{"id":101374,"date":"2025-12-31T17:27:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T17:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/101374\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T17:27:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T17:27:12","slug":"cape-coral-library-offers-free-january-programs-for-all-ages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/101374\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Coral Library Offers Free January Programs for All Ages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cape Coral Lee County Public Library will host more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capecoralbreeze.com\/lifestyles\/local-lifestyles\/2025\/12\/29\/cape-coral-lee-county-public-library-programs-activities-for-january\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">30 free programs<\/a> in January 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Adults can attend Download Drop-In sessions on Jan. 6 and 20 at 11 a.m. Staff will assist patrons with downloading eBooks, audiobooks, movies, and music from Libby\/OverDrive and hoopla.<\/p>\n<p>A Holocaust Pop-Up Museum from the Holocaust Museum and Cohen Education Center will run Jan. 22-29. Hours vary. The exhibit features 17 foam panels, artifact cases, and QR code stations with testimonies from local Holocaust survivors. Sol Awend, a second-generation Holocaust survivor, will share his parents&#8217; and stepfather&#8217;s stories on Jan. 22 at 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Actress Sheryl Faye will perform &#8220;Ruth Bader Ginsburg: I Dissent&#8221; on Jan. 9 at 11 a.m. David Webb will lead a three-session series on Emily Dickinson&#8217;s poetry starting Jan. 13 at 2 p.m. The class will cover 32 poems. Sessions meet Jan. 13, 20, and 27.<\/p>\n<p>Children&#8217;s programs include Baby Rhyme Time for infants through 18 months on Jan. 20 and 27 at 9:30 a.m. Preschool Storytime for ages 3-5 runs the same dates at 10:30 a.m. Family Storytime for ages 5 and under takes place Jan. 21 and 28 at 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Kids ages 5-11 can make pressed flower art at Kids Craft Corner on Jan. 15 at 4 p.m. PreK STEAMfest on Jan. 15 at 10:30 a.m. offers hands-on learning stations. Ages 2-5 can participate.<\/p>\n<p>Teen programs include Unlocked: Teen Life Skills on Jan. 8 at 2:30 p.m. Teen Book Nook meets Jan. 22 at 4:30 p.m. for book discussions and crafts.<\/p>\n<p>Kids and teens can reduce overdue fines by reading during Read Down Fines sessions Jan. 10 and 17 from 1-2 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other classes include watercolor painting on Jan. 10 and 29, beginner Spanish on Jan. 14, and a session on ocean and river cruising safety on Jan. 15. English Caf\u00e9 conversation sessions for ESOL\/ESL students meet throughout the month.<\/p>\n<p>The library sits at 921 SW 39th Terrace in Cape Coral. Some programs require registration. Call 239-533-4500 for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cape Coral Lee County Public Library will host more than 30 free programs in January 2026.\u00a0 Adults can&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101375,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":{"0":"post-101374","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cape-coral","8":"tag-cape-coral","9":"tag-cape-coral-headlines","10":"tag-cape-coral-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}