Week Calendar

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Join us for a free cuppa to jump-start your week and visit with friends and community members.

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Join us for stories, songs and playful activities every Thursday at 10:30 a.m.Designed to encourage a lifelong love of books and support early literacy skills.
Stay to play and visit with friends afterward!

 Join us for stories, songs and playful activities!

Join friends as we read, play, sing and create together.

Join us for stories, songs and playful activities every Wednesday at 11 a.m.!Designed to encourage a lifelong love of books and support early literacy skills.
Stay to play and visit with friends afterward!

Join us for stories, play, and fun-filled activities!  Free and open to the public.

Enjoy stories, songs and play with Taryn.

A book club for adolescents and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities where we enjoy books and friendship.

Do you have unfinishedsewing, quilting, crochet and knitting projects sitting in a drawer? Are you ready
for some new ideas and shortcuts? Do you

Bring your needlework project and enjoy work and conversation with a group of wonderful ladies.

Move… Relax… Gain flexibility… Breathe… Stretch… Gain strengthInstructor Linda Cochran teaches simple yoga poses.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Athens Public Library.

Join us for a screening of the documentary "Do Not Pass Go," followed by a facilitated discussion of the challenges of broadband Internet access in Athens County.The documentary “Do Not Pass Go” features the city of Wilson, North Carolin

Share stories and recipes from home and learn about food, stories, and games from other places as well. Hands-on cooking (and eating!).  This fun program is led by a small group of Ohio
University students. 

Spend Monday afternoons playing this popular fantasy, tabletop role-playing
game. You do NOT have to be an experienced player -- everyone is

Fuel your fall with grainy goodnessA Discovery Kitchen Tasting Table.Co-Sponsored with Community Food InitiativesEnjoy tasty treats at The Plains Public Library, Tuesdays, October 2, 9, 16, and 23 from 3:30-4:30 pm.

Join us for a screening of the documentary "Do Not Pass Go," followed by a facilitated discussion of the challenges of broadband Internet access in Athens County.The documentary “Do Not Pass Go” features the city of Wilson, North Carolin

Fuel your fall with grainy goodnessA Discovery Kitchen Tasting Table.Co-Sponsored with Community Food InitiativesEnjoy tasty treats at the Glouster Public Library, Wednesdays, October 3, 10, 17, 24 from 3:30-4:30 pm

Regular monthly meeting of ACPL's Board of Trustees. Open to the public with time set aside at each meeting for public comment. 

Every Tuesday in the small meeting room.All are welcome!

Come and join the fun painting and decorating your own pumpkin. You can then take it home  to enjoy for the season.Pumpkins and paint will be provided.

Book and dog lovers are invited to take turns reading aloud while snuggling with a canine reading buddy.Bring a book of your own, read one from our shelves, or just spend time with Henry, Lola and Winston from Calm Companions.

Come get your hands dirty gardening and playing garden games with Community Food Initiatives (CFI).  Snacks will be provided.  Free and open to the public.

Join Rural Action and the Athens County Public Libraries in a spooktacular event seriesabout bats and the insects upon which they feast. There will be a story, crafts, games,and treats.

Fuel your fall with grainy goodnessA Discovery Kitchen Tasting Table.Co-Sponsored with Community Food InitiativesEnjoy tasty treats at the Chauncey Public Library, Fridays, October 5, 12, 19, 26 from 4:30-5:30 pm

Join us every first and third Monday for Family Game Night!  We will have games for all ages.Free and open to the public.5:30-6:30 pm

Bring a dessert or appetizer to share.Spiced cider, and sparkling fall beverages will be available.Pumpkins, art supplies and decorations providedSpace is limited. Call to register.

Meet each of the artists showing this month, and find out one-on-one the inspirations for their works and how they created them.  Pleasant
refreshments, savory and sweet, will be served in the Library Lobby,

This knitting circle is free and open to all adults and is a great way to learn from one another.  It also includes crochet.  Enjoy this

Join us for a screening of the documentary "Do Not Pass Go," followed by a facilitated discussion of the challenges of broadband Internet access in Athens County.The documentary “Do Not Pass Go” features the city of Wilson, North Carolin

Relax and stretch and be well. Open to all beginners, as well as those with more yoga experience.Join rotating instructors Annie Burnett, Jennifer Collins, Bill Fanning, and Erin Pfahler for this weekly program.

Read the book with a buddy - could be a parent, grandparent, sibling or friend - and join us at the Athens Library for a lively discussion and activities based on the book.Book of the month: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine ApplegateAdditional c

Fuel your fall with grainy goodnessA Discovery Kitchen Tasting Table.Co-Sponsored with Community Food InitiativesEnjoy tasty treats at the Athens Public Library, Tuesdays, October 2, 9, 16, and 23 from 6:00-7:00 pm.

Do you work as a handyman or contractor? Would you like to start a home-based business or start a food business? If so, this series is for you!Be your own boss!

Join us as we take inspiration from Dollar Tree's DIY and Craft Ideas!

Please join Denise Bowles and Mary Beth Pomento to learn about essential oils and how they can help support your  health.

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In 1855, Victorian social novelist Elizabeth Gaskell published a novel of
contemporary struggles between labor and management in the cotton mill
industry of northern England, as seen through the eyes of a woman raised

The Wells (Albany) Public Library is excited to present an evening of creepy fun and crime scene detecting. Join us after hours in the stacks to solve the mystery!

The Chauncey Public Library is excited to present an evening of creepy fun and crime scene detecting. Join us after hours in the stacks to solve the mystery!

Enter an apocalyptic world and try to make it out alive!