Literature
Spoken & Heard
The Dairy Barn Arts Center 8000 Dairy Lane, Athens, OH, United StatesJoin us for an evening of Poetry of Departure and Relevance at The Dairy Barn Arts Center. Opening poet, Bianca Lynne Spriggs. Featuring Allison Joseph and Jon Tribble, Crab Orchard Review. Doors open at 5:30pm, Cash bar, event begins at 6pm.
Visiting Nonfiction Writer, Megan Stielstra
Walter Hall Rotunda Athens, OH, United StatesThe English Department at Ohio University presents visiting nonfiction writer Megan Stielstra on Thursday, Nov. 29, at 730 p.m. in the Walter Hall Rotunda. Megan Stielstra is the author of three collections: The Wrong Way To Save Your Life, Once I Was Cool, and Everyone Remain Calm. Her work appears in the Best American Essays,... Read More
Friends of the Athens Public Library Used Book Sale
Athens Public Librar 30 Home Street, Athens, OH, United StatesBrowse through a large assortment of nonfiction and fiction including children’s and young adult, romance, mysteries, romance, and history and biography. Also a large collection of recently donated CDs and DVDs. Most books are just 3 for $1.00, with newer and specialty books starting at $1.00. All proceeds support library activities.
Moon Tunnel Literary Reading
Arts West 132 West State Street, Athens, OH, United StatesIt's time for the first Spring semester installment of Moon Tunnel! The series kicks off with fabulous works of nonfiction from Anna Chotlos & Hugh Martin Doors open at 6:30pm and the readings begin at 7pm Bring your own beer (BYOB), as it's said (with valid 21+ I.D.) and snacks will be provided Moon Tunnel is a reading series... Read More
#SpeakUp Against Gender Violence
Jackie O's at 22-24 W Union St, Athens --Uptown-- 22-24 W Union St, Athens, OH, United StatesA Poetry & Performance event featuring local poets, international poets, Appalachian poets, OU poets, and international performers. Each of them will be sharing their art to #SpeakUp Against all kinds of Gender Violence; help foster community among survivors and allies; contribute to a healthier community.
Friends of Athens Library Used Book Sale
Athens Public Librar 30 Home Street, Athens, OH, United StatesBrowse a large selection of nonfiction and fiction of all types, as well as CDs and DVDs. This sale features cookbooks and children's and young adult fiction and non-fiction, Cook books are just 5 for $1.00, with most most other books 3 for $1.00. All proceeds support library activities.
New Old Image eXchange: Discussions about Forgotten Photographs
Mitchell Auditorium, Seigfred Hall 20 Church Street, Athens, OH, United StatesThe School of Art + Design Presents the New Old Image eXchange, artist talks about forgotten photographs, with keynote by artist Carmen Winant, Free and open to the public, join us in Mitchell Auditorium, Seigfred Hall, Tuesday, February 12 for an afternoon and an evening session. More details at www.newoldimages.com. Keynote Speaker: Carmen Winant: Emerging artist and... Read More
The Ohio University Creative Writing Program presents visiting writer Thisbe Nissen
Walter Hall Rotunda Athens, OH, United StatesThe Ohio University Creative Writing Program presents visiting writer Thisbe Nissen Reading Thursday, Feb. 21, at 7:30 p.m., in Walter Hall Rotunda Thisbe Nissen is the author of three novels, Our Lady of the Prairie(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018), Osprey Island (Knopf, 2004), The Good People of New York (Knopf, 2001), and a story collection, Out of the Girls' Room and... Read More
A Book APART: Book Discussion
Join us in reading James Philip Head’s An Affair with Beauty: The Mystique of Howard Chandler Christy: The Magic of Youth, and explore the life of this popular artist as told from the perspective of his second wife, model, and muse Nancy. Discuss this first book in the An Affair with Beauty trilogy with ZMA... Read More
Statehood Day
Ross County Historical Society 45 W. 5th Street, OH, United StatesJoin us in celebrating the founding of the great state of Ohio on March 2, 2019. We'll have a special one-day exhibit of Ohio statehood documents, including Thomas Worthington's personal draft of the 1802 Ohio Enabling Act displayed on the table upon which Ohio's Constitution was signed. We're debuting a new exhibit on Ross County's... Read More