Pamela Reitz, a master genealogist, will be giving a presentation on how to discover and find documentation on your Civil War forebears. Ms Reitz is well versed in contextual historical data, historical demographics, print and electronic resources, museum and library resources, and reference indexes. Her program will include handouts that will serve as bibliographic and webliographic resource guides. She has done other successful programs for the library on genealogy, and displayed dynamic capacities as a skilled research scholar of historical ancestry.

2 until 3pm

For those who cannot come to the Saturday book sale.

Held the second Saturday of each month, from 9 AM until 3 PM.

Many books are 30 cents.

The sale proceeds are used by the library Friends to help the Athens Public Library with programming and other needs.

Consider becoming a Friend of the Athens Public Library!

Delight and stimulate your baby with books and song.

Share books, rhymes, music, and movement with your children.

4:30 pm grades 1-5

6:00 pm grades 6 and up

Participants will learn basic footwork, defense, and attacks. There will be open fencing with electronic weapons and scoring machine.

Lyle Wiemerslage is an A-rated fencer who competes in all 3 weapons at the Division 1 level. He has competed in World Cup International Events and trained students to the level of national champions. Lyle is also a nationally ranked fencing referee.

Sponsored by Friends of the Athens Public Library.

Meet fantastic creatures and share magical moments.

Learn how to be safe, how to communicate effectively, and how to fight off an attacker if the situation arises.

Classes will be taught by 30-year veteran self defense trainer, Cheryl Cesta.

Thanks to Tri-County Mental Health and Counseling's Sexual Assault Prevention Program for making these classes available.

Funding for this class was made possible in part by the cooperative agreement award number CE-07-701 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through the Violence Against Women Act. The views expressed in written materials or publications and by speakers or moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S Government.

For kids grades K-5.

Presented by William Blaisdell as part of his Federal Hocking High School senior project.

Join in games, crafts and songs.

Enjoy an exotic snack.

A family native to Palestine will be our host.

Library programs are free and open to everyone.�

The library is an easy walk from the Mill Street Apartments. Athens Transit provides bus service from Carriage Hill Apartments.

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The human form is our canvas for this project. The participating women artists are drawing inspiration for these costumes and accessories, by delving into their own hearts to find feeling and emotions that need to be explored, realized, and brought forth. We're doing this by creating lively, beautiful, and sometimes zany wearable art.

Over 40 Athens county artist have participated in this project. HerART Project is sponsored by the Athens Foundation, Well Works & Athens County Health Department.

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Sensei KC Madika Daikai WarEagle will lead this new series of exercise classes for physical and mental fitness by teaching the art of Qigong (pronounced, "chee-gung"). Says Daikai, "Qigong is a gentle form of exercise originating centuries ago in China that has found its place in Western lifestyles today. Qigong harmonizes, relaxes and invigorates, promoting health and well-being. Qigong can bring peace of mind as well as reduce stress and enhance the immune system, while increasing longevity.

Our instructor received her training in Qigong from Sensei Michael Clark of the Heaven and Earth Tai Chi Institute. Sensei WarEagle confides, "It has always been my calling in this life to offer healing and increase peace in the world. Qigong is one path I can share with others to accomplish these aims. I do this for the intangible benefits..."

The exercises of Qigong are learned more easily than with its kindred tradition, tai chi, and the health benefits also come more quickly. Qigong literally means "the practice of the vital life-force". Its gentle focused movements induce bodily harmony, which has been proven to alleviate stress and a range of ailments.

For more information, please visit Sensei KC Madika Daikai WarEagle's website: athenszencenter.org

Work with professional mural artist Kasey Jones to create a mural to hang in the library.

For kids grades K-5.

Please call to register.  Space is limited.

Swap yarn, patterns and more--clean out your stash, take home some goodies.

Please call the library to register for the class.  592-4272

Thomas Burnett is a popular regional storyteller from Albany, Ohio. He is a graduate of Bowling Green State University andattended graduate school at East Tennessee State University where he studied the art of storytelling performance. He is currently a Master’s candidate at the University of Findlay.

For over ten years Burnett has performed throughout Ohio and Indiana in public and private schools, churches, rehabilitation facilities, libraries, festivals and on the street corner. For several years he was the resident storyteller at a reindeer farm in northern Ohio.

Thomas and his wife Charlie live a quiet simple life in the woods of Athens County Ohio. Their small home is full of books and piles of papers. They share their home with Bob “The Cat” and two old dogs.

Ohio mystery novelist, Abbey Pen Baker, will do a reading and book-signing for the first book from her new mystery series set in the Roaring Twenties, In the Dead of Winter, which concerns a private lady detective, Myrl Adler Norton, establishing her agency in the Gothic small town of Northampton, in rural western Massachusetts.

Hone your creative writing skills in a friendly environment with children's author and former school librarian Amy Coombs.

For students in grades 7 and up.� College students welcome.

Please call to register.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Athens Public Library.

Dr. Elliot Abrams, Professor of Archaeology at Ohio University's Department of Sociology and Anthropology, will be giving a presentation on a sensational discovery made by him and his colleagues here in Athens County. The scientific article based on their find will appear in the inaugural issue of THE JOURNAL OF OHIO ARCHAEOLOGY in November of 2010. You patrons get to learn about it this Spring if you attend this talk!

MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW!

Mark Lombard is the author of the new nonfiction work, Being Human on Planet Earth.

Lombard will discuss how people can either move through life ignoring the greater reality within them, or they can learn the true mechanisms of their innate power. Without the knowledge of how reality works, people remain at the mercy of personal and global conflict. Lombard holds that there is a definite structure to people's lives and to all of Creation. This hidden structure holds the keys to joyful living, healing of the total self, and the manifestation of people's dreams. His discussion will be based on his new book.

Gather in friendship and learn to speak, read and write in the Arabic language with instructor Inas Nazzal.

Historical linguist of ancient Mesopotamian and Mediterranean languages, Gary Alton, ABD, will be giving a presentation on the golden age of the Aramaic language, as it was spoken and written from 2000 BCE to 100 CE. Aramaic was a Semitic language, first spoken by nomads who formed an important trade network in the ancient Middle East. Jews returning to Palestine from their exile in Mesopotamia, adopted it as their everyday language because of their constant exposure to this critical language of the marketplace. Hence it became the mother-tongue of the Jewish prophet, Jesus, who was born in 4 BCE and died in 30 CE.

Gary Alton is the author of the scholarly investigative work, DANIEL AND THE ARAMAIC LANGUAGE, just published in 2009.

All ages and skill levels welcome.
Sets provided.

Bring your cards if you have some; if you don't, come play anyway!

Bring a project to work on and join us for knitting and conversation.

Beginners and kids are welcome. We don't bite ;-D

Move... Relax... Gain flexibility... Breathe... Stretch... Gain strength

Instructor Linda Cochran teaches simple yoga poses.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Athens Public Library.

Adults and teenagers