Week Calendar

Stimulate and delight your child's senses. Build brain power. Enjoy rhymes, songs, reading and play. Build
skills that will help your child grow up ready to read. Siblings are

Held the second Saturday of each month from 9am - 3pm, this monthly sale of books, CDs, DVDs, and more supports the Athens library branch of the Athens County Public Libraries with programming and other needs.Most books are 3 for $1.00 (some excep

Bring poetry you've written and receive helpful and encouraging comments from fellow poets.

Join us for a spot of tea as we enjoy a bit of British television or film together. Cheers!

Stimulate and delight your child’s senses. Build brain power. Enjoy rhymes, songs, reading and play.Build skills that will help your child grow up ready to read.Siblings are welcome.

Move… Relax… Gain flexibility… Breathe… Stretch… Gain strengthRebecca Wood (and other instructors) will teach simple yoga poses.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Athens Public Library.

Stimulate and delight your child’s senses. Build brain power. Enjoy rhymes, songs, reading and play.Build skills that will help your child grow up ready to read.Siblings are welcome.

Meet other parents / grandparents / caregivers and encourage your little ones to love the library!  Have a little wiggler?  No problem!  There is no pressure for kids to sit still during this story time.Babies, toddlers,

Join us for a spot of tea as we enjoy a bit of British television or film together. Cheers!

Enjoy free play and social hour with your baby. Resources may include crafts, sensory play and songs.Newborns, infants and toddlers welcome!

Join Lisa and create an ornament for your tree or a special friend with Scrabble Tiles.

Join us for stories, songs and playful activities!

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 a festive meal and film!"Refusing to give up her belief in Santa Claus, a child named Jessica Riggs (Rebecca Harrell) discovers a hurt reindeer in the woods, which

Meet other parents / grandparents / caregivers and encourage your little ones to love the library...

Enjoy stories, songs and play with Taryn.

A book club for the entire community focused on including adults with developmental disabilities. We enjoy reading together and discussing every week.

Do you have unfinishedsewing, quilting, crochet and knitting projects sitting in a drawer? Are you ready
for some new ideas and shortcuts? Meet some new friends and come join us every

Share stories, songs and dancing at this physical and interactive storytime! 

Enjoy needlework? Join us and bring your knitting, embroidery, crochet, or hand sewing.

Add a little sparkle to your holidays by re-purposing DVDs and CDs to make a glittering Christmas tree. All materials are provided free of charge.

The Queers and Allies book club is meeting off site at United Campus Ministry on 18 N College St.

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

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

Join us Tuesdays at 3:30pm for school-aged programming, with a rotating schedule of cooking, arts, science, and games.  Erin the Librarian will lead us in the art of re-purposing old books and paper into unique journals.

Celebrate Friday the 13th with Betrayal at House on the Hill, a modern board game with a spooky twist! Teens and up, no registration required. Free and open to the public.

Need homework help?  Please join Hocking college student, Angel, for any help you may need.Free and open to the public.

All invited, whether you are just learning Spanish or wishing to preserve your command of Spanish. Practice and improve your Spanish speaking skills and grammatical correctness.

Join us Tuesdays at 4pm for school-aged programming, with a rotating schedule of cooking, arts, science, and games.  This week, we'll make models of animal tracks.

A recurring series where we'll cook some food and watch an ecological documentary together.This month, we'll be flipping flapjacks and traveling around the globe as the animals we share our planet with have their stories told. T

Join us for a special storytime with the group Showing up for Racial Justice (SURJ).

Tis the season-come decorate sugar cookies of all shapes and sizes.  Please bring a container to take your goodies home! 

"Oh, we need a little Christmas..." Make a seasonal diorama for decoration or gifting!We provide the container, various background papers, Christmas tree, "snow," and assorted baubles.

Great for gift-giving or to enjoy yourself. Everything you need will be provided-- just bring your creativity. All ages welcome. Free and open to the public.

Learn basic sewing skills as you create a stuffed animal from recycled materials from Re-Use Industries.

Join us every Monday to play something from our large collection of games. From classics like Sorry and Uno to new favorites like Exploding Kittens and Trash Pandas! We have games for all ages!

The Brickersons will bring folk music to the main floor of the library December 9th from 5:30-6:30. Join us for some holiday cheer.

Wagon rides will be happening rain or shine! Join us for an evening of music, family fun, and light refreshments.Take a tour of Albany by wagon ride with John Hutchison's Percheron horses;

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 as we learn how to use seasonal, local, and delicious foods to make simple recipes with Community Food Initiatives (CFI)!Host: CFI

Get together to learn new board games with a fun group of people.

This event is planned and hosted by a community group using the library's free meeting spaces. Are you helping to host an event at one of our locations? Let us know!

Peggy Gish will share pictures about her recent trip to learn more about the root causes of immigration in Central America. She will also share about groups working to provide alternatives, as well as our response as Americans.

Librarian Todd will read ashort story by Arthur Conan Doyle, first published in the January
1892 issue of Strand Magazine and later collected in the book The
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892). Relax