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.

Join Ashleigh Vale in storytime yoga! The second half of the hour will be open play. 

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!

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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!

This event has been cancelled due to equipment failure. Please check back for more movies in the future.

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

Join Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Pediatrics Club and be adoctor for a day! Kids of all ages will have the opportunity to spend time with real medicalstudents learning what it’s like to be a doctor.

Enjoy stories, songs and play with Taryn.

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

Join us for books about art, artists, and creativity.  Once inspired, we'll make our own artistic creations by painting on canvas (so wear clothes that you don't mind getting a little painty)!

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

On February 28th, 1953, Cambridge University Scientists James Watson and Francis Crick determined the structure of DNA! Since then, we’ve been able to answer questions about human migration, diseases and how bodies work.

The Queer & Allies Book club is an inclusive space to discuss LGBTQ+ literature.This month we are reading Rita Mae Brown's novel "Rubyfruit Jungle" All are welcome, snacks and drinks provided. (this is an a

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

This is a make and take event! Recycle your old jewelry and create something new. We will design, thread and fix bracelets, necklaces and earrings together.Beads and supplies will be provided but feel free to bring odds and ends of your own!

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

Dust your boots off and meet at the Glouster Public Library for our first hike of Spring on Trimble High School's Muddy Boot Trail. This trail is a short walk from the library, through budding wild flowers and mixed forest.

Join us for a night of Roblox fun!  Bring your friends or just yourself!Grades 4-12

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

The library will host instructors from Classical Conversations for fun hands on science experiments. Come learn, explore and get your hands dirty! 

Join Renaissance Engineering Students from Ohio University for an interactive STE(A)M workshop!

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

Join us for a special Storytime with the group Standing up for Racial Justice (SURJ).

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:  Be-Well Butternut SoupCommunity Food Initiatives will feature simple, affordable ingredients and highlight seasonal, regionally grown produce.  Cook together, share a meal, and inspire healthful eating with hands-on l

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!

A celebration on the main floor of the library! Share your theme-appropriate songs, stories, poems, art, and dances.Sign up for 5-minute or shorter performance slots, with Bruce Dalzell as our Master of Ceremonies. All ages welcome!

Enjoy a live piano recital featuring the music of this beloved Impressionist composer. After listening, audience members will further engage with the musical experience by writing poetry.