The Freak Show

The Union 18 West Union Street, Athens, OH, United States

The Freak Show is a vintage and art market happening at The Union January 21st from 12-7pm. There will be 10+ vendors selling local art, vintage, jewelry and so much... Read More

Free

OH+5 Contemporary Art of Our Region

Dairy Barn Arts Center 8000 Dairy Lane, Athens, OH, United States

On view January 19 – March 10, 2024 The thirteenth in a series of competitions produced by The Dairy Barn Arts Center, OH+5 is a regional, all-media, juried exhibition of... Read More

$10

Heroes In Color: BLACK PANTHER

Athena Cinema 20 S. Court St., Athens, OH, United States

T’Challa, prince of the hidden nation of Wakanda, must return to his homeland in the wake of his father’s death to assume the throne and take up the mantle of... Read More

$7.50

Adam Booth – Appalachian Storyteller

Ohio University Southern Bowman Auditorium 1804 Liberty Ave., Ironton, United States

Join us at 3 p.m. on February 4 in OHIO Southern's Bowman Auditorium for a performance by Appalachian Storyteller Adam Booth. Tickets are $15 and available at the door. Admission... Read More

$15,

Heroes In Color: BLADE

Athena Cinema 20 S. Court St., Athens, OH, United States

Say hello to Blade. He’s equal parts human and vampire, with all the supernatural attributes of his blood-thirsty brethren but with none of their vulnerabilities. This makes him the ultimate... Read More

$7.50

The Met: Live in HD: Bizet’s CARMEN

Ohio University The Ridges Auditorium Building 23, Athens, OH, United States

Acclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell brings a vital new production of one of opera’s most enduringly powerful works, reinvigorating the classic story with a staging that moves the action to... Read More

$8 – $20

Author Ron Luce speaks on new book, ‘The Millfield Mine Disaster’ at Little Professor

Little Professor Book Center 65 S Court St, Athens, OH, United States

Millfield Mine Disaster Revisited In his new book (January 2024), The Millfield Mine Disaster, Ron Luce, former Director of the Athens County Historical Society and Museum, tells the history of the original Poston Mine No. 6 and its subsequent status as Sunday Creek Coal Company Mine No. 6. Ohio’s worst mine disaster occurred at this... Read More

A Reading of the Play, Free Man of Color, by Charles Smith

Templeton Blackburn Memorial Alumni Auditorium 33 University Terrace, Athens, OH, United States

Free Man of Color, by OHIO Distinguished Professor of Playwriting Emeritus Charles Smith, is the story of John Newton Templeton, a formerly enslaved African American who graduated from Ohio University fifty years before the end of slavery. In the process, Templeton unexpectedly taught the president of the university the true meaning of education. Emancipated after... Read More

Recurring

Family Support Group

Appalachian Behavioral Health Care 100 Hospital Drive, Athens, OH, United States

In-Person Support group for family members and loved ones of those experiencing mental health conditions.

Free