Learn how to make your own paper with seeds incorporated! When you are done with your bookmark, you can help the environment by planting them in the ground. Registration required.

Gear up for summer reading with cookies, crafts, music and prizes while you sign up for summer reading.

The book we will discuss is Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. This classic novel is about a castaway who survives 28 years alone on a remote island, becoming a master of his environment and a symbol or self-reliance, survival and colonialism.

Need some help with your genealogy research? Stop by the genealogy table to get one-on-one assistance. No appointment required.
Mondays: 10 am to 12 pm and 1 pm to 3 pm
Tuesdays: 11 am to 1 pm
Wednesdays 11 am to 1 pm
Thursdays 1 pm to 3 pm

Join us to create your own unique botanical print! Explore using botanicals and other materials to create your own print. Additional supplies will be provided to embellish your work. Registration required.

Need some help with your genealogy research? Stop by the genealogy table to get one-on-one assistance. No appointment required.
Mondays: 10 am to 12 pm and 1 pm to 3 pm
Tuesdays: 11 am to 1 pm
Wednesdays 11 am to 1 pm
Thursdays 1 pm to 3 pm

Use one of our four Brother sewing machines to sew a chef’s apron. Sewing experience required. Registration required.

Learn tips and tricks to make sure your resume is concise, visually appealing and shows off all your strengths. Registration required.

Monk San will lead a peaceful meditation at the Venice Library. No previous experience or materials required. Participants may bring their own meditation cushion if desired. Registration required.

Need some help with your genealogy research? Stop by the genealogy table to get one-on-one assistance. No appointment required.
Mondays: 1 pm to 3 pm
Tuesdays: 11 am to 1 pm and 2 pm to 4 pm

Use one of four Brother sewing machines to work on your own projects. Must know how to sew. First come, first seated. Ages 13 and up. We have an Open Sewing Lab on May 5 and also May 19, both from 10 a.m. to noon.

This month’s book discussion is about An Elephant in My Kitchen by Francois Malby-Anthony. This is the true story of how blond, chic Francoise survived and Thula Thula Game Preserve thrived after the death of her husband, a renowned conservationist and director of the game preserve.

Need some help with your genealogy research? Stop by the genealogy table to get one-on-one assistance. No appointment required.
Mondays: 1 pm to 3 pm
Tuesdays: 11 am to 1 pm and 2 pm to 4 pm

Concert pianists Catherine Lan and Tao Lin will perform Schubert, Chopin Etudes in stunning virtuosity and Strauss’s dramatic Blue Danube Fantasy. Registration required.

Join us for an educational program on local history presented by Venice Heritage Searching for Angola: African American History.

Get in the mood for spring by creating your own pot of colorful paper flowers.

Discussion of the liberation of the Dachau Concentration Camp, the oldest Nazi Concentration Camp, liberated in April of 1945. The speaker is author and editor Liz Coursen, who has done extensive research of this event.

Use one of four Brother sewing machines to work on your own projects. Must know how to sew. First come, first seated. Ages 13 and up. We have an Open Sewing Lab on May 5 and also May 19, both from 10 a.m. to noon.

Need some help with your genealogy research? Stop by the genealogy table to get one-on-one assistance. No appointment required.
Mondays: 1 pm to 3 pm
Tuesdays: 11 am to 1 pm and 2 pm to 4 pm

Join the Friends of the Venice Library on a behind-the-scenes tour of our beautiful Jervey Library on Nokomis Avenue in Venice.  The tour guarantees you will be surprised and impressed with all the library offers for people of all ages. Registration Required.

Tour dates and times:

Tuesdays, April 7, 14, 21 and 28. You can register for the 11:00 tour or the 2:00 tour.

Join us to learn how to sew a felt tulip table topper. All materials will be provided. Must know how to sew. Ages 13 and up. Registration required.

From the Andes to the Amazon. Hop on the piano train for a trip to South America with Lise Frank and Jesse Martins.

Join us for an open-ended, mindful painting session set to relaxing music. No materials required, but feel free to bring paints and/or reference photos. Registration required.

Need some help with your genealogy research? Stop by the genealogy table to get one-on-one assistance. No appointment required.
Mondays: 10 am to 12 pm and 1 pm to 3 pm
Tuesdays: 11 am to 1 pm
Wednesdays: 11 am to 1 pm
Thursdays: 1 pm to 3 pm

Join the Friends of the Venice Library on a behind-the-scenes tour of our beautiful Jervey Library on Nokomis Avenue in Venice.  The tour guarantees you will be surprised and impressed with all the library offers for people of all ages. Registration Required.

Tour dates and times:

Tuesdays, April 7, 14, 21 and 28. You can register for the 11:00 tour or the 2:00 tour.

Use one of four Brother sewing machines to work on your own projects. Must know how to sew. First come, first seated. Ages 13 and up. We have an Open Sewing Lab on April 7 and also April 21, both from 10 a.m. to noon.

Opera meets virtuosity as the Sarasota Piano Trio performs Fantasy pieces on music from Carmen, La Traviata, Porky and Bess, West Side Story and more!

Join us for an auditory journey that immerses participants in a sea of harmonious sounds created by crystal bowls, Tibetan singing bowls, gong, chimes, drums and even human vocal tones to help participants achieve a meditative state.

The vibrations create a profound experience that can help promote healing on multiple levels - mental, emotional and physical. No registration required, but limited seating available.

The Florida landscape has provided aesthetic inspiration to artists for centuries. Keri Watson is an associate professor of art history as the University of Central Florida and co-executive editor of Panorama: Journal of the Association of Historians of American Art.

Join the Friends of the Venice Library on a behind-the-scenes tour of our beautiful Jervey Library on Nokomis Avenue in Venice.  The tour guarantees you will be surprised and impressed with all the library offers for people of all ages. Registration Required.

Tour dates and times:

Tuesdays, April 7, 14, 21 and 28. You can register for the 11:00 tour or the 2:00 tour.