Week Calendar

Join us for stories, songs and more that encourage development of early literacy skills in young children.  Ages 3-5

**Today we will have guest leader, Hanna, pairing storytime and dance!

NCBC is a weekly book club designed to include developmentally disabled adults. We read books together, discuss them, and then celebrate with a party! 

An early childhood music program for children 5 and under.  Bring your little ones and the whole family for fun and spend music time together!  This program will take place on the first and third Saturday of every month. 

Sprouting Melodies is an early childhood music program for children age 5 and under. Bring your little ones for a fun and special family music time! This program takes the place of usual Storytime at The Plains Library.

Come play with us!

We'll explore books, play games, sing songs, and enjoy each other's company in this open-ended playtime. Older siblings are welcome to follow along.

Join us every Wednesday for an interactive storytime for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and grade school children.

Weekly activities include themed sensory bins, crafts, reading, games, and more. 

Join us as Bobby Hunt leads us through chair yoga exercises.

Although this is not a Spanish or English class, exposure to multiple languages at an early age will make it easier for your child to become bilingual.

Learn or practice the basics of sewing and mending with presenter Morrigan Jones. Many supplies will be provided, but feel free to bring anything of your own that you'd like help working on.

Join us for discussion of Amish stories and Amish life. We'll meet at 1:00pm every second Wednesday at the Wells (Albany) Library.
 

Come each Friday to hang out with fellow homeschool friends and to join in on librarian-led, interactive activities for grade-school kids and teens. 

Come join the staff at Coolville Public Library as we play bingo. This year, our Bingo prizes consist of hand-picked holiday ornaments, lovingly selected by our staff. Light refreshments will be served. Be ready to yell BINGO!

Students from Ohio University's School of Music, under the direction of Profs. Rebecca Rischin, Alison Brown Sincoff, Matt James, Matt Morris and Stephen Secan, will perform a rich variety of pieces for your enjoyment.

Join us twice a month on second and fourth Mondays for a calm, low-key social space for LGBTQ+ folks to get together and talk, share hobbies, and spend some time together.

Gear up with skills and knowledge to drive yourself through some tough situations. In this 6-week course for teens/tweens led by a NAMI Athens Community Health Worker, we'll talk together about topics related to mental health.

Weekly playful activities, songs, and stories. Stay afterwards for more fun with friends! 

Learn to use TinkerCAD to design things you can 3D print. From customizing your own D&D mini figure and personalizing gifts, to 3D printing replacement parts, TinkerCAD can open up a whole new world. 

Ages 12 and up.

We have lots of plain PopSockets- they need some jazzing up! You can choose to paint yours, decoupage a design or a photo onto your PopSocket, or just take one as is! We will provide all the materials you need. 

Meet every week to practice your Spanish in a friendly community setting! Native speakers and those interested in improving their language skills are equally welcome. Free and open to the public.

Join Millennial Librarian Sara and the UpCycle Ohio Community Makerspace for the second installment of the 1990s retro craft series! This session will allow participants to create vintage applique shirts, utilizing fabric and puffy paint.

Join us for a creative afternoon designing your own shirt using fabric pens and stencils!

Our ongoing program series Kids' Craft Corner aims to help kids of all ages express themselves through a variety of organized crafts. Some of our crafts do get a bit messy, but not to worry, we will supply aprons to protect clothing.

In this program for adults, we will be making gratitude journals. Studies show that writing down just a few things that we are grateful for can help us appreciate our lives. Entries can be made daily, weekly, or whenever we can manage it.

Flex your creativity and test your luck with this popular fantasy tabletop role-playing game. Players of any experience level are welcome. *Ages 12 and up. 

There are hundreds of surviving words in the English language introduced by the Vikings, many of which we use every day in America in 2025 (like "egg," "knife," and "husband"). In the Middle Ages, there were thousands of words brought by Vikings.