Drop in to get assistance with and ask questions about downloading library books to your computer and other devices, such as the Kindle, Nook, iPad, iPod, iPhone and Android phones and tablets.
Luis can help alleviate your technology frustrations! Our resident expert specializes in Android and Windows systems. Stop in for assistance.
Want to learn more about Florida-Friendly gardens, composting, or citrus trees? Need a plant or insect identified? Homeowners can receive research-based lawn, landscape and pest management help from the University of Florida.
Drop-in Craft: Band Posters
Drop in and make a poster about music to decorate the library.
Baby Rhyme and Sign
This program is geared toward babies from newborn to age 2 ½ years. The 45 minute program includes songs, baby sign language, a book and playtime. Older siblings are welcome.
To discuss mosquito related problems and how to avoid them around your home. We will also discuss our department operations, as well as how to avoid mosquito bites.
Drop in for assistance using library technology including e-Books and audiobooks from Overdrive and the Cloud Library.
Infant Feeding Support Group
Infant Feeding Support Group Community group open to WIC moms and the public to receive support and information about infant feeding including breast feeding. No registration required.
The Chess Club meets every Tuesday from 12-4 in the computer lab. No registration required.
Ask an E-Help volunteer for all your technology-related questions and predicaments. Held every Tuesday in the public meeting area.
Want to learn more about Florida-Friendly gardens, composting, or citrus trees? Need a plant or insect identified?
New movies every Tuesday in the meeting room. Movie schedules are published bimonthly and available at the front circulation desk.
A different project every week!
Call or visit to find out what it is this week!
Ages 6+.
Hola! Join us for an evening of learning intermediate Spanish grammar and vocabulary and practicing conversational skills.
LEGO Club
Work on your own creations or build as a team. We provide the LEGOs, you provide the imagination.
Practice speaking English! Please call 941-955-0421 to register as an ESOL learner with the Literacy Council of Sarasota.
Tweens ages 8-12 are invited to join us the last Tuesday of each month for our Page to Screen Tween Book Club! Stop by the Youth Dept. to pick up a list of upcoming books, then read the book ahead of time before watching the movie.
Family Story and Craft Time
Families with children of all ages, join us
for funny stories, lively discussion, and a
variety of cool crafts! Children under 10 must be
accompanied by an adult.
Childbirth is often a communal process, with a team of nurses, doctors and loved ones simultaneously witnessing the miracle of life. In one Philippines hospital, "communal" is an understatement. Ramona S.