Program Type: Adult

Join the women of Dress a Girl to learn to make dresses, and now shorts. You can pick up a kit to create at home, or turn in dresses you created to the Bartram Trail Branch. We also accept fabric and notion donations. We welcome all friends, old and new.

The Bookmobile will be visiting the Publix at Nocatee Town Center, 9:30 – 11:30am.  Find us at 120 Marketside Avenue, Ponte Vedra, FL 32081

The Bookmobile will be visiting the Publix at Palencia Commons, 1:30 – 3:00pm.  Find us at 7462 US Hwy 1 N, Saint Augustine, FL 32095

The Bookmobile will be visiting the Publix at Johns Creek Center, 9:30 – 11:30am.  Find us at 2845 County Road 210 West, St. Johns, FL 32259

Registration required.  Join us in a fun fantastic look at what is, and might be. All set in my favorite place, a library!   Discussion is fun, and we look forward to hearing your thoughts!

New members are always welcome!

Please register on our website, We will meet at the Bartram Trail Branch Library, 60 Davis Pond Blvd, 32259.  A copy of the book can be sent to any library branch on request. Questions? Please email Donna if you need more information : Dbraasch@sjcpls.us.

Come to the Library to buy some new to you books for cheap, cheap, cheap! Support the Anastasia Island Friends of the Library by stopping in at our mini Pop-Up Book Sale. Books of all kinds and items such CDs will be available for a steal! They will have $1 and $2 items for sale!  Sale items are located in the meeting room.  Sale entrance is on the East side of the Anastasia Library by the planter. All money raised goes to support the Library and programs.

Friday, October 1st is World Ballet Day! Join Main Library’s Adult Programs Coordinator Beth online as she meets with Jennifer Dournaux to discuss the history of ballet’s development and some of the subtle differences in ballet practice throughout the world. Ms. Dournaux is an experienced ballet dancer and teacher, founder of St. Augustine Adult Ballet, and professor of Humanities at St. Johns River State College. This program can be conveniently viewed on our website, our Facebook page, or our Youtube channel.

The Bookmobile will be visiting the Publix at the Shoppes at Murabella, 1:00 – 2:30pm. Find us at 84 Tuscan Way, St. Augustine, FL 32092

The Bookmobile will be visiting the Farmers Market at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. Find us at 1340C A1A South, Saint Augustine, FL 32080

Come to the Library to buy some new to you books for cheap, cheap, cheap! Support the Anastasia Island Friends of the Library by stopping in at our mini Pop-Up Book Sale. Books of all kinds and items such CDs will be available for a steal! They will have $1 and $2 items for sale!  Sale items are located in the meeting room.  Sale entrance is on the East side of the Anastasia Library by the planter. All money raised goes to support the Library and programs.

Adults and teens (age14+) are invited to attend the crochet group at the Bartram Trail Branch Library. The group crochets or knits blankets for cancer patients at area hospitals. All skill levels are welcome.

Registration required. The Wife Upstairs is a gothic twist on a delicious love story. Chosen to highlight the spooky month in an adult setting. Discussion is fun, and we look forward to hearing your thoughts!

New members are always welcome!

Please register on our website. We will meet at the Bartram Trail Branch Library, 60 Davis Pond Blvd, 32259.  A copy of the book can be sent to any library branch on request. Questions? Please email Donna if you need more information: Dbraasch@sjcfl.us

*** Want to be added to our e-blast list for updates about our Book Club and more? Please e-mail Anne at ascrawford@sjcfl.us. ***

All adults are invited to join the Book Lovers Book Club meeting in person or via Zoom from anywhere, whichever is better for you! You do not have to be a St. Johns County resident or SJCPLS library card holder to participate.  To join us via Zoom, RSVP for this event below and make sure to create a free Zoom account (www.zoom.us) if you don’t already have one. You will receive a Zoom link for the meeting the day of the meeting, or you can visit this event posting the day of the meeting for the link.

The book we will be reading is Know My Name by Chanel Miller. If you would like a copy of the book to read or listen to for our Book Club, please stop by our Adult Reference Desk beginning September 17. Print and audiobook CD copies of this selection will be available for you to checkout at the Adult Reference Desk while copies last. If we run out of copies, we are happy to put you on the waiting list.

