Jazz Fundamentals & Beyond workshop series

Join the Jazz Club of Sarasota for a monthly jazz jam session that provides an introduction to jazz jamming. Perfect for beginners!

1331 First St., Sarasota, FL, 34236, US

Words and Wiggles Storytime

This preschool-aged story time is led by a library staff member. Enjoy a variety of stories, songs, rhymes, and fun activities!

1331 First St., Sarasota, FL, 34236, US

Mythically Curious: Looking at Myth Through Multiple Lenses

You will interact with images from the Ringling Museum focused on Mythic figures. We will use works of literature from the past and present to add context to the artwork itself. You will have the opportunity to recreate this myth through drawing or writing what they see......More

You will interact with images from the Ringling Museum focused on Mythic figures. We will use works of literature from the past and present to add context to the artwork itself. You will have the opportunity to recreate this myth through drawing or writing what they see the figure as, or what the figure would look like now.

1331 First St., Sarasota, FL, 34236, US

Health in Motion: Sarasota Health Department

The Health in Motion Bus offers free and low-cost public health services. A registered nurse is available at all visits. Individuals who need follow-up medical care are referred to a primary health care provider. No appointment needed. Nurse consultations and many servi......More

The Health in Motion Bus offers free and low-cost public health services. A registered nurse is available at all visits. Individuals who need follow-up medical care are referred to a primary health care provider. No appointment needed. Nurse consultations and many services are offered at no cost to you. There are fees for some services.- Blood Pressure Screening- Body Mass Index (BMI) Measurement- Diabetes - Glucose Screening- HIV and STD Testing- Tips for Staying Healthy

1331 First St., Sarasota, FL, 34236, US

Creation Station: Experienced Sewing Lab

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 sewing machine experience.This is not a class, but an open lab where you can practice your skills and ask questions.Sewing mach......More

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 sewing machine experience.This is not a class, but an open lab where you can practice your skills and ask questions.Sewing machines are available on a first-come, first-served basis, and you are welcome to bring your own machine if you wish. If you are unable to attend, please cancel via your email confirmation link or contact the library.

1331 First St., Sarasota, FL, 34236, US

Socrates Cafe

The Socrates Cafe is a discussion group in which everyone is welcome! Feel free to join in and propose topics that interest you. We vote on the topic and then take turns offering viewpoints and questions. The only rule is moderation and openness to consider new viewpoin......More

The Socrates Cafe is a discussion group in which everyone is welcome! Feel free to join in and propose topics that interest you. We vote on the topic and then take turns offering viewpoints and questions. The only rule is moderation and openness to consider new viewpoints. We have interesting and wide-ranging discussions that are enjoyable and well worth the time!

1331 First St., Sarasota, FL, 34236, US

Health Benefits of Nature

Join our Ecology and Natural Resources team for a research-based overview of the amazing benefits that spending time in nature provides for both our physical and mental health. The presentation will focus on benefits to adult and youth health, and suggestions for how an......More

Join our Ecology and Natural Resources team for a research-based overview of the amazing benefits that spending time in nature provides for both our physical and mental health. The presentation will focus on benefits to adult and youth health, and suggestions for how and where to achieve these benefits. We will finish with a brief guided mindfulness experience.Click here to register for this event through an external site.This program presented by Zahir Ringgold Cordes, Community and Employee Educator for UF/IFAS Sarasota.

1331 First St., Sarasota, FL, 34236, US

Forty Carrots: Partners in Play

1331 First St., Sarasota, FL, 34236, US

Forty Carrots: Partners in Play

1331 First St., Sarasota, FL, 34236, US

Creation Station Adult Lab: Watercolor Greeting Cards

Enjoy freestyle watercolor on precut cards with matching envelopes. Optional visual references of nature's splendor will be provided to ignite your creativity. Each attendee may make up to three cards.Register below. Please ensure that you are on time. We will begin to ......More

Enjoy freestyle watercolor on precut cards with matching envelopes. Optional visual references of nature's splendor will be provided to ignite your creativity. Each attendee may make up to three cards.Register below. Please ensure that you are on time. We will begin to let waitlisted people into the class immediately after the start time, and you may lose your spot if you are late. Please cancel your registration if you cannot make it so that others may join. We appreciate your consideration!Sponsored by Friends of the Selby Public Library

1331 First St., Sarasota, FL, 34236, US

QR Code Learning Game

Have fun learning to use QR codes with a game! Staff will help you get started and provide assistance as needed. Bring your own smartphone or tablet with camera and leave with confidence!Activity takes about 20-30 minutes.Drop in and play!Start times for sessions as fol......More

Have fun learning to use QR codes with a game! Staff will help you get started and provide assistance as needed. Bring your own smartphone or tablet with camera and leave with confidence!Activity takes about 20-30 minutes.Drop in and play!Start times for sessions as follows:Thursday, Sept. 24; 3 p.m. or 4 p.m.Friday, Sept. 25; 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.

