Event List

Road Scholar: Honoring D-Day— Echoes of Valor & Victory

Wednesday, June 10, 2026 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm

Veranda Room at North Port Library

Program Type:

History & Culture, Lectures, Lifelong Learning

Age Group:

New Adult (18-30 years), Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Enjoy a free one-hour lecture and Q&A to learn about D-Day, the beginning of the end for Nazi oppression in Europe

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Library Branch: North Port Library

Room: Veranda Room

Age Group: New Adult (18-30 years), Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Program Type: History & Culture, Lectures, Lifelong Learning

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Enjoy a free one-hour lecture and Q&A to learn about D-Day, the beginning of the end for Nazi oppression in Europe

Jazz Fundamentals & Beyond workshop series

Monday, June 15, 2026 at 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Jack J. Geldbart Auditorium at Selby Library

Program Type:

Cultural Life, History & Culture, Music in the Libraries, Performances

Age Group:

New Adult (18-30 years), Adults, Seniors, Families, All Ages

Join the Jazz Club of Sarasota for a monthly jazz jam session that provides an introduction to jazz jamming. Perfect for beginners!

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Library Branch: Selby Library

Room: Jack J. Geldbart Auditorium

Age Group: New Adult (18-30 years), Adults, Seniors, Families, All Ages

Program Type: Cultural Life, History & Culture, Music in the Libraries, Performances

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Join the Jazz Club of Sarasota for a monthly jazz jam session that provides an introduction to jazz jamming. Perfect for beginners!

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Tech Navigator

Tuesday, June 16, 2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Group Study Room at Elsie Quirk Library

Program Type:

Technology Instruction, Virtual

Age Group:

Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person or distance appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

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Library Branch: Elsie Quirk Library

Room: Group Study Room

Age Group: Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Program Type: Technology Instruction, Virtual

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Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person or distance appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

Read with the Dogs

Tuesday, June 16, 2026 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Youth Activity Room at Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Library

Program Type:

Special Events, Storytimes

Age Group:

Youth, Babies (Birth to 1 year), Toddlers (1 to 3 years), Preschoolers (3 to 5 years), Children (5 to 9 years), Tweens (9 to 12 years), Families, All Ages

Calling all families with readers! Our dog friends from the Suncoast Humane Society are returning to the Jacaranda Library, and they want you to read to them!

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Library Branch: Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Library

Room: Youth Activity Room

Age Group: Youth, Babies (Birth to 1 year), Toddlers (1 to 3 years), Preschoolers (3 to 5 years), Children (5 to 9 years), Tweens (9 to 12 years), Families, All Ages

Program Type: Special Events, Storytimes

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Calling all families with readers! Our dog friends from the Suncoast Humane Society are returning to the Jacaranda Library, and they want you to read to them!

Tech Navigator

Tuesday, June 23, 2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Group Study Room at Elsie Quirk Library

Program Type:

Technology Instruction, Virtual

Age Group:

Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person or distance appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

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Library Branch: Elsie Quirk Library

Room: Group Study Room

Age Group: Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Program Type: Technology Instruction, Virtual

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Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person or distance appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

Tech Navigator

Tuesday, June 30, 2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Group Study Room at Elsie Quirk Library

Program Type:

Technology Instruction, Virtual

Age Group:

Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person or distance appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

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Library Branch: Elsie Quirk Library

Room: Group Study Room

Age Group: Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Program Type: Technology Instruction, Virtual

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Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person or distance appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

Libraries and History Center Closure

All Day 7/3 - 7/4

Betty J. Johnson North Sarasota Library, Elsie Quirk Library, Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Library, Fruitville Library, Gulf Gate Library, North Port Library, Osprey Library and History Center, Selby Library, Shannon Staub Library, William H. Jervey Jr. Venice Library, Pop-Up Library

Sarasota County Libraries and the History Center will be closed on Friday, July 3 and Saturday, July 4.We will resume normal hours on Monday, July 6.

Closing

Branches:

Betty J. Johnson North Sarasota Library, Elsie Quirk Library, Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Library, Fruitville Library, Gulf Gate Library, North Port Library, Osprey Library and History Center, Selby Library, Shannon Staub Library, William H. Jervey Jr. Venice Library, Pop-Up Library

Description:

Sarasota County Libraries and the History Center will be closed on Friday, July 3 and Saturday, July 4.

We will resume normal hours on Monday, July 6.

Tech Navigator

Tuesday, July 7, 2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Group Study Room at Elsie Quirk Library

Program Type:

Technology Instruction, Virtual

Age Group:

Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person or distance appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

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Library Branch: Elsie Quirk Library

Room: Group Study Room

Age Group: Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Program Type: Technology Instruction, Virtual

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Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person or distance appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

Art with Nature

Saturday, July 11, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Classroom A/B at Osprey Library and History Center

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts, Lifelong Learning

Age Group:

All Ages

Art with Nature

Explore your creativity in nature with a hungry caterpillar. Here you'll use nature's natural creations to create your own unique work of art.

Upcoming

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Registration Required

Upcoming

Library Branch: Osprey Library and History Center

Room: Classroom A/B

Age Group: All Ages

Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Lifelong Learning

Registration Required

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Art with Nature

Explore your creativity in nature with a hungry caterpillar. Here you'll use nature's natural creations to create your own unique work of art.