Plot synopsis of Know My Name:  “Universally acclaimed, rapturously reviewed, and an instant New York Times bestseller, Chanel Miller’s breathtaking memoir “gives readers the privilege of knowing her not just as Emily Doe, but as Chanel Miller the writer, the artist, the survivor, the fighter.” (The Wrap). Her story of trauma and transcendence illuminates a culture biased to protect perpetrators, indicting a criminal justice system designed to fail the most vulnerable, and, ultimately, shining with the courage required to move through suffering and live a full and beautiful life. Know My Name will forever transform the way we think about sexual assault, challenging our beliefs about what is acceptable and speaking truth to the tumultuous reality of healing. Entwining pain, resilience, and humor, this memoir will stand as a modern classic.” (taken from https://www.chanel-miller.com/)

When you’re done reading, please return your copy to the Adult Reference Desk. Know My Name is also available to download and/or request for your tablet, phone, etc. via Overdrive or with the Libby App and your SJCPLS library card! Please call the Library at (904) 827-6950 with any questions. We look forward to seeing you! Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

New to family history and ancestry research? Curious about your family tree? Join the genealogy club to meet more like minded people and learn tips and tricks on charting your ancestry.

Give local. Save local. One pint of blood saves three lives! Lifesouth Community Blood Centers will host a blood drive in front of the Main Library. All donors will receive a recognition item and a free cholesterol screening. Donors must be 16 or older, weigh at least 110 pounds, and show photo I.D. 16-year-olds require written parental permission. If you prefer to make an appointment, visit the Donor Portal at lifesouth.org.

Join Park Naturalist Kelly Ussia at the Anastasia Library for a family-friendly presentation about bats, specifically bats in Florida. Florida is home to 13 species of bats. Bats are unique winged mammals that play an important role in our ecosystem. Seating is limited.  No registration necessary – first come, first served.

Looking for data to use in your business plan? Need some HR legal forms but don’t know where to look? Thinking about doing some direct mail advertising? You can do all of these things for FREE with your library card. Join Amy, Assistant Branch Manager and Adult Services Librarian, and Beth,  Adult Programming Coordinator, of the Main Library of the St. Johns County Public Library System to learn about free business resources available to St. Johns County residents. We’ll show you a variety of print and e-book resources as well as specialized subscription databases that are FREE to access with your library card. Skip the expensive paywalls and use your library card!  You will get an introduction to Reference Solutions, Demographics Now, Gale Legal Form database, Pronunciator, and our ebook platforms, Hoopla and Libby/Overdrive.

This program can be conveniently viewed on our website, our Facebook page, or our Youtube channel.

Join Will for our ZOOM Murder Mystery Night! Theatre, actors, and bodies found in attic trunks! Grab the family to help solve an 80 year old murder case.  This is a six part series.  Sign up  for each part separately. Registration Required.  Email njebbia@sjcfl.us to register.

September 9 @ 7 pm – Episode 1
September 23 @ 7 pm – Episode 2
October 14 @ 7 pm – Episode 3
October 28 @ 7 pm – Episode 4
November 4 @ 7 pm – Episode 5
November 18 @ 7 pm – Episode 6

Adults and teens (age14+) are invited to attend the crochet group at the Bartram Trail Branch Library. The group crochets or knits blankets for cancer patients at area hospitals. All skill levels are welcome.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Join Amy, a librarian, and AyoLane, a naturalist, for an outdoor book club that focuses on our natural world. We’ll discuss our all-time favorite nature titles, both fiction and non-fiction. The book club will meet at parks throughout St. Johns County, practically in your own backyard!

This month we’ll be reading The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben at Vaill Point Park.  Wohlleben shares his deep love of woods and forests and explains the amazing processes of life, death, and regeneration he has observed in the woodland and the amazing scientific processes behind the wonders of which we are blissfully unaware. Much like human families, tree parents live together with their children, communicate with them, and support them as they grow, sharing nutrients with those who are sick or struggling and creating an ecosystem that mitigates the impact of extremes of heat and cold for the whole group. As a result of such interactions, trees in a family or community are protected and can live to be very old. In contrast, solitary trees, like street kids, have a tough time of it and in most cases die much earlier than those in a group. Drawing on groundbreaking new discoveries, Wohlleben presents the science behind the secret and previously unknown life of trees and their communication abilities; he describes how these discoveries have informed his own practices in the forest around him. As he says, a happy forest is a healthy forest, and he believes that eco-friendly practices not only are economically sustainable but also benefit the health of our planet and the mental and physical health of all who live on Earth.

