Special guest speaker John Fazio is a popular historian and the acclaimed author of Decapitating the Union: Jefferson Davis, Judah Benjamin and the Plot to Assassinate Lincoln. The General Charles H. Grosvenor Civil War Round Table of Athens, Ohio has met since 1986. For more info about the Round Table, visit https://grosvenor-cwrt.org/

The Community Resiliency Model (CRM) training was created by the Trauma Resource Institute (TRI) in California. CRM teaches six self-regulation skills that help people more quickly return their nervous system to baseline after traumatic events. When our nervous system is more regulated, we have lower sympathetic activation, lower levels of cortisol, and more access to our... Read More

Take a tour of a deep-diving multimedia project that utilizes audio, augmented reality, visual elements, and place-based storytelling to engage people in the history of their Southeast Ohio communities and beyond. Our guest is creator and producer Brian Koscho, a resident of Athens, Ohio, who makes podcasts of his discoveries and has been obsessed with Ohio... Read More

Hear about a new guide by field mycologist Walter E. Sturgeon (Ohio University Press) that offers expert scientific info for the non-scientist, focusing on the wild mushrooms that are native to the Appalachian mountain range and surrounding foothills. Books will be available for sale/signing. Sponsored by the Friends of the Athens Public Library.

Hear about yerba mate and the culture that has embraced it, as well as excerpts from The Hitchhiker's Guide to Yerba Mate: The Culture, Ceremony & Curiosities of South America's Favorite Tea, written by former Athens resident Marcia Lewandowski (Monday Creek Publishing). Our guest speaker is certified herbalist and ecotourism director, Rebecca Wood. The Farmacy will also... Read More

Bringing her kitchen to us, Chef Mauvette Gregory will teach us how to make a delicious fish dish, while also talking about food produced by her island culture and how it connects with life along the Caribbean Sea. Sponsored by the Friends of the Athens Public Library.

Come and celebrate Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in Athens County! Experience early literacy activity stations, listen to stories, and meet the beloved book character, Llama Llama. For families with children ages 0-5. Free and open to the public.