Week Calendar

Join instructor Gayle Berthiaume and discover how to turn everyday moments into beautiful memories—right from your iPhone!

Florida is home to multiple species of shorebirds and seabirds that live and breed on our sandy beaches. Sometimes these nests can be very secretive, and other times these nests can occur in colonies of hundreds of birds.

Learn what makes a strong password and how to keep your passwords safe. Understanding what constitutes a strong password is essential for online security.

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.

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 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. 

Join Teresa as she teaches even more difficult origami than she does in her beginner class.

She likes to create items to decorate a home or to give away as a gift. She brings in her own extra work as examples and sometimes to give away.

Get assistance from experienced and knowledgeable volunteers

Bring your questions

In the early 20th century, French born Henri Matisse (1869-1954) and Spanish born Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) became leading figures in the visual arts.

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 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.

Explore the trending art of gelli printing to create some surprising and intriguing works of art!

Get assistance from experienced and knowledgeable volunteers

Bring your questions

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.

This interactive animal presentation will immerse you in the animals paws for the day. There will be three live animals present. 

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.

Get a taste of what our Creation Station has to offer with this sampler program. Participants will have a chance to try three simple projects in two hours. Take your creations home along with your new skills!

Florida Robotics will be bringing a life-sized talking robot to interact with kids and families as they complete a robot themed craft in Shannon Staub's meeting room.

Improve your Spanish by joining the group.

For teens and adults.

Have you ever seen a decal out in the wild, maybe on a water bottle, that made you smile? Has the next step ever been to wince when you look up how expensive that decal is? This library program is for you!

A magician's worst nightmare! Magic secrets will be revealed and you will understand the role science plays in the world of magic with the help of Mad Science of Greater Tampa Bay.

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.

Ages 5 and up. Work on your own creations or build as a team. We provide the LEGOs, you provide the imagination. Creations will be on display in the youth area for one week following the programs.

Children are invited to read with certified pet therapy dogs from the Suncoast Humane Society Pet Therapy Team. This program encourages conversation and develops reading and communication skills.

Drop in during this one-hour session to meet certified pet therapy dogs from Suncoast Humane Society and their parents.

Kids ages 5-12 are invited to join us to explore the world of abstract art through the use of construction paper!

Through Tobacco Free Florida’s Quit Your Way Program, Gulfcoast South AHEC (GSAHEC) offers free Group Quit sessions to tobacco users free of charge.

Learn the basic stitches of embroidery with local artist Elizabeth Goodwill, design your own pattern or start an embroidery journal.  For children and tweens (age 5 and above). Space is limited.

If you like writing your own pieces or would like to grow your creativity, come join us for our Teen Writers Club!  Enhance your writing skills, participate in free-writing exercises and get feedback on written work.

Want to learn to code? Like to play Minecraft? Now you can do both in this fun workshop. Participants will use the Minecraft Education app as a learning tool for coding, critical thinking and creativity.

Want to play chess? Can’t find someone or somewhere to play? 

Open to chess players of all ages and abilities. Chess boards and pieces will be provided. 

First & Fourth Tuesday of every month. 5 - 7 p.m.

This month we will be reading and discussing "The Clockmaker's Daughter" by Kate Morton.