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26TH ANNUAL HARRISON COAL; RECLAMATION HISTORICAL PARK DINNER-AUCTION
Hopedale VFD Social Hall 103 Firehouse Lane, Hopedale, United States26TH ANNUAL HARRISON COAL & RECLAMATION HISTORICAL PARK DINNER-AUCTION October 24, 2020 HOPEDALE VFD SOCIAL HALL 103 FIREHOUSE LANE HOPEDALE, OHIO DOORS OPEN AT 4:30PM DINNER AT 5:30PM AUCTION AROUND 7:30PM SPEAKER: CHRIS RUNYAN, PRESIDENT OF THE OHIO CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION AUCTIONEER: RICK KEFFER, RICK KEFFER AUCTIONS TICKETS: $20.00. INCLUDES BUFFET STYLE DINNER, DRINKS, & MORE.... Read More
Meet the Author: Dan Gearino and Comic Shop [VIRTUAL PROGRAM]
The comic book store is now a common feature of American towns and cities across the nation. Our guest author, Dan Gearino will read from his book, Comic Shop, and trace the history and development of comic book stores and their impact on the art form. He will also discuss the current challenges the comic book... Read More
The Borders of Our Minds: An Armchair Traveler Event with Global Trekker, David Mould [VIRTUAL PROGRAM]
Join historian and journalist David Mould on a journey to borders, both real and imagined. In his latest book on travel, history and culture, Postcards from the Borderlands, David explores the meaning of borders. Are they simply political and geographical, marked by posts, walls and fences, or should we think of them more broadly?
Meet the Author: Paul Gaus and the Amish Country Mysteries Series [VIRTUAL PROGRAM]
Paul Gaus is a native Ohioan, who has had a life-long fascination with the Amish culture, particularly as expressed in the county where he grew up, Holmes, which has the largest Amish population in the world. Taking inspiration from fellow mystery-writer and friend, the late Tony Hillerman, Gaus writes mysteries that authentically and respectfully explore... Read More
Fiction Writing Series [VIRTUAL PROGRAM]
Receive an introduction to the basic bones of the craft: character, plot, setting and scene, and how they work together to breathe life into your story. These four integrated seminars will consist of mini-lectures, examples and discussion. It is strongly recommended that participants make a point of seeing the movie, Casablanca, as examples from that... Read More
NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program (Weekly Virtual Program)
NaNoWriMo's Young Writers Program (YWP) is a national program that "focuses on developing students’ creative voices, writing fluency, resilience, and self-efficacy." Join Athens County Public Libraries' YWP Club to meet virtually with other young writers in the area, take part in weekly writing challenges, and set your own writing goals! You'll have access to an online writing space through... Read More
Women of Appalachia Project Fine Art Exhibition
Dairy Barn Arts Center 8000 Dairy Lane, Athens, OH, United StatesThe Dairy Barn Arts Center is proud to announce the opening of the Women of Appalachia Project™ Fine Art Exhibition, an all-media, juried exhibit! This exhibition features artwork of all media by 41 artists from 8 states. Jury: Ro Brooks, April D. Felipe, and Marie T. Cochran The exhibition will be open to the public... Read More
NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program (Weekly Virtual Program)
NaNoWriMo's Young Writers Program (YWP) is a national program that "focuses on developing students’ creative voices, writing fluency, resilience, and self-efficacy." Join Athens County Public Libraries' YWP Club to meet virtually with other young writers in the area, take part in weekly writing challenges, and set your own writing goals! You'll have access to an online writing space through... Read More
Virtual Bandits Book Club/NCBC
"Virtual Bandits" is our online version of the Next Chapter Book Club, a reading group inclusive of developmentally disabled adults. If you want to join us, please register, making sure you provide an email address to which your invitation will be sent.
Winter Book Club: The Underground Railroad (In 3 parts) [VIRTUAL PROGRAM]
Winner of the National Book Award (2016), The Pulitzer Prize (2017) and the Arthur C. Clarke Award (2017), Colson Whitehead's novel of slaves seeking escape from thralldom in 19th Century America is actually a work of historical science fiction, a parallel world where the Underground Railroad is literally a functioning secret railroad beneath the ground... Read More