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

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

To schedule an appointment, please call:(740) 592.9454.
Questions? Contact the OhioHealth mobile mammography technicians at (740)
541.4522 or

Join us for a spot of tea as we enjoy a bit of British television or film together. Cheers!

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.

To schedule an appointment, please call:(740) 592.9454.
Questions? Contact the OhioHealth mobile mammography technicians at (740)
541.4522 or

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!

Join us for a spot of tea as we enjoy a bit of British television or film together. Cheers!

To schedule an appointment, please call:(740) 592.9454.
Questions? Contact the OhioHealth mobile mammography technicians at (740)
541.4522 or

It's time to get out the cold-weather clothes again... Before you give up on ever wearing them again, join us for three sessions of Radical
Mending. You'll learn practical sewing skills--including how to hem,

Enjoy free play and social hour with your baby. Resources may include crafts, sensory play and songs.Newborns, infants and toddlers welcome!

Join us for stories, songs and playful activities!

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 a circle of gardeners who meet to discuss the triumphs and tackle the problems of gardening.

Meet other parents / grandparents / caregivers and encourage your little ones to love the library...

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.

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

Bring your needlework project and enjoy work and conversation with a group of wonderful ladies.

Enjoy needlework? Join us and bring your knitting, embroidery, crochet, or hand sewing.

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

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

Share stories and recipes from home, and learn about food from other places as well.  There will be hands-on cooking (and eating!) each week.  This fun program is led by a small group of Ohio University students.

All invited, whether you are just learning Spanish or wishing to preserve your command of Spanish. Practice and improve your Spanish speaking skills and grammatical correctness.

Join us Tuesdays at 4pm for school-aged programming, with a rotating schedule of cooking, arts, science, and games.  This week, Rising Appalachia will lead you in making boffers (foam swords).

Local artist Terry Fortkamp will guide us in creating watercolors for our first art display in the children's area. Attend one or both program days. A reception will be held on Sept.

Join us for a special storytime with the group Showing 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!

SNAPEd educator Patrick Tegge will offer a hands-on cooking demonstration. The class will enjoy a meal together.Tonight's side will be orange glazed carrotss!  Yummy.

SNAPEd educator Patrick Tegge will offer a hands-on cooking demonstration. The class will enjoy a meal together.Tonight's side will be orange glazed carrots!  Yummy.

Join us for a special storytime with the group Showing up for Racial Justice (SURJ).

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

Follow clues in your backpack to discover the day's adventure.

Get together to learn new board games with a fun group of people.

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. Parents and caregivers are

We'll be making creative projects after hours, every Monday in September at 6pm.  Hope you can join us!This week, we'll explore the world of pastels.

Already have a mountain dulcimer you'd like to learn to play, or play again? This class is for you! Don't have an instrument? Some are
available to lend. This class is for you!In

Join us for a special storytime with the group Showing up for Racial Justice (SURJ).

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!

SNAPEd educator Patrick Tegge will offer a hands-on cooking demonstration. The class will enjoy a meal together.Tonight's side will be orange glazed carrots!  Yum yum.

Please contact the group or individual leading this event for more info. This event is planned and led by a community group using the library's free meeting spaces. Are you leading a Community Event at one of our locations?

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

Librarian Todd will read ashort story by Flannery O'Connor, written in 1949 and originally in the collection A Good Man is Hard
to Find (1955). Relax