{"id":115587,"date":"2026-01-12T21:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/115587\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T21:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:59:08","slug":"captiva-library-county-system-offer-programs-sanibel-captiva-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/115587\/","title":{"rendered":"Captiva library, county system offer programs &#8211; SANIBEL-CAPTIVA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Captiva Memorial Library, which is part of the Lee County Library System, is offering the following free programming:<\/p>\n<p>CHILDREN PROGRAMS<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Jan. 14: Make a Florida Snowflake Craft<\/p>\n<p>(during operating hours)<\/p>\n<p>Celebrate Florida\u2019s unique winter by creating a Florida snowflake. Kids will decorate paper snowflakes with seashells, sand and coastal colors to capture the magic of a Florida winter.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Jan. 15: Make a Florida Snowflake Craft<\/p>\n<p>(during operating hours)<\/p>\n<p>Celebrate Florida\u2019s unique winter by creating a Florida snowflake. Kids will decorate paper snowflakes with seashells, sand and coastal colors to capture the magic of a Florida winter.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Jan. 16: Make a Florida Snowflake Craft<\/p>\n<p>(during operating hours)<\/p>\n<p>Celebrate Florida\u2019s unique winter by creating a Florida snowflake. Kids will decorate paper snowflakes with seashells, sand and coastal colors to capture the magic of a Florida winter.<\/p>\n<p>The library is open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1 to 4 p.m. It will be closed on Jan. 19 for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, call 239-533-4890.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the library system is offering the following free virtual programming:<\/p>\n<p>ADULT PROGRAMS<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Jan. 20: Online Author Event with Julia Hotz from 2 to 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Jump-start the new year with a virtual conversation with journalist and author Julia Hotz about her first book, \u201cThe Connection Cure: The Prescriptive Power of Movement, Nature, Art, Service, and Belonging.\u201d Her stories have appeared in The New York Times, WIRED, Scientific American, The Boston Globe, Time, and more. Hotz helps other journalists report on the big new ideas changing the world at the Solutions Journalism Network. The event is part of the Online Author Events Series. Registration is required.<\/p>\n<p>To register or for more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leegov.com\/library\/programs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.leegov.com\/library\/programs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Captiva Memorial Library is at 11560 Chapin Lane, Captiva.<\/p>\n<p>To reach LEE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM, please email <a href=\"https:\/\/www.captivasanibel.com\/news\/2026\/01\/captiva-library-county-system-offer-programs-54\/mailto:\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Captiva Memorial Library, which is part of the Lee County Library System, is offering the following free&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115588,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":{"0":"post-115587","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\/115587","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=115587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}