly for 4 weeks and will provide you with the valuable tools you need to help you quit tobacco.

Whether you're cooking in a crock pot or Dutch oven, you'll find yourself making these incredible one-pot meals for your family or dinner guests.

Registration Required.

Come learn about the reign of Queen Joanna the First!

Join the musical duo of Anne and Mark Burnell as they perform music from the Great American Songbook, including names like Berlin, Arlen, Porter, the Gershwins and more!

Seating is first-come first-served.

Come and get one-on-one experienced and expert genealogy research assistance.

Bring your questions!

Movie Club is every 3rd Tuesday of each month.

Movie will begin promptly at 5:30pm.

Enjoy a movie with a short discussion afterwards about what you liked or disliked about the movie. There will be popcorn and snacks available.

Join us to watch: Clueless (1995) PG-13

Learn to create a simple 3D name tag 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.