Week Calendar

Join us to paint your very own rock! We will be using acrylic paint, so wear your painting clothes. Materials provided, no experience required. *Registration Required

Join us at the Fruitville Library with your knit/crochet projects. All ages and skills are welcome. Supplies and knowledgeable members are on hand to help anyone interested in learning to knit or crochet. 

Join us for an enjoyable craft session in the Veranda Room at the North Port Public Library! It will be a fun time of learning and building new crafting skills.

Bhutan, a Buddhist kingdom on the Himalayas' eastern edge, is known for its monasteries, fortresses (or dzongs), and dramatic landscapes that consist mostly of steep and high mountains crisscrossed by a network of rivers which form deep valleys.

Join us for our Summer Teen Hangout!

Join us for our Summer Teen Hangout!

Join us for our Summer Teen Hangout!

Join us for our Summer Teen Hangout!

Join teen musician, Anni Szantosi, to jam and talk about music. Bring your own instrument or play along on the ones provided.

Join us for a calming and therapeutic coloring session where you can unleash your creativity and unwind. 

All who completed their ten hours of reading in our Summer Learning program are invited to join us at Shannon Staub library for our end of summer bash, once again featuring our friends from The Q Ice Cream.

Join us for a calming and therapeutic coloring session where you can unleash your creativity and unwind. 

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!

Are you curious about our Creation Station? Join us for Open Lab, where library patrons can explore and experiment with a variety of tools and equipment such as sewing machines, button makers, and more. 

Join us on select Saturdays for adventure themed crafts!

June 8th-Mapmaking

June 22-Junk Journaling

July 20-Adventure Jars

August 3-Nature Bookmarks (Please bring your own leaves and flowers!)

Come join us for some fun and games! Challenge each other to see who can make the highest scoring word in Scrabble or practice your bluffing game with Sheriff of Nottingham.

Drop by the teen room and watch this week's requested movie. Add more wishlist movies to our clipboard request page in the teen room!

The internet is an ocean of wonderful information and fun things to discover! But be careful- scary predators can be lurking in the depths.

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.

Want to get more involved with the library?

Use a variety of items to create a unique creature. Bring some of your own items or just use ours. Registration is required for this teen program. Recommended for ages 11-18

Have you ever wanted the perfect frame for your original artwork or a photo you love? Come join us and learn how to make one out of beads. Bring your creativity and hang out with us!

For tweens and teens.

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

Join other teens at our monthly Teen Advisory Board Meeting. Prior registration as a Teen Volunteer is required to attend the meeting. Attendees will receive community service credit for their time at the meeting.

Writers looking to work on their craft can join poet Karim Manning who will lead us in an interactive poetry workshop.

Calling all young book lovers! Come join the book dragons, where we dive into the latest and greatest YA novels, classics, and everything in between.

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 11-18 welcome!

Come draw with us! In this open hour have fun drawing your own doodle designs.

Watch anime and discuss your favorite characters. Explore anime-inspired, Asian snacks and crafts. Ages 9-18 are welcome!

As part of our Artist in the Libraries, Artist Elizabeth Goodwill will guide tweens and teens in the creation of their very own journal.

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

Karen Kreisler is a certified meditation, yoga, health and wellness instructor with over ten years of teaching experience.