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Hispanic Heritage Month: Stop by the Community Room a month-long art exhibit featuring local artists of Hispanic heritage. Sponsored by the Key Largo Art Gallery.
3D Printing is back after a short break!
Mondays from 10AM until Noon come in to learn about 3D printing.
Teen Connect will be on Mondays after school at 3 PM. Connect with friends new and old through video games, snacks, art projects, movies and more!
Self-expression through art is an important part of human nature. You don’t have to be in art school, or create marble sculptures, or create realistic paintings to be an artist. Whatever you create is an extension of you, and it is beautiful in that regard.
Join us on Tuesdays from 9:30 to 11:30 AM to let your creativity shine! In this class we will explore different mediums such as sketch, paint, multimedia and more!
Join us for stories, songs and activities for children ages 2-5 and their caregivers.
Wednesdays at 10:30 AM Children’s Area
2nd Floor
Fun with Legos! Thursdays from 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM in the Activity Center.
Would you like to learn more about your machine or Design Space? Or would you just like to join fellow crafters while learning and sharing with others? No Cricut? No problem, you can use ours! We will have vinyl, iron-on vinyl and cardstock to play with. If you have a project in mind, feel free to bring it with you. We will meet in the activity Center upstairs the first Thursday evenings of the month at 5:30 PM
Craft and create community at the Key Largo Library! Most Fridays our Sit ‘N Sew group meets in the Community Room to sew and share ideas. You are welcome to join our community of crafters! Bring your sewing machine and your current project.
Would you like to learn more about your camera, or camera phone, and how it works? Are your pictures underexposed, overexposed, out of focus, poorly composed, or just plain old dull, and boring? If you answered yes to any of these questions join us on Friday mornings from 11 AM till 1 PM in the Activity Center to learn how to take better pictures and do fun assignments! Not only will you learn how to take better pictures, but you can also reap the benefits of photography.
Top Benefits of Photography
- Photography is a form of self-care.
- Photography improves a person’s well-being through community interaction.
- It also improves well-being through the potential for reminiscence.
- Helps to find beauty in our world.
- Enhances memory and keeps your brain healthy.
- Gets you outdoors and makes you exercise.
- Photography makes you enjoy what you are doing more.
- Photography can help people who are struggling with depression.
- Stimulates and improves your creativity.
Storytime is a fun early literacy program for children. Join us for interactive stories, songs, rhymes, and crafts. The early literacy practices featured each week help build the foundation for a lifelong love of learning. Storytime offers an opportunity to experience early literacy practices in action, to discover great books, music, and to socialize with other parents after Storytime. Expecting parents and siblings are welcome to attend.
Join us every other Friday afternoons at 2 PM in the Activity Center upstairs for fun crafts!
Join us for our jewelry making class for adults, every Friday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the library auditorium. We make earrings, bracelets and more! Classes are free and you do not need to have a Monroe County Public Library card to attend. To see what we’re making this month, go to keyslibraries.org/keywestjewelry.
Join us at 4 PM every other Friday in the Activity Center for our After School Creators group. Each week we will do a different craft or activity!
Monthly meeting of the Florida Keys Quilters.
Join us for stories, songs and activities for children ages 2-5 and their caregivers.
Saturdays at 10:30 AM Children’s Area
2nd Floor
Let’s get serious – seriously prepared for the partial solar eclipse on October 14th! We’re going to talk about solar safety best practices and decorate extended-coverage face shields. Protect your eyes and look snazzy doing so!
Drop in every Saturday between 2pm and 4pm to participate in Library Scouts craft, skill, DIY, and art activities! Typically ages 6+ but early readers are more than welcome. A great time to collect your badges!
Hispanic Heritage Month: Stop by the Community Room a month-long art exhibit featuring local artists of Hispanic heritage. Sponsored by the Key Largo Art Gallery.
Self-expression through art is an important part of human nature. You don’t have to be in art school, or create marble sculptures, or create realistic paintings to be an artist. Whatever you create is an extension of you, and it is beautiful in that regard.
Join us on Tuesdays from 9:30 to 11:30 AM to let your creativity shine! In this class we will explore different mediums such as sketch, paint, multimedia and more!
Join us for stories, songs and activities for children ages 2-5 and their caregivers.
Wednesdays at 10:30 AM Children’s Area
2nd Floor