Mindy King, professional craftswoman and prop designer, teaches us to make a theater-quality costume accoutrement: a Victorian geologist's pickax!

It's time to get out the cold-weather clothes again... Before you give up on ever wearing them again, join us for three sessions of Radical
Mending. You'll learn practical sewing skills--including how to hem,

Take your picture with a vision of lost underground worlds from different ages, explored by a mechanical subterrene vehicle. Art by local illustrator Stephen Richter, with design work by Heather Johnson, ACPL’s graphic designer.Sponsored

This year we take our inspiration from Jules Verne's novel on underground
exploration. Stop in throughout the day to enjoy this free community

Enjoy stories, songs and play with Taryn.

Join librarians Taryn and Jenny for a steampunk-themed storybook and companion creative craft for preschool and early elementary school children and their families.Sponsored by the Friends of the Athens Public Library.

Make a fashion statement for your wrist using real lava rock. Born of geologic fire, these beads are both intrepidly masculine and mother-earth feminist, reflecting the steampunk spirit!

Hosts librarian Amy and volunteers from Airship Athena, the local steampunk club, invite you to dine upon gourmet French desserts by local chef Bryan Carlson of Heaven Scent Bakery, tea,  + kegs of homemade sarsaparilla.

Join master puppeteer Heidi Pendergast and her weird and wonderful friends for a 40-minute performance, composed of three pieces that journey back to the center: the forgotten heart. Recommended for children ages 8 and up.

Saturday Afternoon is a great time to meet your friends at the Library for Snack and MovieMovie Rated PGSnacks ProvidedFree and Open to the Public

Join librarians Taryn and Jenny as we race to decipher a scrambled word-square message by a long-ago explorer that will help solve the mystery of how to reach a hidden world beneath the earth.

The Journey to the Center of the Earth was the first novel to feature the then-futuristic concept of a mobile light source powered by electricity.

Join our festival recreation director Patrick Quackenbush for some punk-booted fun on the greensward!  Competitive sport for gear-mad ladies and gentlemen.

From his encyclopedic "all in his head" repertoire, pianist Bob Montalto
will play songs steampunks can really relate to! Join us for live music

Join librarians Jenny and Sue as we learn to play the very best diversions of strategy and luck a club- drawing room can offer.  No registration required – all competitors of the table-top welcome!

Join librarian Mary to learn about the science of the compass (and make one of your own!), then explore library grounds using four sets of directions.

Professional geologist Dr. Douglas Green uses Verne's novel Journey to the Center of the Earth to teach us about volcanism, the geology of Iceland, and how caves, caverns and tunnels are naturally formed.