Special Events

Join our volunteer Tammie for a literary discussion - not a book discussion. This group discusses short stories from five to fifteen pages. No literary background is needed. We spend time looking at what the characters do and why along with personal observation of life. Tammie provides reading material prior to each meeting. For more information, please contact Tammie Diehl at tamiamifl@comcast.net or call the library at 941.681.3736.

Join us for a shared experience where it is safe to share your thoughts and feelings, but most of all to have fun. This program is for meant people with new or developing memory or cognitive issues and their caregivers to share in conversation, activities, and games but is open to anyone seeking to connect with others in a safe space.

Friends of the Library Monthly Meeting at 10:15 am.

Counselors from SHINE are available to assist with Medicare enrollment. SHINE (Serving Health Insurance Needs of Elders) is a free program offered by the Florida Department of Elder Affairs and your local Area Agency on Aging. Join them for a session about Medicare basics and the importance of enrollment periods.

We will provide a selection of books and a reading list based on a monthly theme and partcipants will review their book choices at the following month's meeting.

Children ages 7 - 12 are invited to join us for an hour of STEAM-tastic fun in the library. We'll explore a new concept each month. Registration is required. Please register online or call the library at 941.681.3736.

The Friends of the Englewood Charlotte Library will be sponsoring a “Bag O Books Sale” On Saturday, October 14, 2023 from 10:00AM – 2:00PM at the Community Building in Tringale Park, 3450 N. Access Rd. in Englewood. Hundreds of books will be available, fiction, non-fiction, best selling authors, for those choosing to purchase and fill a bag for $5.00.

The Measure by Nikki Erlick
Come prepared to join in a discussion of the chosen title. Participants are responsible for obtaining their own copy of the featured book.

Teens aged 12 – 18 are invited to join us for a fun craft. Registration is required. Register online or call 941.681.3736.

Children ages 7 - 12 are invited to join us for a fun craft. Registration is required. Register online or call the library at 941.681.3736.

Children of all ages are invited to come read aloud to a therapy dog in the library! Each child can read on-on-one with their pet partner to build reading confidence and have fun while gaining literacy skills. Sign up for 20-minute reading slots or show up to partner with a reading buddy or group. Sign up by calling 941.681.3736.

Join volunteer Tammie for a discussion about writing fiction. For more information, please contact Tammie Diehl at tamiamifl@comcast.net .

This group gathers to have simulating dialog about the larger questoins of life in an informal setting. For people who are seekers, wishing to share and learn from and with others.

Join our volunteer Tammie for a literary discussion - not a book discussion. This group discusses short stories from five to fifteen pages. No literary background is needed. We spend time looking at what the characters do and why along with personal observation of life. Tammie provides reading material prior to each meeting. For more information, please contact Tammie Diehl at tamiamifl@comcast.net or call the library at 941.681.3736.

Join us for a shared experience where it is safe to share your thoughts and feelings, but most of all to have fun. This program is for meant people with new or developing memory or cognitive issues and their caregivers to share in conversation, activities, and games but is open to anyone seeking to connect with others in a safe space.

For this presentation, Uzi Baram, President of UBHeritage, will start with insights and information on the ancient architecture at Indian Mound Park. Those ancient people were not alone; Dr. Baram will give the larger regional and Florida context for the ancient ways of life and connect the findings to our ecological challenges today. By understanding the robust heritage of our region, archaeology can offer future possibilities for our environment.

Friends of the Library Monthly Meeting at 10:15 am.

We will provide a selection of books and a reading list based on a monthly theme and partcipants will review their book choices at the following month's meeting.

Children ages 7 - 12 are invited to join us for an hour of STEAM-tastic fun in the library. We'll explore a new concept each month. Registration is required. Please register online or call the library at 941.681.3736.

The Hotel Nantucketby Elin Hldebrand
Come prepared to join in a discussion of the chosen title. Participants are responsible for obtaining their own copy of the featured book.

Teens aged 12 – 18 are invited to join us for a fun craft. Registration is required. Register online or call 941.681.3736.

Children ages 7 - 12 are invited to join us for a fun craft. Registration is required. Register online or call the library at 941.681.3736.

Children of all ages are invited to come read aloud to a therapy dog in the library! Each child can read on-on-one with their pet partner to build reading confidence and have fun while gaining literacy skills. Sign up for 20-minute reading slots or show up to partner with a reading buddy or group. Sign up by calling 941.681.3736.

Join volunteer Tammie for a discussion about writing fiction. For more information, please contact Tammie Diehl at tamiamifl@comcast.net .

Children ages 7 - 12 are invited to join us for an hour of STEAM-tastic fun in the library. We'll explore a new concept each month. Registration is required. Please register online or call the library at 941.681.3736.

Join volunteer Tammie for a discussion about writing fiction. For more information, please contact Tammie Diehl at tamiamifl@comcast.net .

Join us for a shared experience where it is safe to share your thoughts and feelings, but most of all to have fun. This program is for meant people with new or developing memory or cognitive issues and their caregivers to share in conversation, activities, and games but is open to anyone seeking to connect with others in a safe space.

We will provide a selection of books and a reading list based on a monthly theme and partcipants will review their book choices at the following month's meeting.

Children ages 7 - 12 are invited to join us for a fun craft. Registration is required. Register online or call the library at 941.681.3736.

The Christmas Bookshopby Jenny Coolgan
Come prepared to join in a discussion of the chosen title. Participants are responsible for obtaining their own copy of the featured book.

Teens aged 12 – 18 are invited to join us for a fun craft. Registration is required. Register online or call 941.681.3736.

Chef Warren presents cooking tips and a demonsration on how to cook healthy and affordable meals for all tastes.

Kathryn Chesney, character speaker on 1/11/24 at 2pm portraying Carrie Chapman Catt, hear the story of the fight for women’s rights as told by one of the leaders of the movements. As the President of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, it was Carrie’s work which got the last state to vote to pass the Amendment, hear her story of her life and times before and after women had the right to vote.