Week Calendar

For mobile babies to 5 years old. Drop in to enjoy a special uninterrupted playtime with your child in our FREE Partners in Play® (PIP) groups. Meet our friendly Parenting Educators and discover how play and learning go hand-in-hand.

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

Join us for songs, rhymes, play, and of course great stories! Engage kids in visual literacy, language development, and social skills in a fun class presented by our Youth Services team.

Ages 2-5. Join certified instructor Sheila Blake for yoga poses with fun active storytelling and creative movement for preschoolers. Please bring your own mat. Limit 24. 

This special storytime features baby sign language, rhymes, songs, books, and playtime.

Registration is not required. Attendance is first come, first serve as room capacity is limited. Please see youth staff the morning of the program.

For mobile babies to 5 years old. Drop in to enjoy a special uninterrupted playtime with your child in our FREE Partners in Play® (PIP) groups. Meet our friendly Parenting Educators and discover how play and learning go hand-in-hand.

Come and get assistance with your genealogy research from experienced and knowledgeable volunteers

Ages 0 - 5, attending with caregiver.

Storytime includes themed stories, songs and a craft.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Do you want help with...

eBooks, movies, eAudiobooks

Email how-to

Using your device

Library Database Resources

Cyber Security Questions

Printing Questions

or something else? 

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

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

For mobile babies to 5 years old. Drop in to enjoy a special uninterrupted playtime with your child in our FREE Partners in Play® (PIP) groups. Meet our friendly Parenting Educators and discover how play and learning go hand-in-hand.

For mobile babies to 5 years old. Drop in to enjoy a special uninterrupted playtime with your child in our FREE Partners in Play® (PIP) groups. Meet our friendly Parenting Educators and discover how play and learning go hand-in-hand.

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

For ages 2-5. Join us for story time filled with a variety of early literacy activities that include music, stories, movement, crafts and school readiness. 

Enjoy a cup of tea while discussing British movies and television series with a very welcoming group.

Ages 0 - 5, attending with caregiver.

Help us clean out our craft closet and also check out our coloring book collection!

Join Amy the Hoop Lady and enjoy playing fun preschool games with music and hula hoops. Recommended for ages 2-6.

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.

ROAR! is The Ringling's free storytime that connects art with early literacy. At this program, we read together, make art, and learn about an object in the museum.

There’s something for everyone!

pop-up library reveal • mammoth-themed storytime • steel drum music by caladesi • crafts and demonstrations • exhibits and rare collections • light refreshments

There’s something for everyone!

-POP-UP LIBRARY REVEAL 

-MAMMOTH-THEMED STORYTIME

-STEEL DRUM MUSIC BY CALADESI

-CRAFTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS

-EXHIBITS AND RARE COLLECTIONS 

Drop in and crochet! Beginners and experienced crocheters welcome. Bring your own supplies or use ours. Recommended for ages 9 and up.

Meeting spot will vary. Please ask at a service desk for today's location.

This free storytime program engages toddlers, preschoolers, and primary school students in activities that connect art and early literacy. Join us for a story and accompanying art activity based on a work of art in the museum collection.

Come get assistance with your genealogy research. Bring your questions!

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

This program features a variety of coloring and craft projects for kids to be as creative as possible. 

Crafts are geared towards ages 2-6, but children of all ages are welcome. Registration is not required.

Join us for friendly discussion, book recommendations, and insight! 

We will be discussing News of the World by Paulette Giles

A variety of fun learning activities and stories geared for toddlers. All ages are welcome as needed. 

Come join us in the Teen Room and spend some time enjoying, reading and watching anime and manga! Ages 8-12 welcome! 

Art Exhibition to Celebrate Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month

(Exposicíon de arte para celebrar el Mes de la Herencia Hispana)

Featuring Artists (artistas destacados):

Karen Arango

For mobile babies to 5 years old. Drop in to enjoy a special uninterrupted playtime with your child in our FREE Partners in Play® (PIP) groups. Meet our friendly Parenting Educators and discover how play and learning go hand-in-hand.

Bringing a baby into the world can fill our hearts with joy and love, and our minds with questions and wonder.

For mobile babies to 5 years old. Drop in to enjoy a special uninterrupted playtime with your child in our FREE Partners in Play® (PIP) groups. Meet our friendly Parenting Educators and discover how play and learning go hand-in-hand.

Get ready to create: you bring the idea, we bring the tools! 

The Florida Department of Health in Sarasota County, Health in Motion staff will be on-site to provide no-cost health screenings and referrals for general health and wellness.

