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

Bring poetry you've written and receive helpful and encouraging comments from fellow poets.

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.

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!

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!

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

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

Share stories, songs and dancing at this physical and interactive storytime! 

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.

Local poet Patricia Black has long been known for her imaginative and
rhythmical work. Her fantasy poem "Twillaby Pond" has been turned into a
beautiful illustrated book for all ages; published by Monday Creek

Feeling creative? Join us in the teen area for open crafting time. 

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

Need homework help?  Please join Angel on the main floor from 3-4 on Wednesdays for any help you may need.Free and open to the public.

Need homework help?  Please join Angel from 3-4 on the main floor for any help you may need.Free and open to the public.

Need homework help?  Mondays please join Angel on our main floor for any help you may need.Free and open to the public.

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, we'll make dream catchers.

Join us for Open Teen Night to catch up with friends, play games, discuss young adult literature and get help with homework. For grades 7-12. 

Make cards to distribute to residents at Hickory Creek Nursing Home, a group activity that gives kids the opportunity to be creative, have fun, and brighten the lives of local seniors.

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!

Meet the artists showing their work this month, refreshments courtesy of the Friends of the Athens Public Library!

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 Live Healthy Appalachia and kick off the first FEAST workshop of the 2019-20 season! We'll be making lentil tacos with a creamy avocado sauce, mexican rice, and dessert all on a budget!Host: Live Healthy Appalachia

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

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

Drop in or attend every meeting of this series hosted Monday evenings through November. You do not need to have experience with meditation, and may join us to enjoy some quiet time to de-stress.

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

Come geek out with us at the Athens Public Library!  Bring your own board game or choose one from our collection. You can even join in for a flexible Dungeons and Dragons campaign. 

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!

Learn to blend clay and create mirror image designs. Free and open to the public. Limited space; registration is required by calling the library or registering online.

In the novel Jane Eyre, Bertha Mason is the estranged, secret wife of Edward Rochester, the mysterious madwoman in the attic of
Thornfield Hall. Bertha's origins lie in the distant Caribbean, but what

Hear celebrated picture book author and illustrator Denise Fleming share about her creative process, crafting a story with words and pictures, and more.

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