Week Calendar

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

This event gives free instruction of the use of the atlatl and dart for the visiting public. Our hosts provide the atlatl, darts, targets, and hands-on instruction.

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 Andy for stories, songs, playtime, and crafts!

Experience the joys of English, Spanish, and Spanglish through stories, songs, and activities.

The Bookmobile visits University Courtyard Apartments! 

Join us from 1-3 pm on Tuesdays for handwork and pleasant conversation. Bring a project to work on: embroidery, knitting, crochet, quilting, mending - whatever you like to do!

Join Librarian Andrea for a roaring good time! Make a habitat for a tiny dinosaur and decorate it with all kinds of fun supplies from our craft buffet.

In this geode-breaking program, teens will explore geology through hands-on experience by cracking open real geodes to reveal crystal formations hidden inside.

We all have our roots, whether it's the family we're born or adopted into, or our chosen family. In this workshop, you will learn the basics of watercolor while creating a decorative family tree.

Let your creativity explode in this brick-building journey into the prehistoric past.

Dig into the arts with Factory Street Dance Studio! Use your creativity and discover new ways of moving– jazz, modern, ballet, and more await you on this beginner-friendly journey. 

Dig into the arts with Factory Street Dance Studio! Use your creativity and discover new ways of moving– jazz, modern, ballet, and more await you on this beginner-friendly journey. 

The Bookmobile visits the Shade Community Center!

Ohio U. scientists from the Biological Student Graduate Society will bring both interactive dig sites and real fossils to demonstrate how paleontologists find, excavate, and study extinct life.

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

Librarian Todd is taking his beloved adult storytime series on the road once again! This summer, he will be reading select chapters from John Preston’s The Dig, a fictionalized account of the Sutton Hoo excavations.

Join nonprofits from around Athens County for a volunteer fair at The Plains Community Park and dig up opportunities to engage and help your community. 

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. 

Ohio U. scientists from the Biological Student Graduate Society will bring both interactive dig sites and real fossils to demonstrate how paleontologists find, excavate, and study extinct life.

New to the local music scene, this band of Ohio University students bonded through a shared love of music, collaboration, and trombones.

Pick a stone and turn it into a one-of-a-kind pet rock with librarians Deidra and Hallie.

A grand novel about growing up, it is one of the greatest tales in English literature, full of plot twists and surprises.

Rural Action will help you test your worm grunting skills using worm sticks to lure the subterrestrial creatures out of the ground.