This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. If the weather is sunny, please bring your own camp chair for sitting out under the trees. If it’s rainy, we’ll be sitting in the park pavilion. Feel free to bring your own snacks & beverages! Please notify us at least 3 days in advance if you should need a sign language interpreter. Questions? Please call Amy at 904.827.6942 or email at aackerman@sjcfl.us.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED for this live Zoom video-conference event. This special event will be hosted by Ponte  Adult Services Librarian Anne Crawford and Youth Services Librarian Lisa Calvert.

Get ready for Halloween with “Ghost Hunters” TV star, Dustin Pari, as he presents “Spirits of the World.” From Dustin’s website: “Dustin has had the good fortune to have been a part of investigations in 26 countries across the globe, conducting research upon 6 of the 7 continents. In this special lecture he shares some of his favorite stories from investigations in Irish castles, French chateaus, Australian prisons, and more! Grab your passport and prepare for a fun and frightening journey!” This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library.

Questions? Call us at 904.827.6950 or email us at sjcpls@tblc.libanswers.com. You will need to provide your own internet-connected device and a Zoom account to participate.  Create a free Zoom account at zoom.us. The Zoom link for this special event will be sent to all registered attendees the day of the event. Happy Halloween and happy National Friends of the Library Week!

When prepping produce, scraps almost always get left behind, usually to be thrown in the garbage or compost. But what if you could put those scraps to use and grow new vegetables? Join Sam as he explains how to regrow vegetables from scraps. This recorded program will air on our library Facebook (facebook.com/sjcpls) and YouTube channel (youtube.com/sjclibraryvid) on Wednesday, October 27 at 12pm.

This month, we’ll be discussing The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes. New members are always welcome!

In The Giver of Stars, Jojo Moyes brings us to Depression-era Kentucky, where a band of women traverse Appalachia on horseback to deliver books to those who need them most. The Giver of Stars is a lesson in valuing our connection with others, and finding love in the most unexpected of places. Based on the real-life stories of the WPA Packhorse Librarians, The Giver of Stars is a remarkable modern classic, Jojo Moyes at her most enthralling, romantic, and page-turning best.

Join Will for our ZOOM Murder Mystery Night! Theatre, actors, and bodies found in attic trunks! Grab the family to help solve an 80 year old murder case.  This is a six part series.  Sign up  for each part separately. Registration Required.  Email njebbia@sjcfl.us to register.

September 9 @ 7 pm – Episode 1
September 23 @ 7 pm – Episode 2
October 14 @ 7 pm – Episode 3
October 28 @ 7 pm – Episode 4
November 4 @ 7 pm – Episode 5
November 18 @ 7 pm – Episode 6

Join Monica for her rendition of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado. You may remember Monica’s very popular telling of The Raven from last year as it was hauntingly good! If you missed it, we dare you to watch it on our website, our Facebook page, or our YouTube channel

Join the women of Dress a Girl to learn to make dresses, and now shorts. You can pick up a kit to create at home, or turn in dresses you created to the Bartram Trail Branch. We also accept fabric and notion donations. We welcome all friends, old and new.

Join Will for our ZOOM Murder Mystery Night! Theatre, actors, and bodies found in attic trunks! Grab the family to help solve an 80 year old murder case.  This is a six part series.  Sign up  for each part separately. Registration Required.  Email njebbia@sjcfl.us to register.

September 9 @ 7 pm – Episode 1
September 23 @ 7 pm – Episode 2
October 14 @ 7 pm – Episode 3
October 28 @ 7 pm – Episode 4
November 4 @ 7 pm – Episode 5
November 18 @ 7 pm – Episode 6

*** Want to be added to our e-blast list for updates about our Book Club and more? Please e-mail Anne at ascrawford@sjcfl.us. ***

All adults are invited to join the Book Lovers Book Club meeting in person or via Zoom from anywhere, whichever is better for you! You do not have to be a St. Johns County resident or SJCPLS library card holder to participate.  To join us via Zoom, RSVP for this event below and make sure to create a free Zoom account (www.zoom.us) if you don’t already have one. You will receive a Zoom link for the meeting the day of the meeting, or you can visit this event posting the day of the meeting for the link.

