Event List

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

Enjoy some award winning international films with English subtitles.

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.

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.

Gamers unite for two hours of social fun where a different Role Playing tabletop game/campaign will be featured every week. From classic multiplayer RPG games like Dungeons & Dragons to Indie games like Wanderlust and Teatime Adventures.

A different project every week!

Recommended for ages 6 and up.

Teens and tweens, come join us to bake cookies and learn about Sarasota's agricultural history at this special program presented by the Sarasota County History Center!

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.

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 Socrates Cafe is a discussion group in which everyone is welcome! Feel free to join in and propose topics that interest you. We vote on the topic and then take turns offering viewpoints and questions.

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

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.

Drop in and enjoy a calming, garden-inspired program with tactile stations and simple crafts for children aged 2-10 and sensory seekers. 

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

Join us for a special STEAM activity on the first Wednesday of every month! In this open lab, patrons will have access to use Chomp Saws a safe, easy-to-use cutting device, to create whatever they can imagine!

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!

The coontie plant, historically utilized by Florida's indigenous people, was driven close to extinction due to European settlers' commercial exploitation. It has now rebounded as a staple in Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ practices.

Have an empty notebook but not sure what to do with it? Journal Club is an open, no-pressure opportunity for teens to get together and write, junk journal, draw, and decompress with one another with as much creativity and flair as they wish.

Come join fellow Anime and Comics enthusiasts in discussions about our favorite shows, comics & Manga! 

For new adults (18-30 years old).

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

Come and socialize with fellow knitting, crocheting and sewing enthusiasts! All levels welcome. Bring your current project to work on.