Event List

Join us for Jewelry Class at the Key West Library! All materials will be provided and all skill levels are welcome. Ages 16+

Let off STEAM after school every Friday at 3:30 PM! Lots of fun activities and learning opportunities for school age kids! 

June 7-30 Art Exhibit: Gloria Avner, Key Largo painter and poet. Her batik artworks have won prizes and ribbons in art shows in South Florida and coastal Maine, where she spends her summer.

Come learn about corals with MOTE Marine Lab! Enjoy an Introduction to Corals with an accompanying art craft.

Join us at the library every Saturday during June and July for a Summer Reading event! 

What’s Outdoor Explorers?? Outdoor Explorers is Library Scouts 2.0! Let’s read, let’s get outside, let’s learn!

We have weekly grab-and-go activities as well as badges for completing the Outdoor Explorers booklet – come get yours today!

This summer join in on our Once Upon A Time Summer Reading weekly grab and go challenges! To participate you can come in all week long and grab a bag with all the materials to make that week's challenge.

June 7-30 Art Exhibit: Gloria Avner, Key Largo painter and poet. Her batik artworks have won prizes and ribbons in art shows in South Florida and coastal Maine, where she spends her summer.

West Care Guidance Care Center presents the Fun at the Library Apple A Day storytime and craft! Discover the power of stories, self-love, and mindfulness! 

Meet me in Marathon on Mondays from 10AM to Noon for Makerspace Mondays!  

Fun with Legos!  Mondays 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM in the Activity Center come do your own thing or join in on the weekly challenges!

Advantages of playing with Legos

June 7-30 Art Exhibit: Gloria Avner, Key Largo painter and poet. Her batik artworks have won prizes and ribbons in art shows in South Florida and coastal Maine, where she spends her summer.

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.

June 7-30 Art Exhibit: Gloria Avner, Key Largo painter and poet. Her batik artworks have won prizes and ribbons in art shows in South Florida and coastal Maine, where she spends her summer.

Join us on Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m. to Crochet for a Cause - we're making baby blankets for the Lower Keys Medical Center Maternity Ward. Knitters welcome!

Watch a movie while painting a craft! All supplies provided. Adults only.

June 7-30 Art Exhibit: Gloria Avner, Key Largo painter and poet. Her batik artworks have won prizes and ribbons in art shows in South Florida and coastal Maine, where she spends her summer.

Let's paint! Join us at the Key West Library for adult painting classes all summer.

June 12: Paint by Numbers

July 10: Buoy Painting

August 14: Light-Up Flowers

Classes start at 10am and all supplies are provided.

The library offers fun events all summer long to keep families reading. It is a community tradition that promotes reading for fun and lifelong enrichment.

Come in and work on a prepared project or bring your own. Fun begins as we brainstorm, design, visit and craft. Can’t finish one of the prepared projects in one sitting? Leave it and return the next week to work on it again.

Join us on the second Thursday each month for our Adult Crafternoon! Crafts to expect: candle making, air-dry clay mosaics, Mason jar bird feeders, shell and sea glass dioramas, and that’s just to start!

2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month from 3:00-5:00 pm. Ages: 6-12

Kids can scout for badges, fun and learning at the Key West Library.

Join us at 3:30 PM, in the Activity Center for our kids & teen crafts and activities.

Drop in to participate in art activities to be completed in one sitting or over a longer period. There is something for all ages that will inspire children to think creatively and tap into their hidden inspiration as they color their world.

June 7-30 Art Exhibit: Gloria Avner, Key Largo painter and poet. Her batik artworks have won prizes and ribbons in art shows in South Florida and coastal Maine, where she spends her summer.