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 welcome.

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 the Young Scientist Society while we explore STEAM concepts through fun and engaging hands on experiments.  Ages 6-12 recommended, but older and younger siblings are welcome.Preregistration is requested to make sure enough materials are

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.

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

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!

Come to the library for gaming fun for all ages! Bring your favorite game or use one of ours. Come as an expert or learn something new.

Beat the winter blues! Drop in for some fun with jigsaw puzzles, adult coloring pages, and board games. We'll have hot drinks and light snacks, too.All library programs are free and open to the public.

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

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

Share stories, songs and dancing at this physical and interactive storytime led by Hocking College student Angel!

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

Join a representative from the Aspire program with OhioMeansJobsand learn how they can help you get your GED. Drop in anytime during thehours listed. No appointment necessary.

Bring your vintage treasures to learn more about their history, discover how to research your jewels, and find out what they might be worth.

A monthly community gathering to share stories of life as it used to be.Bring your childhood, school, family or other memories. We may decide on a theme or just reminisce.
All welcome!3rd Thursdays at 2pm

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. Supplies will be provided to create a healthy home for a small plant.

Want to help make The Plains Library a great place for teens? Need service hours? Have a great idea for a teen event? If you can answer “yes!” to any of these questions, come to a Teen

Join us Mondays for school-aged, maker-themed programming inspired by books!This week, we'll make...FOUND-OBJECT FACES.  Transform everyday objects into art.  Materials provided.Program inspired by:"Let's Make Face

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

Join us for Open Teen Night to catch up with friends, play games, discuss young adult literature and get help with homework. For grades
7-12. 

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, and Lola from Calm Companions.Every third Wednesday, from 4

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

Drop in to play fun games and interact with open-ended learning centers that support math skills and concepts learned in elementary school.  Every Thursday in January, February, and March.

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

Dust your boots off and meet at the Glouster Public Library for a hike on
Trimble High School's Muddy Boot Trail. This trail is a short walk from

Every third Thursday, join us in crafting for a cause.  This Thursday, we'll be making buttons, magnets, and stickers with kindness-related messages.  Come with your own kindness message, or use one like:Throw Kindness Aroun

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

Warm up with Live Healthy Appalachia! Together we'll be making alphabet soup, skillet garlic biscuits and quick-pickled slaw. Bring your appetite. Host: Live Healthy Appalachia

Join children's yoga instructor Liz Kelley as she draws inspiration from beloved authors, stories, and characters.

Follow clues in your backpack to discover the day's adventure.

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

Come geek out with us at the Athens Public Library!  Join in for a flexible Dungeons and Dragons campaign, bring your own board game, or learn to play our featured Board Game of the Month. 

Jim Carrey in the title role of this lavish live-action version of the holiday tale.Rating: PGRunning Time: 105 minutesPhoto & Synopsis taken from: Swank.com

This after-hours program is for BINGO fans, young and old. Join us for a fun game of numbers and letters. Snacks provided.

Librarian Todd will read ashort story by Kate Chopin first
published in the periodical Two Tales (Boston, MA) in 1892 and reprinted in Chopin’s collection of stories Bayou Folk in 1894. Relax