1331 First St., Sarasota, FL, 34236, US

QR Code Learning Game

Have fun learning to use QR codes with a game! Staff will help you get started and provide assistance as needed. Bring your own smartphone or tablet with camera and leave with confidence!Activity takes about 20-30 minutes.Drop in and play!Start times for sessions as fol......More

Have fun learning to use QR codes with a game! Staff will help you get started and provide assistance as needed. Bring your own smartphone or tablet with camera and leave with confidence!Activity takes about 20-30 minutes.Drop in and play!Start times for sessions as follows:Thursday, Sept. 24; 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.Friday, Sept. 25; 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.

1331 First St., Sarasota, FL, 34236, US

Selby Writers

During this second class of the month, we'll practice techniques for crafting setting in a story.

1331 First St., Sarasota, FL, 34236, US

QR Code Learning Game

Have fun learning to use QR codes with a game! Staff will help you get started and provide assistance as needed. Bring your own smartphone or tablet with camera and leave with confidence!Activity takes about 20-30 minutes.Drop in and play!Start times for sessions as fol......More

Have fun learning to use QR codes with a game! Staff will help you get started and provide assistance as needed. Bring your own smartphone or tablet with camera and leave with confidence!Activity takes about 20-30 minutes.Drop in and play!Start times for sessions as follows:Thursday, Sept. 24; 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.Friday, Sept. 25; 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.

1331 First St., Sarasota, FL, 34236, US

Toy Time

Play with toys and enjoy being social with friends!

1331 First St., Sarasota, FL, 34236, US

QR Code Learning Game

Have fun learning to use QR codes with a game! Staff will help you get started and provide assistance as needed. Bring your own smartphone or tablet with camera and leave with confidence!Activity takes about 20-30 minutes.Drop in and play!Start times for sessions as fol......More

Have fun learning to use QR codes with a game! Staff will help you get started and provide assistance as needed. Bring your own smartphone or tablet with camera and leave with confidence!Activity takes about 20-30 minutes.Drop in and play!Start times for sessions as follows:Thursday, Sept. 24; 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.Friday, Sept. 25; 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.

1331 First St., Sarasota, FL, 34236, US

QR Code Learning Game

Have fun learning to use QR codes with a game! Staff will help you get started and provide assistance as needed. Bring your own smartphone or tablet with camera and leave with confidence!Activity takes about 20-30 minutes.Drop in and play!Start times for sessions as fol......More

Have fun learning to use QR codes with a game! Staff will help you get started and provide assistance as needed. Bring your own smartphone or tablet with camera and leave with confidence!Activity takes about 20-30 minutes.Drop in and play!Start times for sessions as follows:Thursday, Sept. 24; 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.Friday, Sept. 25; 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.

1331 First St., Sarasota, FL, 34236, US

QR Code Learning Game

Have fun learning to use QR codes with a game! Staff will help you get started and provide assistance as needed. Bring your own smartphone or tablet with camera and leave with confidence!Activity takes about 20-30 minutes.Drop in and play!Start times for sessions as fol......More

Have fun learning to use QR codes with a game! Staff will help you get started and provide assistance as needed. Bring your own smartphone or tablet with camera and leave with confidence!Activity takes about 20-30 minutes.Drop in and play!Start times for sessions as follows:Thursday, Sept. 24; 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.Friday, Sept. 25; 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.

1331 First St., Sarasota, FL, 34236, US

Music Club

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.

