Week Calendar

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.

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 weekly book club designed to include developmentally disabled adults. We read books together, discuss them, and then celebrate with a party! 

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!

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!

Experience this classic fairy tale as never before with Stevens Puppets and their hand-carved wooden marionettes. Watch performers bring the story to life, then stick around after the show for a demonstration of how the puppets work.

Stomp on down for this awesome party full of all things dinosaurs. Our prehistoric fun will include games, crafts, and snacks.

Can you build the wildest scene, strangest creature, or most amazing artifact? Put your Master Builder skills to the test with our special challenges. (Leave your LEGOS at home; the library has plenty!)

Led by Teen Librarian Bryce, who will also be available to help players create characters and learn the basics of D&D 5th Edition. All materials will be provided.

Join Lisa Moretti of Athens Angoras as she teaches us about one of the softest animals on the planet: Angora rabbits.

Set off on a fossil adventure! Excavate them, build models of them, name them after you.

Come together as we celebrate the end of Summer at the Library and enjoy games, crafts, food, and good company. Families and all ages welcome.

Your grandfather was a famous explorer, and now it’s YOUR turn to set off on an epic journey in Egypt to find a secret tomb and the lost mummy inside it. Team up to discover clues, solve puzzles, and unravel the mystery of the lost mummy.

It's summertime!

Join us for outside walks, playful activities, and stories!

Stay and play with friends afterward.

Families with preschoolers and school age kids are welcome.

Every Tuesday from 4 to 5 p.m.

Summer days bring summer music.

Travis Harding & Lindsey Rudibaugh hiked the full length of the Appalachian Trail in 2018. It was both their honeymoon and a fundraiser for the nonprofit they now lead in Athens County, Tenderfoot Learning Lab.

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.

Travis Harding & Lindsey Rudibaugh hiked the full length of the Appalachian Trail in 2018. It was both their honeymoon and a fundraiser for the nonprofit they now lead in Athens County, Tenderfoot Learning Lab.

Do you have a love for the outdoors, a fondness for high-tech toys, and an adventurous spirit? If so, this hobby might be for you!

Step back in time with Brian Koscho, director of Invisible Ground, as we explore two new history markers located in Chauncey and Albany. We’ll learn about the Bailey’s Coal Mine and the town of Chauncey, as well as the Albany Enterprise Academy.

Stomp on down for this awesome party full of all things dinosaurs. Our prehistoric fun will include games, crafts, and snacks.

Meet up at the Chauncey-Dover Trailhead Park, and set out on an adventure into the natural world, where you'll learn essential survival skills.