The book we will be reading is 11/22/63 by Stephen King. If you would like a copy of the book to read or listen to for our Book Club, please stop by our Adult Reference Desk beginning October 8. Print and audiobook CD copies of this selection will be available for you to checkout at the Adult Reference Desk while copies last. If we run out of copies, we are happy to put you on the waiting list.

Plot synopsis of 11/22/63:  “On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back? Stephen King’s heart-stoppingly dramatic new novel is about a man who travels back in time to prevent the JFK assassination – a thousand page tour de force. Following his massively successful novel Under the Dome, King sweeps readers back in time to another moment – a real life moment – when everything went wrong: the JFK assassination. And he introduces readers to a character who has the power to change the course of history. Jake Epping is a thirty-five-year-old high school English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine, who makes extra money teaching adults in the GED program. He receives an essay from one of the students – a gruesome, harrowing first person story about the night 50 years ago when Harry Dunning’s father came home and killed his mother, his sister, and his brother with a hammer. Harry escaped with a smashed leg, as evidenced by his crooked walk. Not much later, Jake’s friend Al, who runs the local diner, divulges a secret: his storeroom is a portal to 1958. He enlists Jake on an insane – and insanely possible – mission to try to prevent the Kennedy assassination. So begins Jake’s new life as George Amberson and his new world of Elvis and JFK, of big American cars and sock hops, of a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald and a beautiful high school librarian named Sadie Dunhill, who becomes the love of Jake’s life – a life that transgresses all the normal rules of time. A tribute to a simpler era and a devastating exercise in escalating suspense, 11/22/63 is Stephen King at his epic best.” (taken from www.bookbrowse.com)

When you’re done reading, please return your copy to the Adult Reference Desk. 11/22/63 is also available to download and/or request for your tablet, phone, etc. via Overdrive or with the Libby App and your SJCPLS library card! Please call the Library at (904) 827-6950 with any questions. We look forward to seeing you! Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

Turkeys are a symbol of the holiday season, but what do you know about wild turkeys? Join Parks Naturalist, Kelly Ussia, for a fun, festive, and informative talk about this charismatic bird. Seating limited.  Seating is first come, first served. Gobble Gobble.

The Bookmobile will be visiting the Farmers Market at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. Find us at 1340C A1A South, Saint Augustine, FL 32080

Books are inspiring adaptations and adaptations are spawning books! Check out some of the latest pop culture hits with Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library’s Adult Services Librarian Anne Crawford including Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series, Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series, Jane Austen’s Sanditon series, and Downton Abbey which has spawned tie-in books! Find out the latest deets about new seasons and movies coming out tying into these series, how you can access these books in both print and digital formats (in Overdrive and in Hoopla) with your SJCPLS library card, and which series just had the newest book in its series (the second-to-last book in the entire series!) come out this week after years of waiting by eager readers. Mark your calendars and get your book series and adaptations fix with Anne!

This is an online event that you can conveniently watch live or anytime afterwards on our website, our Facebook page, or our YouTube channel.

Join Will for our ZOOM Murder Mystery Night! Theatre, actors, and bodies found in attic trunks! Grab the family to help solve an 80 year old murder case.  This is a six part series.  Sign up  for each part separately. Registration Required.  Email njebbia@sjcfl.us to register.

September 9 @ 7 pm – Episode 1
September 23 @ 7 pm – Episode 2
October 14 @ 7 pm – Episode 3
October 28 @ 7 pm – Episode 4
November 4 @ 7 pm – Episode 5
November 18 @ 7 pm – Episode 6

In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, all SJCPLS libraries will be closed Thursday, November 25 and remain closed through Friday, November 26, 2021. Libraries will reopen on Saturday, November 28, 2021.

Bookdrops will remain open during all closed days and, of course, our virtual services such as eBooks, databases and downloadables are available 24/7. We wish you a safe and enjoyable Thanksgiving holiday.

Registration Required. Please join us for this very special program presented virtually by scholar and oral historian Marcia Jo Zerivitz. This one-hour presentation is based on the author’s seminal book, the first comprehensive history of the Jews of Florida from colonial times to the present – a sweeping tapestry of voices spanning centuries. Despite not being officially allowed to live in Florida until 1763, Jewish immigrants escaping expulsions and exclusions were among the earliest settlers. They have been integral to every area of Florida’s growth, from tilling the land and developing early communities to boosting tourism and ultimately pushing mankind into space. You will meet contemporary Floridian Jews – names that are recognized globally – and pioneers who impacted history beginning 257 years ago and possibly in 16th-century Florida.