Tech Navigator

Tuesday, July 14, 2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Group Study Room at Elsie Quirk Library

Program Type:

Technology Instruction, Virtual

Age Group:

Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person or distance appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

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Library Branch: Elsie Quirk Library

Room: Group Study Room

Age Group: Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Program Type: Technology Instruction, Virtual

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Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person or distance appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

Tech Navigator

Tuesday, July 21, 2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Group Study Room at Elsie Quirk Library

Program Type:

Technology Instruction, Virtual

Age Group:

Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person or distance appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

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Library Branch: Elsie Quirk Library

Room: Group Study Room

Age Group: Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Program Type: Technology Instruction, Virtual

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Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person or distance appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

Tech Navigator

Tuesday, July 28, 2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Group Study Room at Elsie Quirk Library

Program Type:

Technology Instruction, Virtual

Age Group:

Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person or distance appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

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Library Branch: Elsie Quirk Library

Room: Group Study Room

Age Group: Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Program Type: Technology Instruction, Virtual

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Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person or distance appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

Tech Navigator

Tuesday, August 4, 2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Group Study Room at Elsie Quirk Library

Program Type:

Technology Instruction, Virtual

Age Group:

Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person or distance appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

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Library Branch: Elsie Quirk Library

Room: Group Study Room

Age Group: Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Program Type: Technology Instruction, Virtual

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Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person or distance appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

Tech Navigator

Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Group Study Room at Elsie Quirk Library

Program Type:

Technology Instruction, Virtual

Age Group:

Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person or distance appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

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Library Branch: Elsie Quirk Library

Room: Group Study Room

Age Group: Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Program Type: Technology Instruction, Virtual

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Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person or distance appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

Tech Navigator

Tuesday, August 18, 2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Group Study Room at Elsie Quirk Library

Program Type:

Technology Instruction, Virtual

Age Group:

Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person or distance appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

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Library Branch: Elsie Quirk Library

Room: Group Study Room

Age Group: Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Program Type: Technology Instruction, Virtual

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Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person or distance appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

Tech Navigator

Tuesday, August 25, 2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Group Study Room at Elsie Quirk Library

Program Type:

Technology Instruction, Virtual

Age Group:

Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person or distance appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

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Library Branch: Elsie Quirk Library

Room: Group Study Room

Age Group: Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Program Type: Technology Instruction, Virtual

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Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person or distance appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

Tech Navigator

Tuesday, September 1, 2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Group Study Room at Elsie Quirk Library

Program Type:

Technology Instruction, Virtual

Age Group:

Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person or distance appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

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Library Branch: Elsie Quirk Library

Room: Group Study Room

Age Group: Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Program Type: Technology Instruction, Virtual

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Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person or distance appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

Libraries and History Center Closure All Day

All Day

Betty J. Johnson North Sarasota Library, Elsie Quirk Library, Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Library, Fruitville Library, Gulf Gate Library, North Port Library, Osprey Library and History Center, Selby Library, Shannon Staub Library, William H. Jervey Jr. Venice Library

Sarasota County Libraries and the History Center will be closed on Monday, Sept. 7.We will resume normal hours on Tuesday, Sept. 8.

Closing

Branches:

Betty J. Johnson North Sarasota Library, Elsie Quirk Library, Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Library, Fruitville Library, Gulf Gate Library, North Port Library, Osprey Library and History Center, Selby Library, Shannon Staub Library, William H. Jervey Jr. Venice Library

Description:

Sarasota County Libraries and the History Center will be closed on Monday, Sept. 7.

We will resume normal hours on Tuesday, Sept. 8.

Tech Navigator

Tuesday, September 8, 2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Group Study Room at Elsie Quirk Library

Program Type:

Technology Instruction, Virtual

Age Group:

Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person or distance appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

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Library Branch: Elsie Quirk Library

Room: Group Study Room

Age Group: Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Program Type: Technology Instruction, Virtual

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Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person or distance appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

Tech Navigator

Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Group Study Room at Elsie Quirk Library

Program Type:

Technology Instruction, Virtual

Age Group:

Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person or distance appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

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Library Branch: Elsie Quirk Library

Room: Group Study Room

Age Group: Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Program Type: Technology Instruction, Virtual

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Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person or distance appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

Tech Navigator

Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Group Study Room at Elsie Quirk Library

Program Type:

Technology Instruction, Virtual

Age Group:

Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person or distance appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

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Library Branch: Elsie Quirk Library

Room: Group Study Room

Age Group: Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Program Type: Technology Instruction, Virtual

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Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person or distance appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

Tech Navigator

Tuesday, September 29, 2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Group Study Room at Elsie Quirk Library

Program Type:

Technology Instruction, Virtual

Age Group:

Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person or distance appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

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Library Branch: Elsie Quirk Library

Room: Group Study Room

Age Group: Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Program Type: Technology Instruction, Virtual

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Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person or distance appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

Pop Stop Phillippi Farmhouse Market

Monday, October 5, 2026 at 9:00am - 1:00pm

Pop-Up Library

Program Type:

Healthy Living, Outreach

Age Group:

Adults, Seniors, Families, All Ages

Visit the Pop Up library at the Phillippi Farmhouse Market! The Pop Up library van will be at the market on the 1st Monday* of each month from 9 am - 1pm.

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Offsite Event

Library Branch: Pop-Up Library

Age Group: Adults, Seniors, Families, All Ages

Program Type: Healthy Living, Outreach

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Visit the Pop Up library at the Phillippi Farmhouse Market! The Pop Up library van will be at the market on the 1st Monday* of each month from 9 am - 1pm.

Tech Navigator

Tuesday, October 6, 2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Group Study Room at Elsie Quirk Library

Program Type:

Technology Instruction, Virtual

Age Group:

Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person or distance appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

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Library Branch: Elsie Quirk Library

Room: Group Study Room

Age Group: Adults, Seniors, All Ages

Program Type: Technology Instruction, Virtual

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Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through an in-person or distance appointment with one of our Tech Navigators. Tech Navigators are library staff members ready to assist you with technology skills.

Fruitville Library CLOSED Dec. 18, 2025 - July 2026

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