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?

Drop in to receive research-based lawn, landscape and pest management help from the University of Florida.

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.

Join other tweens this summer for Xbox and WiiU gaming. Play starts at 10 a.m. and runs until 1 p.m. Refreshments will be served and the program is restricted to youth ages 9-12 years old.

Free service to apply to the Affordable Care Act.  Application takes between one and one-half hour.  Only one person can be seen at a time.

Sign Language program for children 0 - 2 1/2 years old. Learn with Beebo the Signing Bear using songs, books, and toys. Older siblings welcome.

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.

Join Forty Carrots for a time of sharing and meaningful play.

For mobile babies to 5 years old.

Drop in to enjoy special play time with your child, meet our friendly Parenting Educators.

Sign up to practice what you learned in Genealogy Basics, Parts 1 and 2, or to continue researching your family history using the library's Ancestry Library Edition and Heritage Quest databases and/or genealogy websites. 

Books, puppets, songs, dance, yoga, and more surprises for families with children ages birth-5.

Special guests include:

Adrianne Pezzella for Fun to Be Fit on June 5 and July 10,

Did you just finish a rockin' book? We want to hear about it!

Share what you have just read. Find some recommendations. Be on your way to your next great read!

Stay for 5 minutes, stay for an hour, it's up to you. 

Practice reading with a buddy or have someone read a book to you. Have fun while becoming a better reader. The volunteers are not trained experts, but someone to listen and help when needed.

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.

Join Forty Carrots for a time of sharing and meaningful play.

The Chess Club meets every Tuesday from 12-4 in the computer lab. No registration required. 

Free lunches for anyone up to age 18 will be served in the youth program room June 4-Aug. 3 excluding July 4. Hot lunches are served on Monday through Thursday, and bagged lunches are served on Fridays.  

Ask an E-Help volunteer for all your technology-related questions and predicaments. Held every Tuesday in the public meeting area.

Get ready to move this summer with an official instructor from Sarasota Contemporary Dance Company. In this free workshop, teen participants will learn how to dance Hip-Hop style!

Teen programs are recommended for grades 6-12.

Use your imagination and creative abilities to make things. Each session will be a different do-it-yourself activity.

Want to learn more about Florida-Friendly gardens, composting, or citrus trees? Need a plant or insect identified?

Ages 6-11. Magician Gerard Tricarico entertains with amazing magic tricks, juggling, and surprising illusions. Limit 80.

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.

This program is for teens who are interested in craft creations. Judy Levine will be hosting an optical illusions printmaking workshop. Teens will be creating a three dimensional art piece to take home with them.

Every week, we will focus on a form of tech, such as Coding Games, Let's MakeyMakey music games, and Introduction to 3D Design! Ages 11-18. Click the titles below to go to register for the specific event.

New movies every Tuesday in the meeting room. Movie schedules are published bimonthly and available at the front circulation desk. 

Learn about music, musicians and instruments, show off what you know and win prizes!

Join the G.A.R.D.E.N (Gardeners and Readers Develop Naturally) Club for gardening fun! Activities to inspire the green thumb in everyone! *Registration is required*

A different project every week!

Call or visit to find out what it is this week!

Ages 6+.

CANCELLED for June--will return in July

Come join us for a crafty workshop for adults. A new project every month! Supplies are provided. Registration is required.

Hola! Join us for an evening of learning intermediate Spanish grammar and vocabulary and practicing conversational skills.

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

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

Ages 11-18. Drop by to create new crafts each month. No registration required. Snacks will be provided.

Join us for a performance by singer/songwriter Dorian Boyd. Sponsored by the Library Foundation for Sarasota County.

For ages 5 and up, younger if accompanied by a caregiver. Children are invited to read with Suncoast Humane Society certified Pet Therapy Dogs. This program encourages conversation and develops reading and communication skills.

Choose from a selection of familiar and unique games to play with friends! Snacks will be provided!