Beyond books
Youth services coordinator Mary Beaumont hands one of the popular ukeleles to John Russell as Mary Chavez looks on. TOM WILBY
Brevard libraries are stacked with a variety of learning opportunities
Cocoa Beach Library boasts so much programming it has even become a destination for visiting tourists. TOM WILBY
Where can you learn to play the ukelele, plant a garden, watch drones fly, join a drum circle, monitor your blood pressure and groove with silent disco in the best cruise ship tradition?
At Brevard libraries, of course.
“You cannot overstate the value of a library,” said county communications director Don Walker. “Brevard is blessed to have 17 public libraries that offer something for everyone.”
Once primarily a repository of the printed word, Brevard County Libraries has evolved into community hubs that offer something for everyone, rarely at any cost. After a banner year that saw 1.6 million library visitors checking out 4.6 million items, Brevard County Libraries are pumped for even more patrons — and for providing even more unique opportunities to engage them. People who lean on the library for entertainment and education can re-route their financial resources to other pursuits — such as perhaps a juicy steak.
Maria Sonnenberg
Maria is a prolific writer and proofer for Space Coast Living and an adjunct professor at Florida Institute of Technology’s Nathan M. Bisk College of Business. When not writing, teaching or traveling, she can be found waging a one-woman war against her lawn and futilely attempting to maintain order among the chaos of a pack of extremely clueless wirehair dachshunds and an angst-driven basset hound.
