2018-2019 Season Events
Event Posters
Photo Galleries
William Taubman
“Gorbachev: His Life and Times”
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Robin Lloyd
“Harbor of Spies”
Thursday, December 13, 2018
Ellie LeBlond Sosa and Doro Bush
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Alice Gorman
“Valeria Vose”
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
2017-2018 Season Events
2018 Annual Benefit
Featuring Amor Towles
Thursday, February 20, 2018
2016-2017 Season Events
2015-2016 Season Events
November 11, 2015
Librarian Toni Vanover and her staff arranged
a “Missing Man” or “White Table” for Veterans Day.
December 10, 2015
Florida Coast Symphony Travelling Quartet
Jim Cowperthwait led the caroling.
JF Library Foundation Literary Series
January 8, 2016
Author David Andelman
A Shattered Peace:
Versailles 1919 and the Price We Pay Today
January 13, 2016
The Honorable James W. Symington
Heard and Overheard:
Words Wise (and Otherwise)
with Politicians, Statesmen, and Real People
January 31, 2016
One Big Grande Boca Book Club
presented by Friends of Boca Grande Community Center & JF Library Foundation
Vicki Croke
Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II
and Tony Vecchio
Executive Director, Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens
February 10, 2016
Robin Lippincott, Blue
February 25, 2016
Annual Benefit, Hampton Sides
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeanette
A reception for sponsors followed the presentation and book signing at the home of Nan and Gerry Manolovici.
March 4, 2016
in partnership with The Boca Grande Art Center
Dr. Jane Fortune When the World Answered: Florence, Women Artists and the 1966 Flood
March 24, 2016
Reyn Guyer, Right Brain Red
April 1, 2016
Live Poets’ Society of Boca Grande
“Poetry in the Garden, III”
Thank You Authors, Musicians, Performers and especially our Audiences and Library Foundation Donors