History
“Clifton, KY: An Absent Presence” display at the Athens Public Library
Athens Public Library 30 Home Street, Athens, OH, United StatesOhioHealth UpBEAT Exercise Class
The UpBEAT (Be Educated and Active Together) Exercise Program, offered in partnership with United Seniors of Athens County, is free and open to anyone age 55 and older. This program is held virtually or in-person on Tuesdays at 10 a.m. This one-hour, low-impact movement class is intended for a target audience of adults of all... Read More
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 StatesMillfield 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 StatesFree 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
OhioHealth UpBEAT Exercise Class
The UpBEAT (Be Educated and Active Together) Exercise Program, offered in partnership with United Seniors of Athens County, is free and open to anyone age 55 and older. This program is held virtually or in-person on Tuesdays at 10 a.m. This one-hour, low-impact movement class is intended for a target audience of adults of all... Read More
Dr. Art Cromwell presents “Clifton, KY: An Absent Presence” at Athens Public Library
Athens Public Library 30 Home Street, Athens, OH, United StatesLyceum Luncheon Speaker Series – Total Eclipse of the Sun
Southeast Ohio History Center 24 W. State Street, Athens, Ohio, United StatesThe Southeast Ohio History Center Lyceum Speaker Series presents the program Not Since Tecumseh: Darkness at Midday in the Ohio Country – Total Eclipse of the Sun – April 8, 2024. The program is scheduled for Thursday, February 15 at noon. Speaker, Tom O’Grady, from the Southeast Ohio History Center and the Ohio University Department... Read More
OhioHealth UpBEAT Exercise Class
The UpBEAT (Be Educated and Active Together) Exercise Program, offered in partnership with United Seniors of Athens County, is free and open to anyone age 55 and older. This program is held virtually or in-person on Tuesdays at 10 a.m. This one-hour, low-impact movement class is intended for a target audience of adults of all... Read More
OhioHealth UpBEAT Exercise Class
The UpBEAT (Be Educated and Active Together) Exercise Program, offered in partnership with United Seniors of Athens County, is free and open to anyone age 55 and older. This program is held virtually or in-person on Tuesdays at 10 a.m. This one-hour, low-impact movement class is intended for a target audience of adults of all... Read More
Glouster Genealogy and History Group
Glouster Library 20 Toledo Street, Glouster, OH, United StatesSpend the afternoon with others interested in genealogy and history, particularly in the Glouster and Trimble Township area. Held the last Tuesday of the month, at 4 pm, at the Glouster Public Library.