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

Socrates Café: Open Topic Discussions

Everyone is welcome to the open-topic discussions of the Socrates Cafe. At each meeting participants may suggest topics, and we vote to choose the topic.  Then we have a moderated discussion, in which everyone may address the topic and the issues raised. The rule is mod......More

Everyone is welcome to the open-topic discussions of the Socrates Cafe. At each meeting participants may suggest topics, and we vote to choose the topic.  Then we have a moderated discussion, in which everyone may address the topic and the issues raised. The rule is moderation - we participate to hear all viewpoints and politely express what we know, not to insist upon our own viewpoint.Socrates Café are gatherings around the world where people from different backgrounds get together and exchange thoughtful ideas and experiences while embracing the central theme of the Socratic method: that we learn more when we respectfully listen and debate ideas with others.

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

Forty Carrots: Partners in Play

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. Space is limited, pick up a ticket a......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. Space is limited, pick up a ticket at the Youth Desk the day of the event.

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

Forty Carrots: Partners in Play

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. Space is limited, pick up a ticket a......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. Space is limited, pick up a ticket at the Youth Desk the day of the event.

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

Sister Cities Association of Sarasota Lecture Series

Enjoy lectures about various towns that celebrate sisterhood with Sarasota. Provided by Sister Cities Association of Sarasota.

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

Libraries and History Center Closure

Libraries and History Center ClosureWe will resume normal hours on Wednesday, Nov. 12.

Forty Carrots: Partners in Play

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. Space is limited, pick up a ticket a......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. Space is limited, pick up a ticket at the Youth Desk the day of the event.

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

Forty Carrots: Partners in Play

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. Space is limited, pick up a ticket a......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. Space is limited, pick up a ticket at the Youth Desk the day of the event.

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

Off the Page: "The Great Florida Cattle Drive" by Isaac Eger

The History Center presents author Isaac Eger discussing his book "The Great Flroida Cattle Drive." Isaac Eger is a Sarasota native and writer whose stories have appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Magazine and Sarasota Magazine. He traveled the world from Cuba ......More

The History Center presents author Isaac Eger discussing his book "The Great Flroida Cattle Drive." Isaac Eger is a Sarasota native and writer whose stories have appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Magazine and Sarasota Magazine. He traveled the world from Cuba to India to Tibet playing pick up basketball until he realized Florida was the most interesting place in the world and has since dedicated his efforts to spreading the Florida gospel to anyone who will listen. The latest book chronicles the 500th anniversary of the Great Florida Cattle Drive with gorgeous photos and evocative writing about ranching history and the importance of preserving Florida’s beautiful open land.

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

Off the Page: Chris Bohjalian

Bestselling novelist Chris Bohjalian uses his hugely popular novels to explore compelling social and historical issues like human trafficking, domestic violence, and the Armenian genocide, as well as the more intimate challenges of marriage, parenting, and sexuality. In......More

Bestselling novelist Chris Bohjalian uses his hugely popular novels to explore compelling social and historical issues like human trafficking, domestic violence, and the Armenian genocide, as well as the more intimate challenges of marriage, parenting, and sexuality. In more than 20 books, most of which have been New York Times bestsellers, Bohjalian has cultivated a wide and devoted audience. His breakout novel, "Midwives," was a #1 New York Times bestseller and an Oprah’s Book Club selection. Instant New York Times bestseller "The Flight Attendant" was praised by USA Today as an “expertly turned thriller…an assured novel about reckoning not just with some ruthless bad guys, but private sadness as well.” An Emmy-nominated HBO Max television adaptation starring Kaley Cuoco debuted in 2020, with NPR calling it a “fizzy, dark, and funny mystery.” Bohjalian’s latest novel is "The Jackal’s Mistress," a novel of historical fiction set during the Civil War. Bohjalian’s books have been translated into 35 languages, and have been chosen as Best Books of the Year by The Washington Post, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Hartford Courant, The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, Bookpage, and Salon. Join the author for book signing after the program.Photo by Victoria Blewer.

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

Socrates Café: Open Topic Discussions

Everyone is welcome to the open-topic discussions of the Socrates Cafe. At each meeting participants may suggest topics, and we vote to choose the topic.  Then we have a moderated discussion, in which everyone may address the topic and the issues raised. The rule is mod......More

Everyone is welcome to the open-topic discussions of the Socrates Cafe. At each meeting participants may suggest topics, and we vote to choose the topic.  Then we have a moderated discussion, in which everyone may address the topic and the issues raised. The rule is moderation - we participate to hear all viewpoints and politely express what we know, not to insist upon our own viewpoint.Socrates Café are gatherings around the world where people from different backgrounds get together and exchange thoughtful ideas and experiences while embracing the central theme of the Socratic method: that we learn more when we respectfully listen and debate ideas with others.

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

Time Sifters Archaeological Lecture Series

Free Archaeology Lecture presented by the Time Sifters Archaeology Society:

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

Forty Carrots: Partners in Play

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. Space is limited, pick up a ticket a......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. Space is limited, pick up a ticket at the Youth Desk the day of the event.

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

Forty Carrots: Partners in Play

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. Space is limited, pick up a ticket a......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. Space is limited, pick up a ticket at the Youth Desk the day of the event.

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