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 us for coffee or tea to jump-start your week and visit with friends and community members.

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

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.

One-on-one consultation with USDA officer, Julia Wood.  

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

Have a little wiggler? No problem!  There is no pressure for kids to sit still during this story time.

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

Join us for some casual booktalk and light refreshments.

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!

Gather round for reading, singing, play & fun.

This group focuses on developmental skills appropriate preschool age children but all ages 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! For families with young children.

A time to read, play, and sing together! Try out songs by Woody Guthrie (plus other easy, family-friendly tunes) with Tessa every Friday. 

Rhythm instruments provided.

Come and spend a few hours with Lindsay, learning how to use acrylic paints on vintage windows.

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.

Come to the library for gaming fun for all ages! Bring your favorite game or use one of ours. Come as an expert or learn something new.

Beat the winter blues! Drop in for some fun with jigsaw puzzles, adult coloring pages, and board games. We'll have hot drinks and light snacks, too.All library programs are free and open to the public.

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 unfinished sewing, quilting, crochet and knitting projects sitting in a drawer? Are you ready for some new ideas and shortcuts?

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

Join us at the Wells Public Library at 1:00 pm on the first Wednesday of every month to discuss Amish life and our favorite Amish books and authors.

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

Move… Relax… Gain flexibility… Breathe… Stretch… Gain strength

Instructor 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 welcome. Game pieces and character sheets are provided, but feel free to bring your own. Grades 9 and up.

Join us for the first 3 Tuesday's of the month as we explore cooking, science and the arts, featuring special guests and experts! No experience required!

Join us Mondays for school-aged, maker-themed programming inspired by books! This week, we'll read the picture book "Dream Something Big: The Story of the Watts Towers"--and then make very own...WIRE SCULPTURES.

Roll, boil, and bake a soft pretzel by learning the process of making dough from yeast, flour, and water. We'll also make our own mustard out of mustard seeds, apple cider vinegar, and local honey! 

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 the Renaissance Engineers from Ohio University for an interactive STE(A)M workshop! 

Drop in to play fun games and interact with open-ended learning centers that support math skills and concepts learned in elementary school.  Every Thursday in January, February, and March.

Come draw with us! Each Friday we'll serve cocoa or lemonade (weather depending) and explore different drawing themes and mediums. 

Join us for a special storytime with the group Showing 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 the topic!

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 pleasant outlet for creativity and conversation!  The circle meets every Wednesday in the Circu

Join us as we learn how to use seasonal, local, and delicious foods to make simple recipes with Community Food Initiatives (CFI)! Host: Community Food Initiatives (CFI)

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.

Come geek out with us at the Athens Public Library!  Join in for a flexible Dungeons and Dragons campaign, bring your own board game, or learn to play our featured Board Game of the Month. 

Join us for a musical storytime presented by two pianists from the faculty of Ohio University.  Two bear stories will be shared through narration and song. Please bring your teddy bears to join along in the fun with Winnie

The Athens County Prosecutor's Office provides an open support group for parents who have experienced a child fighting addiction, the first Wednesday of every month.

Are coyotes dangerous?  Where are bears found?  Are bobcats making a come-back?  How do you identify different birds of prey?  Are fish from rivers safe to eat?