• Make With Us: Makerspace Prom Prep

    Upcycle Ohio/Community Makerspace 751 West Union St, Athens, OH, United States

    Join us at the Community Makerspace to use their wide variety of tools and materials to upcycle a look for Prom, another occasion or just for daily wear! Bring your own clothing item to reinvent or use one of our donated formal wear items while supplies last. Sewing help will be on hand but non-sewing... Read More

  • Garden Mural Making

    Chauncey Public Library 29 Converse St, Chauncey, OH, United States

    Help make an ocean-themed bottle cap mural in the Chauncey kids' garden. We'll use hammers, nails, and glue to fill in our ocean design with different colors. This is a great activity for the whole family, whether you stay for all 3 hours or just stop by to glue down a few pieces. *Young children... Read More

  • Music at the Library with Kay Carter

    Nelsonville Public Library 95 W Washington St, Nelsonville, Ohio

    Celebrate the longer days and warmer weather with a live performance by Kay Carter on the main floor of the library. A spring afternoon never sounded so good! Performer bio: Kay Carter has pursued doing what she loves through determination that carried her past restrictions she faced. She took up the cornet for the school... Read More

  • Star Wars Day Parties at the Wells Public Library

    Albany Wells Public Library 5200 Washington Rd, Albany, OH, United States

    Celebrate Star Wars Day by making mosaics of favorite characters, playing games, and creating swag. Registration required. Space is limited. One grown-up per family requested for the kids' program from 4-5. A separate themed program for teens happens from 7-9.

  • Perennial Exchange

    Glouster Public Library 20 Toledo Street, Glouster, OH, United States

    Join us at the Glouster Public Library as we share plants and stories from around the garden. Supplies will be provided to take plants home. * Bringing plants is not necessary to participate.

  • Dance Floor at the End of Time: Songs for a Regenerative Earth

    Athens Public Library 30 Home Street, Athens, OH, United States

    Our guest Terry Hermsen is a poet, activist, and songwriter dedicated to bringing the attention of art to transformative change in how we treat the planet and each other. Terry will discuss and perform the poems he has set to music from his new album, a set of 18 interlocking songs celebrating love, creatureliness, and... Read More

  • An Evening with Novelist Bonnie Proudfoot

    The Plains Public Library 14 South Plains Road, The Plains, OH, United States

    Join local author Bonnie Proudfoot at the Plains Public Library as she reads from her award-winning novel Goshen Road and discusses her writing process.  A book sale and signing will follow her presentation.  Masks are suggested. Goshen Road was selected as a Great Group Read by the Women's National Book Association, was longlisted for the prestigious PEN/Hemingway Award for a Debut Novel,... Read More

  • Outdoor Sing-a-Long: Athens County Community Singers

    Athens Public Library 30 Home Street, Athens, OH, United States

    This wonderful local "choir for all voices" includes those with and without disabilities. Individuals with disabilities have an opportunity to perform and fulfill their dream of belonging to a performance group and give back to their community, and the choir promotes both inclusion and acceptance wherever they perform. While some choir members are challenged to... Read More

  • Plains Plant & Seed Swap

    The Plains Public Library 14 South Plains Road, The Plains, OH, United States

    Take an indoor and/or outdoor plant for every plant you bring. Seed swapping is also encouraged. Grow with your community! Free and open to the public.

  • Baseball During the Second World War: The Cleveland Indians (Author talk)

    Athens Public Library 30 Home Street, Athens, OH, United States

    World War II was a challenging era for Major League Baseball, the #1 American spectator sport at the time. Cleveland's professional team held the show together, and then after the war, when the great players returned, Cleveland triumphed and brought in Black players. This is their story. Our guest author is sports historian and native... Read More