Week Calendar

Open to beginners, anyone wanting to learn new skills, or for those wanting to brush up on popular programs like Word and Excel, these weekly workshops will cover topics like

Join us for coffee and conversation at the library.

Come and read your poetry and receive helpful comments from fellow poets.

Next Chapter Book Club is a reading club that is designed to include adults with learning disabilities.We read from our chosen book each week and then celebrate the finish of each one by having a party. We are currently meeting off site.

NCBC is a book club designed to include developmentally disabled adults.We read books together, discuss them, and then celebrate with a party. All or no reading ability is acceptable.

Enjoy an interactive storytime with your child that includes early literacy fun with books, songs, finger play and baby movement.

Ages 0-3

Fun with stories, songs and more that encourage development of early literacy skills in young children.  Ages 3-5

Join us in welcoming local author and motivational speaker, Cameron M. Vance, for a special storytime.

Come play with us!

We'll explore books, play games, sing songs, and enjoy each other's company in this open-ended playtime. Older siblings are welcome to follow along.

Various activities for your toddler/baby including art and play tubs with items to touch and enjoy.

Join us for stories, songs, and playful activities!

Join us for our weekly story hour!

The whole family is invited to storytime.  Come read stories, sing songs and have fun!

Learn to create trauma effects like cuts, scars, burns, bruises, and more using a combination of special effects makeup, and non toxic household materials. Participants will be creating effects on their own skin. 

Meet every week to delve dungeons, slay dragons, and engage in high fantasy adventures with our in-house D&D group. They will be meeting in the large conference room, with the Young Adult area as a backup space. All materials provided.

Learn the craft of needle felting while celebrating the sights and scents of autumn. You'll form your own leaf with your choice of fall colors, then infuse it with a few drops of "Warm Rustic Woods" oil.

In person at the Wells (Albany) Library!

Join us from 1-3 pm on Tuesdays for handwork and pleasant conversation. Bring a project to work on: embroidery, knitting, crochet, quilting, mending - whatever you like to do!

Join us for discussion of Amish stories and Amish life. We'll meet at 1:00pm every second Thursday at the Wells (Albany) Library.

Drop in and play Yu-Gi-Oh!, 3DS, Pokemon, Magic, D&D, or more! Bring your cards if you have some; if you don’t, come play anyway. Saturdays, 1pm-4:30pm

Join the Survivor Advocacy Outreach Program to learn more about how to spot signs of coercion and control in relationships and help friends and family get out before it's too late. 

Learn to create trauma effects like cuts, scars, burns, bruises, and more using a combination of special effects makeup, and non toxic household materials. Participants will be creating effects on their own skin. 

Come join in on some Halloween fun and create your very own Creature Cone to take home!

A Presentation from the Appalachian/Slavic Folk Alliance Weaving Solidarity through Music.

Join us for stories, songs, and creative movement!

Families with preschoolers and school age kids are welcome.

Every Thursday from 4 to 5 p.m.

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

Recent local sightings of black bears have us all on our toes!

Cut out images that speak to you from magazines, print them out, or bring your own, then collage them onto a small cardboard box. The result will be a nice gift or a place to store your favorite keepsakes!

Want to help make The Plains Public Library a great place for teens and Young Adults? Need service hours? Have a great idea for a Teen/Young Adult event?

Calling 3rd through 12th graders!  Join our live virtual club of the national movement dedicated to closing the gender gap in technology!  GIRLS WHO CODE fosters bravery, sisterhood, activ

Fun with stories, songs and more that encourage development of early literacy skills in young children.  Ages 3-5

Create your own spooky "head in a jar"!

Play a practical joke or decorate for Halloween.

Make a photocopy of your head at the library, or bring your own photo.

Recent local sightings of black bears have us all on our toes!

This reception celebrates October's exhibitors, refreshments courtesy of the Friends of the Athens Public Library.

Learn to create trauma effects like cuts, scars, burns, bruises, and more using a combination of special effects makeup, and non toxic household materials. Participants will be creating effects on their own skin. 

Published in 1850, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne was one of America's first mass-produced novels, and it was an instant popular hit, though not without drawing critical controversy.