Day Calendar

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

Appointments are preferred but not required. 

Want to learn more about Florida-Friendly gardens, composting, or citrus trees?  Need a plant or an insect identified?  On the first and the third Monday mornings of the month, from 10am to 12 pm, Gulf Gate Library hosts the Master Garde

This club welcomes adult writers of all experience levels to engage in creative discussions, participate in writing prompts, and attend workshops led by experienced writers.

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

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

Join us on Mondays of the month for adult coloring!  We supply the coloring pages and the pencils. Snacks will be provided by the Friends of the Gulf Gate Library. Hope to see you there.

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.

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.

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

Socrates Cafe is a gathering where people from different backgrounds get together and exchange thoughtful ideas and experiences while embracing the central theme of Socratic method: we learn more when we respectfully listen to and debate ideas wit

Join us for a free one-hour lecture and Q&A to learn about the history and mysteries of Rapa Nui (Easter Island).

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

Get genealogy research assistance from knowledgeable and experienced volunteers.

Bring your questions!

Many people want to grow more of their own food, but do not consider our unique climate when starting a garden. While we may be unable to grow apples, cherries, and pears, we can grow tropical edibles 48 other states cannot.

Teens in grades 6 through 12 are welcome to hang out, play games, and more.

Use the Force to help the rebels escape from the evil Empire. Navigate puzzles and test your wits and teamwork along the way. This immersive escape room experience combines creativity, problem-solving and fun in an unforgettable adventure.

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.

Self-care and maintenance will be enhanced through meditation, guided imagery and breathing techniques.

Help keep track of where you stopped reading in a book by making your own bookmark! At this lab, you will learn how to make a corner bookmark, and get to decorate it with an axolotl to encourage you to read "-a-lotl". 

This workshop is intended to provide residents with important information on stormwater management, ongoing projects, and hurricane preparedness in the Little Sarasota Bay Watershed.

If you like writing your own pieces or would like to grow your creativity, come join us for our Teen Writers Club!  Enhance your writing skills, participate in free-writing exercises and get feedback on written work.

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

Come to listen or to play at this bi-monthly open mic jazz jam session for amateur performers. No registration is required. Bring your instrument, and if you would like to play, you may sign up when you arrive.

The Sarasota Piano Trio presents a special program featuring Ukranian Clarinetist Yurii Padkovski in two rarely performed quartets by Walter Rabl and Peter Schickele 

Yurii Padkovski, clarinet 

Milene Moreira, violin