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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.
Cornerstone Resource Alliance offers help getting a birth certificate and Florida ID, applying for disability benefits, relocating and reunifying with family, assistance with Medicaid and Medicare, health care, mental health and addiction referrals. The group also offers job, housing, shelter and educational assistance, cell phone and mail services, rental assistance, food stamp assistance and clothing and basic needs supplies.
For more information, contact Cornerstone at 305-393-2972, by email at keyscra@gmail.com or check out their website at https://www.keyscra.org.
All member meetings are held on the FIRST MONDAY of the month at 6:30PM at the KEY LARGO LIBRARY, 101485 Overseas Hwy. in Tradewinds Plaza.
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!
- Keeps dementia at bay.
- Decreases possibility of depression.
- Improves hand-eye coordination.
- Trains concentration and pattern recognition.
- Helps benefit short-term memory
The Libby App allows you to borrow ebooks and audiobooks using your library card from the Monroe County Public Library System. Stop by the Islamorada Library on Tuesday, May 23 between 2:00 and 4:30 pm with your library card, smartphone, laptop or e-reading device to learn more.
UF/IFAS, Monroe County Extension Service offers free plant clinics. Master Gardener Volunteers will be onsite the first Wednesday of every month from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. to help assist with plant identification, disease diagnosis, insect identifications/problems, and other services related to diagnosing gardening and/or landscape problems.
Join us every Wednesday at 10:00 am for a round or two of Mahjong. Experienced and beginners are invited to play. If you have your own tiles, please bring them. Sponsored by the Friends of the Big Pine Key Library.
Cornerstone Resource Alliance offers help getting a birth certificate and Florida ID, applying for disability benefits, relocating and reunifying with family, assistance with Medicaid and Medicare, health care, mental health and addiction referrals. The group also offers job, housing, shelter and educational assistance, cell phone and mail services, rental assistance, food stamp assistance and clothing and basic needs supplies.
For more information, contact Cornerstone at 305-393-2972, by email at keyscra@gmail.com or check out their website at https://www.keyscra.org.
Join us every Tuesday, Wednesday & Saturday for a round or two of Mahjong. Starting September 11, Mahjong will meet Monday, Wednesday, & Saturday.
Wednesdays @ 1:00 p.m.
Counselor Beth Dunlap, RN is here with advice, free products and plans to help you quit smoking. Sponsored by AHEC (Area Health Education Center).
Tools to Quit is a group designed to address all aspects of nicotine addiction, in addition to helping people develop a quit plan and identify a quit date. Free nicotine replacement is available/provided to address a person’s physical dependence to tobacco. Studies show that group counseling combined with nicotine replacement can more than double a person’s chances of quitting and staying quit. Led by Beth Dunlap, RN.
Wednesdays
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Stop in for help downloading library apps to your smart phone or tablet. Learn how to download ebooks and audiobooks, and learn how to stream movies from Kanopy too. Basic computer help is also available. Bring your device and questions. Instruction may be one-on-one or group depending on the number of participants.
Join our crew in our Star Wars Campaign!
Have you ever imagined yourself in the Star Wars universe? Now you can with our new RPG campaign. We are doing Star Wars: Saga Edition, the last edition published by Wizards of the Coast. The campaign will be called, Scum and Villainy as you will be operating on the fringe of the empire. What character will you come up with?
Stop in for the Key West Library Game Night every Wednesday! Pick up any of our board games, or bring your own and sit at any of the tables in the library’s lounge. 
A registered nurse from Keys AHEC visits the Islamorada Library every Thursday from noon until 1 pm offering FREE tools to help you quit tobacco. She can provide free products and plans to help you quit any kind of tobacco. Call (305) 743-7111 ext 205 for more information or to learn about Zoom meeting options.
Back by popular demand!
Join us the first Thursday afternoon of each month February through May and August through November for Great Decisions: America’s largest discussion program on world affairs. The program provides background information and policy options for the most critical issues facing America each year and serves as the focal text for discussion groups across the country.
Attendees are encouraged to visit the library to read the Great Decisions Briefing article prior to the scheduled event. At the event, we’ll watch a 20 minute video about the topic in the Library’s Community Room then break up into small discussion groups to discuss the most critical global issues facing America today.
https://www.fpa.org/great_decisions/
September 7 Global Famine
What causes famine? How can it be prevented in the future?
Fears of global food shortages have followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has disrupted grain shipments from the major grain producer. But what about countries and regions that were suffering before this impending shortage? How is famine defined, and how is it different from simple food shortages? What if any remedies are there?
October 5 Iran at the Crossroads
What is the future for relations between Iran and the U.S.?
By the fall of 2022, Iran was in a state of turmoil due to widespread protests against government-enforced wearing of the hijab, a failing economy, an ineffective new president, and the looming succession of the country’s leader, Ayatollah Khamenei. Abroad, renewal of the Iran nuclear deal seemed doubtful and tensions remain high between Iran, Israel, and Arab states. Many Iranians have lost hope of a better future, and the country seems at a crossroads. How should the United States deal with it?
November 2 Climate Migration
How is climate change impacting human migration?
As climate change accelerates and drought and rising sea levels become more common, millions of people in affected regions must uproot themselves and seek safety elsewhere. Who are these affected individuals, and how might the United States aid them, and be affected by the migration?
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August 3 Politics in Latin America
What does the emergence of various left-wing governments mean for countries in Latin America?
Electoral results in Latin America over the past four years have led many observers of the regional/political scene to discern a left-wing surge in the hemisphere, reminiscent of the so-called “Pink Tide” that swept the area some 20 years ago. But how much do these politicians actually have in common? What implication does their ascendency have for the region?
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.
