Week Calendar

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

Ages 0-3

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

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.

This is a self-guided creative writing group for adults who want to write prose and learn from other writers.

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.

Join us every Wednesday for an interactive storytime for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and grade school children.

Weekly activities include themed sensory bins, crafts, reading, games, and more. 

Join us for stories, songs, and playful activities!

Join us for stories, games, crafts, and more! All are welcome.

A relaxed sharing time for children pre-K through 6th grade, with an informal visiting time afterward.

Kids can share insects, treasures, interesting finds -- whatever they're excited about!

Meet weekly to explore tabletop role-playing games (including Dungeons & Dragons) with a group of teens and adults enthusiastic about this hobby. We’ll meet in the large conference room, with the Young Adult area as a backup space.

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!

BRR...! BRISK. BLUSTERY. BUTTONS. Join us in celebrating the winter season with a button-making party. A variety of printed designs will be available, along with a draw-your-own option.

You asked for it-- now it's here. With the winter weather rolling in, it's the perfect season to spend some time indoors with friends and see if Lady Luck is sitting on your shoulder.

Zen Doodling is a fun way to release your creativity while the design's repetitive nature focuses your mind, encourages a sense of inner calm and tranquility, and aids meditation. Great fun, and a wonderful way for people of all ages to relax.

Join us for stories, songs, and creative movement!

Stay and play with friends afterward.

Families with preschoolers and school age kids are welcome.

Every Tuesday from 4 to 5 p.m.

Join us for an afternoon of cooking and eating some delicious hard and soft tacos! We'll make various fillings, including meat, cheese, and fresh salsa, then set it all out on a table before finally eating together.

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

Noodles + sauce + cheese = pure bliss; it's just math. But do mushrooms belong? Join in the fierce mushroom vs. no mushroom debate that has torn the staff and visitors of our library apart, all while enjoying spaghetti made your way by you.

This monthly program is designed to give teens the chance to hang out with friends and meet new people. Each month, there will be a planned activity designed especially for Teens and Young Adults.

***NOTE: Change in presenter. Due to illness, our Angora rabbit presenter will be unable to attend Wednesday's Warm and Fuzzy program.

Monthly meeting of ACPL's Board of Trustees at the main branch in Nelsonville.

Open to the public, with time set aside for public comment.

Join us for an informal musical get-together!

You're invited to listen or play, no matter your skill level; beginners are encouraged to learn from experienced players in the first half hour.

Meet every week to practice your Spanish in a friendly community setting! Native speakers and those interested in improving their language skills are equally welcome. Free and open to the public.

Bring your appetite and creativity for an afternoon of making personal English muffin pizzas!

The Friends of The Plains Mounds January speaker is Tom O’Grady from the Southeast Ohio History Center.

Guest speaker Mike Broecker will share his perspective on wildfires and prescribe fires, tapping into his knowledge drawing on years of experience as a firefighter, fire instructor, prescribe fire burn boss, and local land owner.

Many of our most popular foods today are full of artificial chemicals (additives, preservatives, emulsifiers, gums, empty calories, etc.), with which the human body doesn't know what to do.