Week Calendar

This Fun @ 4:30 event will coincide with the Valentine's Day Party! We will make Valentine's cards and boxes, we will also have snacks and music!For kids K-6All Library programs are free and open to the public.

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.

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.

Have fun as we read, play, sing and create together

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.

Winter Storytime with Heather. Fun picture books and hands on activities.  Warm up with stories, rhymes, and play!

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!

Get to know Community Health Workers from the Athens City-County Health Department.

Enjoy stories, songs, and play with Taryn.

Meet biologists from Ohio University and check out what they’re studying. Interactive stations will feature biodiversity from Athens County and beyond.Stop by anytime between 11:30 and 12:30.For people of all ages.All li

Join Jenny for stories, songs, and games.

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

Get to know Community Health Workers from the Athens City-County Health Department.

Taketime to reflect and unwind with a creative expression method known as
Touch Drawing. Originated by Deborah Koff-Chapin, Touch Drawing is
used by artists, therapists, educators, health care practitioners,

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

Please join us for a Valentine's Day Party!  We will make crafts, eat, and dance.  Bring a friend or come by yourself!Grades 7th-12th 3:30-4:30Grades 6th and under 4:30-5:30Free and open to the public.

Get to know Community Health Workers from the Athens City-County Health Department.

Join us in the teen area!Grades 7-12

Educators from Rural Action will read a story and talk about winter in nature, from hibernating animals and the shelters they create to the construction of snowflakes; you'll even make your own shelters and snowflakes!All library programs are

Every Tuesday in the small meeting room.All are welcome!

Join the fun! Create heart crafts. Play heart games.  Make and enjoy heart snacks.

Hey Kids! Join us at The Plains Library on Valentine's day and get creative decorating cupcakes!  All supplies provided.

Join us for building and creating with Legos!Saved creations will be on display throughout the month.Every Thursday from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in February.

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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Meet each of the artists showing this month, and find out one-on-one the inspirations for their works and how they created them.  Pleasant
refreshments, savory and sweet, will be served in the Library Lobby,

Come to the Athens Public Library to play chess!  All skill levels and ages are welcome, but familiarity with the game is strongly encouraged. We will have boards, but if you have your own equipment, feel free to bring it.

The PreventT2 program is a year-long lifestyle change program for individuals that have
pre-diabetes,  a history of gestational
diabetes, or who are at risk for Type 2 diabetes as determined by the score on

Haveyou been intimidated to read Woolf, or just assumed that her
writing's too depressing or challenging? Explore one of the most
acclaimed works of the 20th century with this friendly, neighborhood

Meeting time: The second Wednesday of every month at 7pm (except for July, August and December).This group brings in guest speakers who are often noted and published