Join the North Port Creative Writers Circle, meeting the 1st and 3rd Monday of the Month.

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

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

Appointments are preferred but not required. 

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.

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

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.

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

Join Baila Miller for a lecture about Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) an Austrian Symbolist painter, who was one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. Klimt is noted for his paintings murals, and sketches.

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.

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

"From Can't to Can't": The Turpentine Industry in Sarasota County

Presented by:

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

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

If you like writing your own pieces or would like to branch out and grow your creativity, come join us for our Writers Workshop. Presented by the Ringling College of Art + Design.

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.

Drop in to play games on our Nintendo Switch!

Recommended for ages 5 and up.

European Journeys

Margot Zarzycka, violin – Jessé Martins, piano

Paderewski, Wieniawski, Chopin, Brahms, Dvorak, Kreisler, others

Bring back the board game that you designed on Nov. 7, so you can make any adjustments and add some final touches to complete your game. Then we'll kick back and have fun testing and playing each other's games!

For tweens and teens.

If you like writing your own pieces or would like to branch out and grow your creativity, come join us for our Teen Writers Club! We will be meeting weekly on Mondays @ 4 p.m. 

Come draw with us! In this open hour have fun drawing your own doodle designs.

Do you want to share your anime/manga obsession with other Otaku? Come to the club! We will enjoy talking about Japanese culture, eating Japanese snacks, and of course, watching anime!

A bi-monthly open mic jazz jam session for amateur jazz performers and listeners.

Kirsten Hines is a Coconut Grove, Florida-based writer, wildlife photographer, and conservationist.

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