Event List

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.

Preschoolers, kindergarteners, and their families can enjoy loosely structured play with a variety of rotating toys and activities in our Story Time Room.

Children ages 2-8 and their caregivers are invited for Wednesday morning free-play time, with an assortment of toys and props to inspire the young imagination! Drop-in anytime between 10:30am and 11:30am.

The Sarasota Music Archive presents the John Goodman Performance and Lecture Series:

Please register for each event separately AND each name attending. (Duplicate registrations are deleted.)

Do you need access to a sewing machine for practice? Or do you need help with a sewing or mending project? This is an open lab for adults with basic sewing machine experience. 

Come and get assistance from knowledgeable volunteers

Bring your questions!

Join us at the North Port Library for storytime!  Songs, crafts and stories guaranteed! 

Join us for friendly discussion, book recommendations, and insight! Come with any recommendations and to discuss the book of the month: "James" by Percival Everett.

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.

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.

Homeschool Meetup

5 Steps to Energy Savings provides practical, hands-on learning about how to make your home safer and more comfortable while reducing energy and water use.

Discover the rich traditions of spice and herbal tea-making in diverse Asian cultures and make your own original herbal tea blend to taste in class!

Come and learn about resources that can help you determine if something you see on the news or internet is accurate or true.

A Junk Journal Club for enthusiasts.  Please bring your own journal and glue.  Meet new friends and carve out some time for yourself and your thoughts.... 

Join us for a beginner-friendly sewing class to learn sewing machine basics and make a couple of easy projects like a glasses case and a pincushion! 

Tear Japanese washi paper to create a collage that expresses the beauty of nature. 

Attendees are welcome to also check out our Craft Club: D.I.Y. Zines program happening in conjunction to this one.

Come make a vibrant collage celebrating the natural world!

Children are invited for a special opportunity to share a story with a furry friend! Take advantage of this no-pressure, judgment-free zone to practice reading with a certified therapy dog.  Space is limited. First come, first seated.

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.

Hang out as you please and play a variety of board games, video games, and card games with your friends! All games will be provided. Ages 11-18 only.

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