Upcoming Events

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 your friends for stories, rhymes, sign language, and other activities in this story time for babies and toddlers.

While there is no question that Sarasota County is an attractive place to call home, archaeological sites like the one at Indian Mound Park prove humans have felt this way for thousands of years.

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.

An Agency Site is a stop such as a senior living community, nursing home or school that is not accessible to the public.

Join us for a fun, informative session of freestyle art. This session will kick off with a brief intro to Claude Monet, the French painter and founder of Impressionism.

LAST Stop is a drop-in program designed for teens in 6th through 12th grade to participate in fun activities, talk with friends, have snacks, and play games.

Join the POP UP as you Pull the levers, honk the horns and explore over 50 trucks at the 30th Annual Big Truck Day at CoolToday Park!

Local musicians The Garbage-Men perform musical numbers on their unique homemade recycled instruments. Featuring a special Q&A session and a chance to interact with the band and their instruments, this program is hit for the whole family!

Join the POP UP as the City of Venice presents its 5th Fire and Police Public Safety Day event.

Ready to rock? Join us for a fun and family-friendly 6-week guitar class designated for complete beginners! Learn to play some of your favorite songs while making music and memories. 

The Suncoast Writers Guild has been helping people develop the craft of writing for 35 years as a safe place to share stories and poems, get feedback, and build connections.

Join Teresa as she teaches the art of origami. 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.

This fun and engaging art activity will show the various techniques for watercolor painting. Techniques such as Wax Resist, Wet-on-wet, Salt, Alcohol, and more will be demonstrated and practiced.

Already know a few chords? Let's take your guitar skills to the next level! In this fun, family-friendly 6-week class, you'll learn to play your favorite songs, learn more chords and move forward with guitar techniques.

Jam and learn in the Teen Center with your teen teacher, Anni Szantosi, and her numerous instruments! This club is for tween and teen music lovers who want to learn to play an instrument or find people who enjoy music. 

The Death Cafe returns to the Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Library every third Saturday of the month! Join us for an open discussion about death and life, dying, end-of life topics and their place in our lives. Come and share.

Meet other coders in the Teen Center 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.

Explore the world of chemical reactions featuring liquid nitrogen, as Sub-Zero provides fun demonstrations of scientific principles, ending with a frozen treat! Be a part of these interactive scientific demonstrations of the power of liquid n

Explore the fun of space and learn about some science with the help of Mad Scientists of Mad Science Greater Tampa Bay! Investigate rocket aerodynamics, thrust, and trajectory to see what it took to get to the moon.