Week Calendar

Adults who enjoy writing poetry are invited to share their work and comment on the work others.

Tax Preparers will assist people with their 2024 tax returns with the exception of business reporting a loss.

Call 740-737-6036 for appointment.

What to bring for the appointment:

Enjoy an interactive storytime with your child/children that includes early literacy fun with books, songs, finger play and baby movement. Ages 0-3

Drop in to be photographed using ACPL resources & services, and help us tell the vibrant story of our local libraries!

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

Tax Preparers will assist people with their 2024 tax returns with the exception of business reporting a loss.

Call 740-737-6036 for appointment.

What to bring for the appointment:

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

Drop in to be photographed using ACPL resources & services, and help us tell the vibrant story of our local libraries!

Come celebrate the resilience and stories of Athens County, Ohio, through the eyes of its community members.

Join us for a weekly baby & toddler storytime!

We'll build skills and socialize while we read books, rhyme rhymes, move our bodies, and sing songs.

Join us each month for a low pressure craft, designed to exercise your creativity. A different pairing of local coffee & tea will accompany each craft.

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.

Families with young children enjoy a variety of stories, songs, rhymes and movement activities while building early literacy skills.

A teen-led social club that meets weekly to explore tabletop role-playing games (including Dungeons & Dragons) and Magic the Gathering. The club meets in the Large Meeting Room, with the Teen Area as a backup space.

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 Wednesday at the Wells (Albany) Library.
 

Come each Friday to hang out with fellow homeschool friends and to join in on librarian-led, interactive activities for grade-school kids and teens. 

Drop in to be photographed using ACPL resources & services, and help us tell the vibrant story of our local libraries!

Note our new time!

Join us for weekly songs, playful activities, and stories, then stay and play with friends.

Families with preschoolers and school-age kids are welcome.

Come and join us as we work on yet another Diamond Dot keychain to add to your collection.  Succulents are the focus for the day.  All supplies will be provided.

A once-monthly teen tabletop one-shot led by teen librarian Bryce. All materials provided, new players welcome.

Do your pants need patched? Does your hat have holes?

Join us for a month of mending with the upcycle Ohio Community Makerspace! 

Know how to mend and just need the materials? 

Help welcome spring by getting creative with crafts! We'll paint canvas bags and tea towels using cookie cutters and dried fruit, use air dry clay to make flower frogs, and build bug hotels.

Refreshments and all materials provided. 

Learn how to make this sweet and chewy Japanese rice cake recipe, then enter to win the Mario Kart tournament! 

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

Our little library is cute, colorful, and welcoming. But do you ever wish it was a little... slimier? You're not alone! Gastropods, goblet cells, and human children alike will rejoice as we make slime, glorious slime. 

Chess Night is a casual, open chess meet-up for teens and young adults that welcomes all skill levels! Players will have an opportunity to learn, practice, and meet other community members interested in chess.

Co-create a large "landscape" made of recycled egg cartons! First we'll paint, then we'll glue on whimsical features like pom poms, pipe cleaners, cupcake liners, and other repurposed goodies.

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.

Our ongoing program series Kids' Craft Corner aims to help kids of all ages express themselves through a variety of organized crafts. Some of our crafts do get a bit messy, but not to worry, we will supply aprons to protect clothing.

Flex your creativity and test your luck with this popular fantasy tabletop role-playing game. Players of any experience level are welcome. Ages 12 and up.

Join Librarian Lorinda and paint a picture of a flowering cherry tree to welcome spring! Expect creativity and good conversation. All materials will be provided.

Join us for a hearty dose of traditional Irish music with two local practitioners of the art form: Sean O'Malley on flute and Bryn Sowash on guitar.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Athens County Libraries.