Week Calendar

Holiday Needle Felting with Kat Sjogren! 

Registration Required. Limited to 15 participants. 

Sponsored by the Friends of the Fruitville Library.

Join us for this special holiday craft. Learn how to Sew an Angel Ornament to display in your home for the holidays.

Registration is Required

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.

Do you want to improve your golf game? Join Mrs. Bee from Bumble Bee Yoga for a 1-hour yoga session to help build the strength and stability you need to play your best round. Mrs.

Learn how to make soap with goat's milk soap base, essential oils, and mica color powder. With snowflake molds and wintery scents, your soap will transport you to a winter wonderland!

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 Miss Taylor for storytime! Children of all ages are invited. Each storytime will include stories, songs, and a craft!

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. 

Preschoolers, kindergarteners, and their families can enjoy loosely structured play with a variety of rotating toys and activities in our Story Time Room.

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.

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

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? 

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 one Come all and Join us for a fun and exciting Storytime and Craft.  Ms. Caitlyn from The Ringling Museum and Art will read an exciting book that will be connected back to a special feature at the museum and followed by an fun craft.

Stroll through our Reading Garden with your little one as YOU become the storyteller. Enjoy a different book the first Saturday of every month!

In case of rain, Story Trail will be set up in the Kids' Zone.

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.

Learn about artificial intelligence and how we use it every day, even without knowing it. We can see how AI can be used in school, work, and creativity. Also learn about its limitations and problems.

Assistance from experienced and knowledgeable volunteers

Bring your questions

Join your friends for stories, rhymes, sign language, and other activities. 

This is best suited for toddlers aged 1-3, but all ages are welcome as needed. 

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 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.

Jam and learn with your teen teacher, Anni Szantosi, and her numerous instruments! This club is for music lovers who want to learn to play an instrument or find people who like music as well.

Join us for this two-part class to learn the basics of pine needle basket weaving!

Make paper dahlias from pre-cut petals for a sweet decoration with a modern twist.

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!

Join us for this two-part class to learn the basics of pine needle basket weaving!

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.

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 Osmo technology, robots, button makers, and more. 

Step back in time and experience Florida’s rich holiday traditions with Florida Frontier Stories and Tales Celebrating the Holiday Season.

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

Sarasota is mostly known for its powdery white sand beaches but it is also known as Florida’s Culture Coast for its plethora of arts, theaters, and museums.

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.

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.

Join us for a fun Cricut craft session! See the Cricut in action and make a variety of Holiday crafts. 🎄🎁✨

✨ Registration is required! ✨

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.

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

Join us at the library to learn the basics of Microsoft Word, including how to change the font type and size, how to make a bulleted list, how to change the text alignment, and more!

The Arts Alliance Play Readers present a dramatic reading of "On the Way to a Christmas Party":

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

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.

This class will go over various subjects concerning computer basics. Basic computer typing skills required.

Registration Required

Need a place to get some homework done, write that paper, or work on that group project? Come over to Elsie Quirk Library to study and listen to some tunes while you get your homework done!

Join us for a special STEAM activity on the first Wednesday of every month!

We will read books, conduct some experiments, and learn all about arctic animals during our December lab! 

Recommended for children ages 5-8.

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. 

LEGO Club is back! Join us every other Tuesday in the Creation Station to show off your LEGO building talents.  Use the hour to freely build or choose one of our challenge cards for inspiration! Best for ages 5-12.

Meet therapy dogs and their owners.  Enjoy the benefits of spending time with therapy pets!

A different project every week!

Ages 6+.

Stop in and make your very own fuse bead creation. Great for gifts, decorations, and lots of fun! For ages 5-12 - direct adult supervision is required.

Herbs and spices not only add flavor, they also can help reduce your sodium, fat and sugar intake. Get advice on using herbs and spices in meals, and how to properly store them.

Make paper dahlias from pre-cut shapes for a sweet decoration with a modern twist.

Want to play chess? Can’t find someone or somewhere to play?  All skill levels are welcome, but a basic knowledge of the game is recommended. First & Fourth Tuesday of every month. 5 - 7 p.m. 

Join us tweens and teens as we break out the sewing machines and make fabric two pocket wallets. 

Come have some fun at LEGO® Club: Winter Challenge! Each month we'll have a different theme for your builds. Build on your own or as a team. Bring your imagination, and we'll bring the LEGO® pieces.

For ages 5 and up.