Hoopla Database

10:00am–11:30am
Adults, Seniors
Creation Station
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Library Branch: Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Library
Room: Creation Station
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Creation Station, , Technology Instruction
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Learn a our new database hoopla which lets you instantly borrow eBooks, eAudiobooks, comic, movies, TV shows, music and more.  24/7 with your library card.  

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Sarasota County prohibits discrimination in all services, programs or activities. View the complete policy at scgov.net/ADA.

French Club

10:00am–12:00pm
Adults, Seniors
Conference Room
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Library Branch: Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Library
Room: Conference Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Discussion Groups
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Weekly meeting of the Venice French Club. 

Genealogy Research

10:00am–12:00pm
Adults, Seniors
Registration Closed
Registration Required
Offsite Event
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Library Branch: Pop-Up Library
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Genealogy
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Research your family genealogy online through Ancestry and Heritage Quest.  Bring along your family names, dates and locations of your ancestors.  Computers are provided.

Introduction to Genealogy Research I

10:00am–12:00pm
Adults, Seniors
Creation Station
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Library Branch: North Port Library
Room: Creation Station
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Genealogy
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Learn about genealogy research through Ancestry, Heritage Quest, and other databases. Students need names, dates, and locations of people to be researched on the databases. Bring your own thumb drive for articles to be printed.

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Sarasota County prohibits discrimination in all services, programs or activities. View the complete policy at scgov.net/ADA.

Forty Carrots Partners in Play

10:15am–11:15am
Babies (Birth to 1 year), Toddlers (1 to 3 years), Children (5 to 9 years)
Meeting Room
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Library Branch: Fruitville Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Babies (Birth to 1 year), Toddlers (1 to 3 years), Children (5 to 9 years)
Program Type: , Storytimes
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For mobile babies to 5 years old. Drop in to enjoy special play time with your child, meet our friendly Parenting Educators and discover how Forty Carrots Family Center can help you enjoy parenting even more.

Storytime

10:15am–11:15am
Preschoolers (3 to 5 years), Families
Youth Activity Room
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Library Branch: Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Preschoolers (3 to 5 years), Families
Program Type: Storytimes
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Preschoolers, ages 2 ½ - 5 and their parent, guardian or caregiver are invited to join us for stories, songs, finger plays, rhymes, and crafts. There is a different theme every week.

Genealogy Lab

10:15am–12:15pm
Adults, Seniors
Learning Lab
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Library Branch: Gulf Gate Library
Room: Learning Lab
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Genealogy, Technology Instruction
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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. 

Socrates Café

10:30am–12:00pm
Adults, Seniors
Conference Room
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Library Branch: Shannon Staub Library
Room: Conference Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Discussion Groups
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Join us for a friendly philosophic conversation each month. Socrates Café are gatherings around the world where people from different backgrounds get together and exchange thoughtful ideas and experiences while embracing the central theme of

Open Lab in the Creation Station

10:30am–1:30pm
Tweens (9 to 12 years), Teens (13 to 18 years), Adults, Seniors
Creation Station
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Library Branch: Selby Library
Room: Creation Station
Age Group: Tweens (9 to 12 years), Teens (13 to 18 years), Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Creation Station, Technology Instruction
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Self-guided time in the Creation Station. use our Adobe/ Mac software, sewing machines, craft supplies and more for your own personal projects. 

"Criminal Justice Reform? Where the Candidates Stand"

11:00am–12:00pm
Adults
Jack J. Geldbart Auditorium
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Library Branch: Selby Library
Room: Jack J. Geldbart Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
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"Criminal Justice Reform? Where the Candidates Stand"

A talk by Barry Latzer, Emeritus Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY.

Basic Conversational Spanish Class for Beginners

11:30am–1:00pm
Adults
Meeting Room
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Library Branch: Elsie Quirk Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: , Spanish/En Español
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Hola! Come and learn basic conversational Spanish with instructor Dan Duffy. This class is for persons who know little or no Spanish. Mr. Duffy is a winter resident of Englewood and a career educator.

Forty Carrots Partners in Play

11:45am–12:45pm
Babies (Birth to 1 year), Toddlers (1 to 3 years), Children (5 to 9 years)
Meeting Room
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Library Branch: Fruitville Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Babies (Birth to 1 year), Toddlers (1 to 3 years), Children (5 to 9 years)
Program Type: , Storytimes
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For mobile babies to 5 years old. Drop in to enjoy special play time with your child, meet our friendly Parenting Educators and discover how Forty Carrots Family Center can help you enjoy parenting even more.

Gulf Gate Library Local Author Series: The Rosenwald Schools of Florida

1:00pm–2:00pm
Adults
Meeting Room A
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Library Branch: Gulf Gate Library
Room: Meeting Room A
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Event, , Lectures
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Liz Coursen is the award-winning author of Shade in the Sunshine State: Reflections on Segregation in Florida.

Genealogy Research Session II (Advanced Class)

1:00pm–3:00pm
Adults, Seniors
Creation Station
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Library Branch: North Port Library
Room: Creation Station
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Genealogy, Technology Instruction
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Research your family genealogy online through Ancestry and Heritage Quest.  Bring along your family names, dates and locations of your ancestors.  Computers are provided.

Ask Jack

1:30pm–3:30pm
Adults, Seniors
Creation Station
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Library Branch: Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Library
Room: Creation Station
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Technology Instruction
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Jack, The Computer Guy, will explain how your computer works and why it doesn't.

Rise Up Film Festival

2:00pm–4:30pm
Adults, Seniors
Meeting Room
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Library Branch: Elsie Quirk Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Movies
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Each afternoon this week join us for a movie honoring, remembering, and examining courage in the face of persecution. Visit the library for movie titles.

After School Excitement

2:30pm–4:30pm
Tweens (9 to 12 years), Teens (13 to 18 years)
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Library Branch: North Port Library
Age Group: Tweens (9 to 12 years), Teens (13 to 18 years)
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Clubs, Creation Station, Discussion Groups, , Games, Movies, Special Events
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Come create, play, or just relax at the library after school.  Our Teen Room is open from 2:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Teen Room

2:30pm–4:30pm
Tweens (9 to 12 years), Teens (13 to 18 years)
Dr. Edward James II Meeting Room
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Library Branch: Betty J. Johnson North Sarasota Library
Room: Dr. Edward James II Meeting Room
Age Group: Tweens (9 to 12 years), Teens (13 to 18 years)
Program Type: Clubs
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Teens in grades 6 through 12 are welcome to hang out, play games, and more.

Adult Craft Workshop

3:00pm–4:00pm
Adults, Seniors
Meeting Room II
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Library Branch: Betty J. Johnson North Sarasota Library
Room: Meeting Room II
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
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Valentine's Cards. Using our Creation Station Cricut machine, come make one of a kind Valentine's Day
cards for friends and loved ones.
Registration recommended. Registration begins, Thursday, Jan. 2 at 10 a.m.

Spanish Reading Group

3:00pm–4:30pm
Adults
Creation Station
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Library Branch: Elsie Quirk Library
Room: Creation Station
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: , Spanish/En Español
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This is a class for those who have had the beginner’s class, as well as any others who can read/speak basic Spanish.

Video Games and More!

3:00pm–4:45pm
Tweens (9 to 12 years), Teens (13 to 18 years)
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Library Branch: Selby Library
Age Group: Tweens (9 to 12 years), Teens (13 to 18 years)
Program Type: Games
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Drop in and play games on PlayStation, Nintendo Switch and Wii.  Recommended for ages 11-18.  Explore other surprise tech toys and games.