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 a special uninterrupted playtime with your child in our FREE Partners in Play® (PIP) groups. Meet our friendly Parenting Educators and discover how play and learning go hand-in-hand.

For mobile babies to 5 years old. Drop in to enjoy a special uninterrupted playtime with your child in our FREE Partners in Play® (PIP) groups. Meet our friendly Parenting Educators and discover how play and learning go hand-in-hand.

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.

This club is for music lovers who want to learn to play an insrument or find people who like music as well. Anni Szantosi will teach and jam with participants.

Explore the history of the former Venice Army Air Base, created during World War II.

Join Sarasota Extension Services Master Gardeners for questions pertaining to Florida-friendly gardening, composting, and identifying insects.

The Writer's Circle was created for writers of all types and genres. Whether you write Fiction, Poetry, Lyrics even Stand-Up Comedy; here, you will find a welcoming place via Zoom to share and if you wish to, discuss your work.

Everyone is welcome to the open-topic discussions of the Socrates Cafe.

Bring your projects, patterns, and questions to Elsie Quirk Library and join the Quirky Knitters for an afternoon of knitting and crochet.  All skill levels welcome.  Registration is not required, so come on in to knit and chat!

Sarasota County Extension Services Master Gardeners are here to help folks identify plants, flowers, etc. as well as care for them.

Get expert advice on your landscaping needs.

Create a unique necklace from a variety of beautiful beads. Learn to use color, pattern, unity, and texture to craft your unique treasure. Put it all together by learning to attach the clasp to your new handcrafted piece of jewelry.

Presenting Concert Guitarist Jane Rosenbohm on the story of how music and the guitar have changed throughout history. Musical examples will demonstrate changes from earlier music to contemporary music.

Teens in grades 6 through 12 are welcome to hang out, play games, and more.

Join us as we travel to Egypt  with Jane Mahler. 

Teens in grades 6 through 12 are welcome to hang out, play games, and more.

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.

Join the fun as we explore various arts and craft formats!  Sponsored by the Friends of the North Port Library.

Teens in grades 6 through 12 are welcome to hang out, play games, and more.

Teens in grades 6 through 12 are welcome to hang out, play games, and more.

Interested in your family's genealogy but don't know where to start?

Learn how to research and document your ancestors using online genealogical resources. No prior research experience is necessary.

We will begin with you and your immediate family.

Teens in grades 6 through 12 are welcome to hang out, play games, and more.

Join us at Fruitville Library for this Month's movie "Book Club The Next Chapter" starring Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Diane Keaton and Mary Steenburgen. Four best friends take their book club to Italy for the fun girls trip they never had.

Meet other coders and work on your coding project. Share with others and troubleshoot as a team. Led by Levi Szantosi whose top picks are Python, Scratch, and Unreal Engine.

Experience the joy of creation with professional artist Elizabeth Goodwill.  She will help you to create a unique embellished, woven necklace by weaving on cardboard and using beads, stones, sequins, embroidery thread and more to

Test your knowledge of authors and books, both classic and modern, with this fun Jeopardy style game. All participants will receive a small prize, while winners get to a select a bigger one. 

If you like writing your own pieces or would like to branch out and grow your creativity, come join us for our Teen Writers Club! We will be meeting weekly on Mondays @ 4 p.m. Ages 12-18 welcome!

"Chess Club & Other Games" is an informal gathering that meets every second and forth Monday from 4-6 p.m. For all age groups and skill levels. Registration not required. 

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.

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

For children ages 5-12. Space is limited and registration is required.

A different project every week!

Ages 6+.

Teens and tweens can play video games with Wii, Switch and Playstation consoles.

Children are invited to read with certified pet therapy dogs. The program encourages conversation and develops reading and communication skills.

Play with your food! Discover the wonderful, whimsical, works of fruitful painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo. In this program, kids will have the opportunity to use collage to create their own imaginative characters out of fruit and vegetable shapes.

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

Join us for a Family Movie Night!

We will be featuring Studio Ghibli movies for the rest of the year:

September: The Secret World of Arriety

October: Kiki's Delivery Service

November: Ponyo

A bi-monthly open mic jazz jam session for amateur jazz performers and listeners.

Join us for Family Game Night in the Storytime Room on Tuesdays from 5 - 7.

Various board games/tabletop games will be available.

Join us for the Monthly Creation Station Wood Craft. Each month, attendees will assemble and paint an item themed for the month. Advance registration is required due to limited seats.

Join us for LEGOs in the Storytime Room on Thursday from 5-7.

Both DUPLOs and regular LEGOs will be available.

Join us on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month for a variety of movies from classics to recent blockbusters. 

A concert in memory of the victims of 9/11.