Day 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.

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

Registration is not required. Attendance is first come, first serve as room capacity is limited. Please see youth staff the morning of the program.

Join us for a relaxing guided chair yoga session! *Registration required

No mats needed, liability waivers required before each class.

Ringling Order of the Arts Readers

Come get assistance with your genealogy research. Bring your questions!

The Florida Department of Health in Sarasota County, Health in Motion staff will be on-site to provide no-cost health screenings and referrals for general health and wellness.

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.

Get ready to create: you bring the idea, we bring the tools! 

Join us for an afternoon movie for the family: Paw Patrol: The Movie (G).

Snacks and drinks will be available!

Join us and learn how to make a vivid, shimmering work of art! You will be making a diamond painting sun-catcher.  Diamond painting is a newer craft that has similarities to cross-stitching and paint by numbers.

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

Free classes for adults and seniors. All skill levels are invited.

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.

All ages children. Watch the Bits 'n Pieces Puppet Theatre marionettes perform the classic The Selfish Giant's Garden based on the Oscar Wilde story and receive a puppet craft kit.

Join other tweens this summer for a variety of crafts. Advance sign up is required. You must register for each date you wish to attend. Today's craft is Perler Beading.

A different project every week!

Ages 6+.

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

For children ages 5-12. Registration is not required. Attendance is first come, first serve as room capacity is limited.

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

Meet with teens to discuss a book you have read, and plan for further book discussions this summer. Explore the ideas of making book trailers and book review videos for the library website.

Play Nintendo Switch games, board games, foosball and ping pong. Try some karaoke!

Join us for Family Game Night in the Storytime Room on Tuesdays from 5 - 7.

Various board games/tabletop games will be available.

Join us for the Monthly Creation Station Wood Craft. Each month, attendees will assemble and paint an item themed for the month. Advance registration is required due to limited seats.