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.

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

Open to all adults.  Free program.  Bring your prose writing.

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 strengthRebecca Wood (and other instructors) will teach simple yoga poses.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Athens Public Library.

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 Thursday at 10:30 a.m.Designed to encourage a lifelong love of books and support early literacy skills.
Stay to play and visit with friends afterward!

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!

Join friends as we read, play, sing, and create together!

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!

Join us for stories, play, and fun-filled activities!  Free and open to the public.

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.

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 11:00 and 1:00.For people of all ages.

A book club for the entire community focused on including adults with developmental disabilities. We enjoy reading together and discussing every week.

Do you have unfinishedsewing, quilting, crochet and knitting projects sitting in a drawer? Are you ready
for some new ideas and shortcuts? Meet some new friends and come join us every

Featuring books about unusual creatures.And visit with our new pet axolotl!

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

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

February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness MonthJoin the Survivor Advocacy Outreach Program (SAOP) for snacks, games, and to learn

Please join us for an after school snack and some great stories!Playful activities too! 

Get crafty with your favorite photos and articles of the past! Sally Sugars will lead an activity in creating an alternate world using everyday materials that you can take home. Materials are provided, bring your imagination! 

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

For girls in grades 3-5. A club interested in helping to close the gender gap for girls in computer science fields, this series builds sisterhood, bravery, and resilience. We'll be working through the Girls Who Code: Learn t

Join us for an hour of fun and experiments!Free and open to the public.Grades 7-12

Join us at the Chauncey Public Library for fun school-age programming.  Activities will vary by week, and may include: crafts, games, cooking, science experiments, and more!

Kids who love drama, hosting entertaining evenings, or preparing and serving a delicious meal would enjoy this program!4pm: Kids arrive to plan and rehearse. 5:15pm: Family and friends arrive for original presentation and a light meal.&am

Create, develop and share your stories in a welcoming place. This workshop's focus is fiction; open and flexible to your needs. All types
of stories and lengths encouraged! Let's talk books! Let's write! Let's

Join us for a special storytime with the group Standing up for Racial
Justice (SURJ). They will read a few stories, share an activity, and
offer a resource guide and book list for families to learn more about

Join us every Monday to play something from our large collection of games. From classics like Sorry and Uno to new favorites like Exploding Kittens and Trash Pandas! We have games for all ages!

Build brain power. Enjoy rhymes, songs, reading and play.
Grades 1-4.  Siblings welcome.
Parents/caregivers are expected to stay during playgroup sessions.Image source:

This week:   Celebrate your Plate with healthy choices.  OSU SnapEd will showcase a low-cost, tasty meal that everyone in your family will enjoy!Cook together, share a meal, and inspire healthful eating with hands-on lea

This knitting circle is free and open to all adults and is a great way to learn from one another.  It also includes crochet.  Enjoy this

Join us for a special Storytime with the group Standing up for Racial Justice (SURJ). They will read a few stories, share an activity, and
offer a resource guide and book list for families to learn more about

Explore and Develop Your Creative Abilities with a Community of Teen Writers.Meets every-other Monday from January 14th through March 25th.Free and open to all teens.  Registration is encouraged, but not required.

This event is planned and hosted by a community group using the library's free meeting spaces. Are you helping to host an event at one of our locations? Let us know!

Charles W.