6/30/23-7/2/23 Haps

*Scroll to the bottom of this week’s haps to find a listing for local free meals

Friday 6/30

Classics & Cocktails: DAZED AND CONFUSED 7pm, Athena Cinema
Rat Faced Bastards, Pickpocket, Arachnid 8pm, The Union
10-5 Thrift Store Sale, 3pm Stretching Class, Federal Valley Resource Center
Without Papers at Uncle Buck’s 7pm, Uncle Buck’s Riding Stable and Dance Barn
Ohio Health Night and Fireworks Night. Copperheads vs. Sandusky Ice Haulers 7:00pm, Bob Wren Stadium
Nature Walk & Survival Skills 4pm, Sojourners Resiliency Center
Archery 10am, Lake Hope State Park
Live Music 6pm, Hocking Hills Winery

Saturday 7/1

90s DANCE PARTY NIGHT with DJ BARTICUS 9pm, The Union
Beat the Heat: THE IRON GIANT 3pm, Ridges Auditorium
Food Not Bombs free lunch 12-2pm, United Campus Ministries
Summer Seance Celebration: We are holding a building wide special on the first: sales on piercing and select flash, sales through chosen pathways, food, art bazaar, music, entertainment, kids crafts and more. 11am, As Without So Within Tattoo
Copperheads vs. Sandusky Ice Haulers 7pm, Bob Wren Stadium
Storytime with the Copperheads: Join us for a special storytime with a few of the Southern Ohio Copperheads baseball players! 11am, Atens Library
Hungry Hummers: Attend our most popular program of the year and attempt to hand-feed a ruby-throated hummingbird with a vial of sugar water! Listen to the natural history of this fascinating creature and how to care for and feed them at your home during the first 30 minutes. The rest of the time it is an open-house style program so come when you are able. 1pm Lake Hope Nature Center
Skate Program with Sojouners Resiliency Center 12pm, Athens Skate Park
BARC DAY: Join us for “BARC Day” at Jackie O’s Taproom, on Saturday July 1st from 12-2PM! Stop in to learn more about BARC, meet an adoptable dog from The Athens County Dog Shelter 12pm
Athens Farmer’s Market 9-12pm, Community Center
Live Music 6pm, Hocking Hills Winery

Sunday 7/2

Monday 7/3

Athens Fireworks 10pm, E. State St. Soccer Fields
Independence Day Potluck & Auction 3pm, Chesterhill Produce Auction
Southeast Ohio ABC: A Satellite Exhibit from the SEO History Center 8am-9pm, Athens Library

Tuesday 7/4

Wednesday 7/5

Athens Pedal Party is 5:30 p.m. Meet us at the soccer fields behind Walmart in Athens for a casual bike ride with fun stops along the way
Free Health Screening Clinic 10am, Athens Library
Athens Free HIV & Hepatitis C Testing 12:30-3:39pm, 278 W Union St, Athens, OH 45701-2310, United States
Jazz Night at Rhapsody Restaurant 6pm
Birds of Prey 4:30pm, Athens Library
Athens Books to Prisoners: book packing sessions. 6-8pm, SOJO Resiliency Center

Thursday 7/6

Produce Auction 4pm, Chesterhill Produce Auction
Spanish Conversation 4pm, Athens Library
Woodshop Orientation 5pm, Athens Makerspace
Summer at the Library: Friendship Matters: Benefits and Challenges of a Unique Human Connection. William K. “Bill” Rawlins is the Stocker Professor Emeritus in the School of Communication Studies at Ohio University. He has published extensively about the unique challenges and dialectical tensions of communicating in friends 6:30pm, Athens Library

Friday 7/7

Brew Week Court Street Walking Tour 4pm, Southeast Ohio History Center
Brew Week First Call 5:30-9:30pm, Court St.
Rylee Bapst (w/band), Darkhorse, Top’d Off 8pm, The Union
Pigments of Imagination, Cultivation and Curiosities: Join Appalachian Understories for a guided weekend tour. We will be visiting a variety of private and public gardens to showcase the unique styles that each gardener has sown into the landscape of Southeast Ohio. This tour will include three locally sourced meals, seven garden tours, two natural and cultural historic tours, highlight women owned businesses, and a “sip and paint” session at Wolf Tree Winery. Contact Appalachian Understories for the schedule and meetups.
Copperheads- Alumni Night – Fireworks vs. Cincinnati Steam 7pm, Bob Wren Stadium
Watercraft Adventure! 10am, Lake Hope State Park

Saturday 7/8

BREWLESQUE! 9pm, The Union
Open Doors Dance Party 8pm, Casa
BREW WEEK BRAWL ’23 (roller derby), 2pm Athens Community Center
Summer Consignment Auction 10am-3pm, Chesterhill Produce Auction
Local Spirits with Gina Kruzel for Ohio Brew Week: With over 40 years in the
Pigments of Imagination, Cultivation and Curiosities: Join Appalachian Understories for a guided weekend tour. We will be visiting a variety of private and public gardens to showcase the unique styles that each gardener has sown into the landscape of Southeast Ohio. This tour will include three locally sourced meals, seven garden tours, two natural and cultural historic tours, highlight women owned businesses, and a “sip and paint” session at Wolf Tree Winery. Contact Appalachian Understories for the schedule and meetups.paranormal field, investigator Gina Kruzel, has had many otherworldly encounters. Gina has dealt with spirits, non-human beings, and locations and objects that hold mysterious energies that affect people and those places. Gina will share some of her local experiences with us at this year’s Brew Week celebration. 2pm, Dutch Creek Winery
Patriotic Quilts with Meta Van Nostran 3pm, Southeast Ohio History Center
JIMMY HOWSON IN CONCERT 7pm, Federal Valley Resource Center
Athens Farmer’s Market 9-12pm, Community Center
Scottish Dance for Beginners 2pm, Athens Library

Sunday 7/9

Art Opening with Like Boyd 3pm, Casa Nueva Restaurant & Cantina
Pigments of Imagination, Cultivation and Curiosities: Join Appalachian Understories for a guided weekend tour. We will be visiting a variety of private and public gardens to showcase the unique styles that each gardener has sown into the landscape of Southeast Ohio. This tour will include three locally sourced meals, seven garden tours, two natural and cultural historic tours, highlight women owned businesses, and a “sip and paint” session at Wolf Tree Winery. Contact Appalachian Understories for the schedule and meetups.
Makers at the Market 12-4pm, Kindred Market
Bigfoot and Beer, The Sequel for Ohio Brew Week 2pm, Dutch Creek Winery
Brunch Buffet, 12pm Eclipse

Free Meals

Free Hot Meal provided by the community of Good Works every Friday Night from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm at the Good Works Property, 7857 Luhrig Road in Athens, Ohio. Dinner starts at 5:15 pm. There is additional “take-home” food provided after the meal.
Monday lunch soup kitchen provides a free weekly meal in our fellowship hall. Our meal includes a meat and vegetarian entrée, tossed salad, fresh fruit salad, desserts, and drinks. 12pm, Athens First United Methodist Church
The community of Good Works is hosting a free summer lunch program. We will go for seven weeks this summer from June 19-Aug. 3. 12pm The Plains United Methodist Church