Event List

Lights, Camera, Bricks! Learn to create your own animated films using LEGO® bricks and Minifigures and the classic technique of stop motion animation!

Jam and learn in the Teen Center with your teen teacher, Anni Szantosi, and her numerous instruments! This club is for tween and teen music lovers who want to learn to play an instrument or find people who enjoy music. 

Meet other coders in the Teen Center and work on your coding project. Share with others and troubleshoot as a team. Led by Levi Szantosi whose top picks are Python, Scratch, and Unreal Engine.

Join Melina and learn how to make your own paper creation! Instructions and supplies provided, just bring your imagination! 

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.

Homeschool Meetup

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

Bring your projects, patterns, and questions to Elsie Quirk Library and join the Quirky Knitters for an afternoon of knitting and crochet.  All skill levels welcome.  Registration is not required, so come on in to knit and chat!

Do you wanna be the very best? Like no one ever was? 

Drop by the Creation Station to learn about some of the different equipment we have available and get a tour of the space!

Celebrate Earth month and make an adorable bird house! Assemble these unfinished wooden birdhouses, paint them however you please and then display them in your yard or as decoration. 

Registration Required

Jam and learn in the Teen Center with your teen teacher, Anni Szantosi, and her numerous instruments! This club is for tween and teen music lovers who want to learn to play an instrument or find people who enjoy music. 

Meet other coders in the Teen Center and work on your coding project. Share with others and troubleshoot as a team. Led by Levi Szantosi whose top picks are Python, Scratch, and Unreal Engine.

Ages 5 and up. Work on your own creations or build as a team. We provide the LEGOs, you provide the imagination. Creations will be on display in the youth area for one week following the programs.

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 Ms. Adrianne in her Fun To Be Fit Kids "BIGS" class. Experience an action-packed class filled with obstacle courses, fitness games, and team-building challenges designed to boost your athletic skills while having lots of fun.

Join us in the teen center to watch anime, discuss our favorite characters, and enjoy a small craft or art activity!

This is recommended for tweens and teens, ages 9-18.

Join us for the library's Monthly Game Night! Every first Tuesday of the month from 5-7 PM, we invite you to enjoy an evening of fun, friendly competition, and socializing.

Join Sarasota Extension Services Master Gardeners for questions pertaining to Florida-friendly gardening, composting, and identifying insects.

Homeschool Meetup

Play Nintendo Switch games, ping pong, and board games, including chess!

Unwind and get fit with this beginner-friendly guided yoga class for teens and tweens! Join us for an hour-long lesson and learn basic yoga and breathing exercises that can be used in your everyday life. Registration required.

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

Bring your projects, patterns, and questions to Elsie Quirk Library and join the Quirky Knitters for an afternoon of knitting and crochet.  All skill levels welcome.  Registration is not required, so come on in to knit and chat!