1331 First St., Sarasota, FL, 34236, US

Selby Book Club

Join a lively book club for inspiring conversations! Selby Book Club meets on the fourth Monday of most months. A different book title is chosen every month to explore. Registration is not required.Come with your book suggestions for months to follow!September 28: “Lady......More

Join a lively book club for inspiring conversations! Selby Book Club meets on the fourth Monday of most months. A different book title is chosen every month to explore. Registration is not required.Come with your book suggestions for months to follow!September 28: “Lady Tan's Circle of Women” by Lisa SeeOctober 26: “The God of the Woods” by Liz MooreNovember 23: “The Word is Murder” by Anthony HorowitzDecember: no meeting

1331 First St., Sarasota, FL, 34236, US

Youth Lab: Bracelets and Beads

Get creative with beads! Make a bracelet, a necklace, or a dragonfly using beads and pipe cleaners.Recommended for ages 5-9.If registering multiple children, please fill out the form for each participating child.Please ensure that you are on time. We will begin to let w......More

Get creative with beads! Make a bracelet, a necklace, or a dragonfly using beads and pipe cleaners.Recommended for ages 5-9.If registering multiple children, please fill out the form for each participating child.Please ensure that you are on time. We will begin to let waitlisted people into the class immediately after the start time, and you may lose your spot if you are late. Please cancel your registration if you cannot make it so that others may join. We appreciate your consideration!

1331 First St., Sarasota, FL, 34236, US

Jazz Jam SRQ

Come to listen or to play at this bi-monthly open mic jazz jam session for amateur performers. No registration is required. Bring your instrument, and if you would like to play, you may sign up when you arrive.

1331 First St., Sarasota, FL, 34236, US

Sesame Street and the Great Elephant Adventure

Join Elmo and the Sesame Street friends on a once-in-a-lifetime African safari adventure. After adopting an orphaned elephant online, Elmo, Abby and Nina travel to The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Kenya to meet the young elephant and the keepers who care for her. In Sesa......More

Join Elmo and the Sesame Street friends on a once-in-a-lifetime African safari adventure. After adopting an orphaned elephant online, Elmo, Abby and Nina travel to The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Kenya to meet the young elephant and the keepers who care for her. In Sesame Street’s first-ever safari, our friends embark on an unforgettable journey of discovery, taking them from the caring confines of the elephant sanctuary to the unpredictable African bush, where they come face to face with some of nature’s most iconic wildlife, including lions, zebras, giraffes and hippos. Presented in collaboration with Sesame Workshop.After the showing, there will be a brief activity.Registration online is required. If completing the form for multiple children, please complete the form for each child.We will begin to let waitlisted people into the program immediately after the start time, and you may lose your spot if you are late. Please cancel your registration if you cannot make it so that others may join. We appreciate your consideration!

1331 First St., Sarasota, FL, 34236, US

Cine Selby: "Salaam Bombay!"

Enjoy some award winning international films with English subtitles.September's pick is “Salaam Bombay!,” directed by Mira Nair. A young boy struggles for survival on the streets of India in this tale of childhood resilience.Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film.......More

Enjoy some award winning international films with English subtitles.September's pick is “Salaam Bombay!,” directed by Mira Nair. A young boy struggles for survival on the streets of India in this tale of childhood resilience.Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film. The film is rated R.

1331 First St., Sarasota, FL, 34236, US

Creation Station: Experienced Sewing Lab

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 sewing machine experience.This is not a class, but an open lab where you can practice your skills and ask questions.Sewing mach......More

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 sewing machine experience.This is not a class, but an open lab where you can practice your skills and ask questions.Sewing machines are available on a first-come, first-served basis, and you are welcome to bring your own machine if you wish. If you are unable to attend, please cancel via your email confirmation link or contact the library.

1331 First St., Sarasota, FL, 34236, US

Socrates Cafe

The Socrates Cafe is a discussion group in which everyone is welcome! Feel free to join in and propose topics that interest you. We vote on the topic and then take turns offering viewpoints and questions. The only rule is moderation and openness to consider new viewpoin......More

The Socrates Cafe is a discussion group in which everyone is welcome! Feel free to join in and propose topics that interest you. We vote on the topic and then take turns offering viewpoints and questions. The only rule is moderation and openness to consider new viewpoints. We have interesting and wide-ranging discussions that are enjoyable and well worth the time!

1331 First St., Sarasota, FL, 34236, US

Voting 101

Voting 101 is an educational program, providing an overview of the voting process in Sarasota County. During this presentation, participants will learn about voter registration, eligibility requirements available voting methods, and what to expect when casting a ballot.......More

Voting 101 is an educational program, providing an overview of the voting process in Sarasota County. During this presentation, participants will learn about voter registration, eligibility requirements available voting methods, and what to expect when casting a ballot. This presentation provides nonpartisan, factual information designed to help voters understand the election process and answer common questions. Its goal is to ensure that every voter has access to accurate, unbiased information and feels confident navigating the voting process.

1331 First St., Sarasota, FL, 34236, US