Program To-Go with Rural Action: Turkey Vultures
Athens County Public LibrariesIf you could ask a Turkey Vulture one question, what would it be? Join us as we learn more about these fascinating and important members of the animal kingdom. Call ahead for a program to-go bag at any library on Thursday, 2/4, then tune in to the virtual field trip the next day. Register at... Read More
Live Healthy At Home
online Online, Online, United StatesLive Healthy At Home is a free 6-week cooking class that includes 3 meal kits and 3 live online discussions. The meal kits included are a Sweet Potato and Black Bean Taco, a 3 Sisters Chili Bowl, and a Lemon Lentil Turnip Soup. To register please fill out this application form: https://forms.gle/ncEZD6J3EFsAn6Vu7 If you have... Read More
Forward Together! A 2021 Invitation for Involvement with the Ohio Poor People’s Campaign
Zoom event OhioThe Ohio Poor People’s Campaign announces Forward Together! Our 2021 event to grow our movement committed to strategically ending the interlocking evils of systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, militarism and the war economy, and the distorted moral narrative of religious nationalism. Please join us to learn how to get involved.
The Birth Circle January Online Monthly Meeting
Zoom event OhioPain in Labor: Unfortunate Side Effect or Incredible Benefit? Wednesday, Jan. 27th at 6 pm ****This is a Zoom meeting**** Here's the link! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82373630429 Labor pain, when present during the labor of a living baby, is one of the few incidences of physical pain which does not signal that something is wrong, but rather that... 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
18th Annual John Knouse Groundhog Hike
Baker Preserve, OH-690 (1/2 mile north of US-50/OH-32) OH-690, Athens, OH, United StatesA Ground "Hug" Adventure hosted by Athens Conservancy and Friends of Strouds Run. This year's event is in fond memory of our founder and friend, John Knouse. It's a hike-it-yourself event, to keep us all safe and socially distanced. Hike one of three trail options between Groundhog Day (Feb 2) and Valentine's Day (Feb 14)... Read More
Athens County Community Singers Membership Drive
Join our virtual choir today to engage in social singing while staying safe during the COVID-19 crisis! To participate you need a device with a camera, access to the Internet, and an email address. Dues are $25/half year, $50/full year Rehearsals begin Feb. 3 and occur weekly: Wednesdays 9:30-10:15 am and Thursdays 1:15pm to 2pm.
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