The library’s annual Melrose Film Festival is accepting submissions now through May 15, with entry details available at filmfreeway.com/MelroseFilmFestival. At the Washington Park Branch, the A World of Color and Shape program offers jazz and art sessions on March 2 and March 16, allowing adults to listen to jazz while creating contemporary art pieces.
Music in the Library returns to the Winter Garden Branch on Saturday March 21 with Saturday Jazz, featuring clarinetist Joe Fritz and guitarist Martin Sensiper performing swing and jazz selections from the 30s to the 60s. The Fairview Shores Branch hosts Renaissance Fairview from March 16 through March 21, providing themed storytimes, a royal tea party for families, medieval bookbinding for teens, period trivia and illuminated manuscript creation for adults.
LEGOpalooza takes place at the Orlando Public Library on Sunday March 29, offering hands‑on and virtual LEGO activities such as LEGO‑themed crafts, club builds, displays, virtual reality experiences and programming with LEGO Education Spike. Children may submit their own LEGO builds for a chance to win prizes, and LEGO programming is available each month at all 15 OCLS locations for participants of all ages.
Press release issued by Orange County Library System:
https://ocls.org/ocls-blog/from-the-director-march-2026/
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