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.

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.

9-10am, first Saturday of each month.Bring a project to work on, and join us for knitting and conversation.

Every Other Tuesday, 10:00 AM till 12:00 PM
This is an informal creative gathering of poets and would-be poets,
professional and amateur. All adult age groups are welcome. Steady

Move… Relax… Gain flexibility… Breathe… Stretch… Gain strength.Rebecca Wood (and other instructors) will teach simple yoga poses.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Athens Public Library.

Ready to finally write down that great book idea? Join course leader and writer Jesse R. Stowe as he helps you develop your ideas and writing skills. Take part in detailed discussions on craft and the specific elements of writing (i.e.

Join Deb as we read, sing, play and create together.

Join Mary onThursday mornings at 10:30 for stories, songs, art, friends, special visitors
and FUN!!

For children
ages 0-5 and their grownups.

Call
740-753-2118 for more information.

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.

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 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!

An early childhood music program for children 5 and under. Bring your
little one and the whole family for a fun and special family music time!Sponsored by the Friends of the Athens Public Library.

The Columbus Zoo visits The Plains Park during The Mound Festival! Join us for an up close look at some amazing animals! Handlers will be available for a short Q&A after the program.

Do you have unfinishedsewing, quilting, crochet and knitting projects sitting in a drawer? Are you ready
for some new ideas and shortcuts? Do you

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.

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

Move… Relax… Gain flexibility… Breathe… Stretch… Gain strengthInstructor Linda Cochran teaches simple yoga poses.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Athens Public Library.

Welcome to our new Book Club organized by community members. The club will meet the 1st Friday of each month @ 2 p.m.
August book: "Invention of Wings"  by Sue Monk Kidd

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

Come meet Heather for fun picture book stories & hands-on activities every week.
Come explore stories, rhymes, and play!

Free and open to the public.

Discover your roots, play a word game, and indulge in a tasty treat.Recipes will be available.Tuesdays, October 3, 10, 17, and 24Cosponsored with Community Food Initiatives

Share stories and recipes from home and learn about food, stories, and games from other countries as well. Plus, plan food and activities for the 4th Annual Chauncey Campfire together with a small group of Ohio University students.

Please join us from 3-4:30 in the teen area to play games and socialize!Grades 7-12

Hang out and have fun playing some of your favorite video games--new and classic games on various game consoles. Grades 7-12. Free and open to public.

Games, laughter, and solid information about prescription medications and street drugs from professional pharmacists.Bring your questions and concerns; we'll be happy to help!No appointment needed;  drop-ins welcome.Meet face-to-face

Join us after school on Tuesdays for a variety of great programs.Today we'll challenge ourselves to build specific structures with Legos!
For kids grades K-6.
All library programs are free and open to the public.

Discover your roots, play a word game, and indulge in a tasty treat.Recipes will be available.Tuesdays, October 3, 10, 17, and 24Cosponsored with Community Food Initiatives

Discover your roots, play a word game, and indulge in a tasty treat.Recipes will be available.Tuesdays, October 3, 10, 17, and 24Cosponsored with Community Food Initiatives

Build brain power. Enjoy rhymes, songs, reading and play.
Grades K-3.  Siblings welcome.
Parents/caregivers are expected to stay during playgroup sessions.Image
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Adults with some yoga experience are invited to release stress and enhance their flexibility. 
Please bring a mat, blanket and strap.

Guided by various teachers.

Mondays, 5:30-6:30 pm.

Every Wednesday from 5 til 8 pm.Bring a project to work on and join us for knitting and conversation.
Beginners and kids are welcome.

Come to the Athens Public Library for your favorite boffing games, including Zombie, Free-For-All, and Capture the Flag!

Relax and stretch and be well. Open to all beginners, as well as those with more yoga experience.

In connection with a second year of creative writing classes in Nelsonville,  Poet Gail Thomas will be reading from her poetry.

Join Mary on Tuesday evenings at 6:00 for stories, songs, friends and fun!
For young children and their grownups.

Call
740-753-2118 for more information.

All Library programs are free and open to the public.

Discover your roots, play a word game, and indulge in a tasty treat.Recipes will be available.Tuesdays, October 3, 10, 17, and 24Cosponsored with Community Food Initiatives

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Candidates: Brian Baker
Steven H. Pierson
Eddie Smith

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