Week Calendar

Alzheimer's Association support groups, conducted by trained facilitators, ara a safe place for people living with dementia and their care partners to: 

-Develop a support system.              &nbs

Pick up a craft kit to make a paper design inspired by quilt designs from Gee's Bend. Kits include cardstock, a variety of colored paper, and instructions.

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.

Pick up a craft kit to make a paper design inspired by quilt designs from Gee's Bend. Kits include cardstock, a variety of colored paper, and instructions.

Connect with the arts through monthly performances that give voice and embodiment to the two-dimensional.

Pick up a craft kit to make a paper design inspired by quilt designs from Gee's Bend. Kits include cardstock, a variety of colored paper, and instructions.

For mobile babies to 5 years old.

Learn to knit or crochet! All ages and skill levels welcome! It is recommended to bring your own yarn and needles. Instructor-supplied yarns remain with the instructor weekly until piece is completed.

Watch the Livestream of these events at 

Pick up a craft kit to make a paper design inspired by quilt designs from Gee's Bend. Kits include cardstock, a variety of colored paper, and instructions.

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 infants to five years, attending with caregiver. The storytime includes simple stories, nursery rhymes, songs, fingerplays, and crafts. Space is limited to 80 people. Free tickets are available at the youth desk beginning at 10 a.m.

Let's walk and talk about books!

We will meet at 10:30 a.m. to ensure our paperwork is in order (liability forms on file, etc), and then we will begin our route!

We plan to walk over to Woodmere Park and explore their trail.

Pick up a craft kit to make a paper design inspired by quilt designs from Gee's Bend. Kits include cardstock, a variety of colored paper, and instructions.

STORYTIME IS BACK! And again, we're headed for the great outdoors! We hope you'll join us on the front patio of the Jacaranda Library for a morning filled with stories, songs, and a craft.

AARP is providing free tax help. Due to Covid-19 restrictions and concerns, ALL taxpayers are required to make an appointment to have their documents dropped off.

Come to Selby Library and pick up a craft kit to make a paper design inspired by quilt designs from Gee's Bend. Kits include cardstock, a variety of colored paper, and instructions.

Practice speaking English! Sponsored by the Literacy Council of Sarasota. Please call 941-955-0421 to register as an ESOL learner with the Literacy Council of Sarasota.

The Genealogical Society of Sarasota will continue to host its programs in an online environment until we can safely return to the Geldbart Auditorium. Participants can expect expert information on a variety of genealogy subjects.

Earn community service hours while you help shape the future of the library.  Create, develop, execute, and lead programs and activities.  Influence collection and service decisions. 

Join Ms. Adrianne for a fun-filled exercise party via Zoom! Recommended for ages 2-5.

To register and receive codes and information for Zoom, please email htweed@scgov.net.

Enjoy special uninterrupted play time with your child in our drop-in FREE Partners In Play® (PIP) parenting education groups.

Meet friends and share fun learning experiences in science, reading, music and more in these Live Zoom programs. Build confidence and attention skills for online classes and the professional world of the future while sparking curios

Join us on Zoom for a book discussion, with a side of culinary advice!  The book discussion will start at 11:00 a.m. followed by culinary Q & A at noon.

Join Dr. Katherine Clements, Ecology and Natural Resources Educator for University of Florida/IFAS Extension Sarasota County on Zoom Live February 11, 2021 from 11 a.m.

Come on down to Shannon Staub Library and enjoy a delicious lunch from some of Southwest Florida's premier meals on wheels! 

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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.

Many people have been learning about the importance of honeybees to maintaining healthy ecosystems.

For mobile babies to 5 years old.

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.

Join SHINE for a Lunch and Learn event straight from your kitchen table! This session will include learning about Medicare and COVID-19 and COVID-19 scams to be aware of. 

Discover Google tools that can help you work and manage your business during this time of uncertainty.

Stumped by technology? Your technology questions can be answered through a live, virtual appointment. 

Socrates Café is a gathering where people from different backgrounds get together and exchange thoughtful ideas and experiences while embracing the central theme of Socratic teaching; the idea that we learn.

Have you ever wondered who is Elsie Quirk?  Join Librarian, Cris Walton on Facebook for Story Time Live to learn a little bit about the history of the Elsie Quirk Public Library and then enjoy a story about what it may have been like growing

Have you ever wondered who is Elsie Quirk?  Join Librarian, Cris Walton on Facebook for Story Time Live to learn a little bit about the history of the Elsie Quirk Public Library and then enjoy a story about what it may have been like growing

Join Dr. Lisa Merritt as she discusses the yearlong community based COVID-19 intervention that the Multicultural Health Institute (MHI) engaged in to address the COVID-19 pandemic.

Comets: A Love Story 

A variety of writings and speeches will be reviewed and presented by Ed Dwyer, PhD.

Wed 3: Amanda Gorman: "The Hill We Climb."

Wed 10: Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. : "Where Do We Go From Here?"

Join SHINE to learn the basics of Medicare and important enrollment periods. 

"Music on the Lawn" featuring The Garbage-Men

Join the Teen Advisory Board to help plan library programs for teens, earn Bright Futures scholarship hours, gain leadership experience and have fun with new friends.

Learn to knit or crochet! All ages and skill levels welcome! It is recommended to bring your own yarn and needles. Instructor-supplied yarns remain with the instructor weekly until piece is completed.

A different project every week!

Ages 6+. 

Play the classic role-playing game with a new group of players/adventurers.

For ages 8-18. 2nd Tuesday of the month in the Young Adults section. Relieve stress by getting in tune with your inner child and tap into your creative, happy place.

Our present is haunted by the silences of the past. Confronting racism and sexism through archival, archaeological, and oral history investigations has brought forward remarkable histories of freedom for the region around New College of Florida.

Children are invited to read with certified pet therapy dogs. This program encourages conversation and develops reading and communication skills. The dogs love the attention and the kids love the interactions.

Take a step into the past with an old-fashioned drive-in movie.  Bring your own snacks and tune into the sound through your car's FM radio.  We ask that everyone remains in their vehicles throughout the show to maintain social distance.&

Take a step into the past with an old-fashioned drive-in movie.  Bring your own snacks and tune into the sound through your car's FM radio.  We ask that everyone remains in their vehicles throughout the show to maintain social distance.&