Ms. Zerivitz will be presenting her program virtually through Zoom. Attendees have the option of either accessing the presentation at home through Zoom or attending a screening of the event inside the Main Library at 1960 N. Ponce de Leon Blvd. Registration is required. To register, please contact Beth Maycumber at the Main Library at 904.827.6940 or through email: bmaycumber@sjcfl.us.

Marcia Jo Zerivitz, Founding Executive Director, Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, is a native West Virginian who has lived in Florida for more than half a century. She has been a trailblazer in the American and Floridian Jewish communities serving national, state, and local organizations and has broken the “glass ceiling” as the first woman in many positions. Her focus for the past forty years has been organizing Florida Jewish communities to collect, document, and preserve their history, researching and collating the hidden 250+ years of Florida Jewish history, and creating a state-wide history museum with collections, exhibits, publications, and educational programs. She initiated the legislation for both Florida Jewish History Month (FJHM) each January and Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM) each May to increase awareness of the contributions of Jews to the quality of life for all. In 2020, her seminal book, Jews of Florida: Centuries of Stories was released.

This program is a partnership between the Florida Humanities and the Friends of the Main Library St. Augustine. Funding for this program was provided by Florida Humanities and sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Plants returns and invites you to learn about the fun and beauty of flower arranging as they put together beautiful “Downton Abbey”-inspired flower arrangements in real time! You can access this presentation from any device:  phone, tablet, laptop, or desktop PC. With the “Downton Abbey 2” movie releasing after Christmas, what better way to dive into the seasonal decor of Downton Abbey than with a flower arranging presentation titled “Seasons at Downton?” Anyone can watch live or anytime afterwards via SJCPLS’s Facebook and YouTube channels, so please spread the word. This special virtual presentation is generously sponsored by the Friends of the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library.

Join us, get in the “Downton Abbey” mood, and have fun with the Sisterhood! If you have any questions, please call the Library at 827-6950. This program can be conveniently viewed on SJCPLS’  website, our Facebook page, or our Youtube channel.

The Bookmobile will be visiting the Farmers Market at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. Find us at 1340C A1A South, Saint Augustine, FL 32080

*** Want to be added to our e-blast list for updates about our Book Club and more? Please e-mail Anne at ascrawford@sjcfl.us. ***

All adults are invited to join the Book Lovers Book Club meeting in person or via Zoom from anywhere, whichever is better for you! You do not have to be a St. Johns County resident or SJCPLS library card holder to participate.  To join us via Zoom, RSVP for this event below and make sure to create a free Zoom account (www.zoom.us) if you don’t already have one. You will receive a Zoom link for the meeting the day of the meeting, or you can visit this event posting the day of the meeting for the link.

All adults are invited to participate, regardless if you are a St. Johns County resident or have a SJCPLS library card or not. December is Readers’ Choice, so please share with the Club a favorite book you have enjoyed. This way, all of us will have new books to try over the holidays and in 2022! Please call the Library at (904) 827-6950 with any questions. We look forward to seeing you! Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

All libraries will be closed for the Christmas holiday on Friday, December 24th and Saturday, December 25th, 2021. All libraries will resume regular operating hours on Monday, December 267h.

Bookdrops will remain open during all closed days and, of course, our virtual services such as eBooks, databases and downloadables are available 24/7. We wish you a safe and enjoyable holiday.

All SJCPLS libraries will be closed Saturday, January 1, 2022 for the New Year’s Day holiday. Libraries will resume regular operating hours on Monday, January 3.

Book drops will remain open during these closures and our virtual services such as eBooks, databases, and downloadables are available 24/7. From all of us at SJCPLS, we wish you a safe and enjoyable holiday!

Give local. Save local. One pint of blood saves three lives! Lifesouth Community Blood Centers will host a blood drive in front of the Main Library. All donors will receive a recognition item and a free cholesterol screening. Donors must be 16 or older, weigh at least 110 pounds, and show photo I.D. 16-year-olds require written parental permission. If you prefer to make an appointment, visit the Donor Portal at lifesouth.org.

Register here: https://laceupforlibraries5k.itsyourrace.com/event.aspx?id=12794

Register here: https://laceupforlibraries5k.itsyourrace.com/event.aspx?id=12794

To put the location of the start of the race in your GPS, use the following address: 245 Nocatee Center Way, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32081