Event List

Learn macrame techniques to create your own macrame wristlets, led by local artist Christine Gilkey!

Registration required. For ages 12-18.

Join us for this two-part class to learn the basics of pine needle basket weaving!

--- ADVANCE APPOINTMENTS ARE REQUIRED. ---

Call (941) 500-9181 to set up your appointment!

Join the Friends of The Venice Library for a tour of our beautiful library. It is guaranteed you will be surprised and impressed with all of the special features we have for all ages.

The Highwaymen: A group of African American artists who earned their living by selling their Florida landscape paintings out of the trunks of their cars in the 1960s.

Join us for a fun painting lesson from local artist Shelly Augsbury.  Learn how to paint a gnome for St. Patrick's Day.  Don't forget to wear green!  Best for ages 7-12.  Registration required.

Re-purpose glass to make something useful and beautiful.  All materials are provided.  No registration is required.  These programs are popular.  Seating is limited.  First Come, first seated.

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.

Selby Library dates of Tax Preparation: February 2nd - April 15th. Located on the 2nd floor.

Days and Hours of Operation: Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays - 2-5pm. Saturdays 11am-2pm.

Stop in and celebrate GREEN!! We will have two different good luck crafts available: leprechaun traps and friendship bracelets. While supplies last.

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!

Join us the third Tuesday of every month for a new art project!

A priceless Monet painting has recently gone missing from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. We have reason to believe it’s been nabbed by the new museum curator, Vincent Hahn. Use your wits to get the painting back undetected.

A different project every week!

Recommended for ages 6 and up.

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 at Teen DIY Lab! 

Each month we will try out a new DIY project you can make and take home.

This month we will be using Kool-Aid to create a variety of fun lip balms and glosses.

Sarasota Performing Arts Foundation is excited to offer a new series of Arts Wellness Workshops, designed to enhance community well-being through the power of the arts.

Tax help by appointment.

Get ready for a music and movement adventure with Ms. Adrianne! In our Fun To Be Fit Kids “littles” classes (ages 1–5), you’ll enjoy a new theme every month with fresh songs, dances, and stories.

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:

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 sewing machine experience. 

AARP Foundation Tax-Aide offers free assistance for federal returns at Elsie Quirk Library.

Come and get assistance from knowledgeable volunteers

Bring your questions!

REGISTER AT THE INFORMATION DESK AT THE VENICE LIBRARY.