April Haps

Tuesday 4/1

  • Free Seeds: Athens Public Library
  • Open Mic Night 7pm, Stuart’s Opera House
  • Take Back the Night Glow Run 8pm, Tailgreat Park
  • No Other Land 5:10, Athena Cinema
  • Print Sale 10am-2pm Alumni Gateway: Proceeds go to the Middle Eastern Children’s Alliance

Wednesday 4/2

  • Origami Pop up with Paper Circle, 4-6pm, Little Professor
  • No Other Land 5:10 and 9:55 Athena Cinema
  • Noise Making Protest: Express your Rage 5pm, Cutler Hall

Thursday 4/3

  •  Potting Soul, The Mourning After and Ziggy D of C-Level. Starts 10 PM Casa
  • Passion to Profit: The Business of Creativity with Talcon Quinn: Stockport Mill Inn 11am
  • Mixtape music trivia with DJ Bunny Baby 7pm, Sidebar
  • The Fibonacci Fellows, Swerve and Calcuttahs 6pm, The Union
  • Spanish Conversation Hour 4pm, Athens Library
  • Potting Soul, The Mourning AFter and Ziggy D of C-Level 10pm Casa
  • No Other Land 5:10 Athena Cinema
  • Free Speech, Academic Freedom and Palestine by professor Pranav Jani 5:30pm Bentley Room 236

Friday 4/4

  • Walk Talk and Roll: The Athens City Commission on Disabilities hosts our 7th annual Walk, Talk and Roll to showcase accessibility issues and improvements 11:30, Athens County Courthouse
  • Hip Hop Shop 8pm, Sidebar
  • Fiesta Latina, The Union
  • Bench Grafting Fruit and Nut Trees 12:30pm, Rising Appalchia
  • Community Illumination: Join us (Gathering Place) for our 9th annual Community Illumination as we celebrate our founding values of diversity, equity and inclusion with our Over the Rainbow theme! 4pm, Central Venue
  • Dairy Barn Fest 3pm-8pm
  • World Music and Dance Concert 7:30, Memaud
  • Ohio Thrift Market Pop Up 1-6pm, Morton Lawn
  • Mobile Mammography 9am, Federal Valley Resource Center
  • Telescope Nights at OU Observatory 8:30-10:30
  • Zine Building Workshop 5pm, Tupper Hall
  • Deer Resistant Plant sale 12-5, Athens County Fair Grounds
  • Skatopia work party

Saturday 4/5

  • Abba Dance Party with DJ Barticus, Sidebar
  • International Street Fair
  • Yagody: experimental Ukranian band 8pm, Stuart’s Opera House
  • Any Colour 8pm, The Union
  • Naughty Lobstah food truck: West End Distillery
  • Athens 5K for thriving beyond breast cancer 8am, Athens Community Center
  • Dairy Barn Fest 10am-5pm
  • Athens Farmer’s Market
  • Telescope Nights at OU Observatory 8:30-10:30
  • Clue: 7pm Arts West
  • Skatopia work party

Sunday 4/6

  • Peach Pit Brunch 11am-3pm, Sidebar
  • Game Night at Sidebar
  • Buddhist Meditation 10am, Serenity Roots
  • Clue: 2pm Arts West
  • Skatopia work party

Monday 4/7

  • Broom Making with Curt Cable 6pm, Federal Valley Resource Center
  • Stage Struck: Dennis James returns to the Southeast Ohio History Center for a special silent movie Monday performance of Stage Struck. Don’t miss the chance to see a classic 1925 comedy filmed in West Virginia. 6:45 Southeast Ohio History Center
  • Radiant Body Yoga with Michelle 5:30pm 8950 Lavelle Rd
  • Athens International Film Fest
  • Game Night at the Side Bar 5pm

Tuesday 4/8

  • Athens International Film Fest
  • Upcycled Tea Cup Bird Feeder 5pm, Makerspace
  • Solid Ground Open House 5pm
  • Ohio Campus Orchestra Spring Concert 8pm, Glidden Hall

Wednesday 4/9

  • Athens International Film Fest

Thursday 4/10

  • Sonic Paths: Andy Ray will discuss the basics of soundscape ecology and then take us on a soundwalk to the Hocking River. We will learn about the fascinating topic of sound and our surroundings, learn how to identify and categorize sounds on our own 5:30pm, Kennedy Museum
  • Athens International Film Fest
  • Spanish Conversation Hour 4pm, Athens Library
  • Jewelry Making and Repair 4-6:30pm, Athens Makerspace
  • Shadow Puppets: Jaka Tarub 6pm, Alden Library

Friday 4/11

  • Speakeasy Night 6:30pm, Village Productions Studio Amesville
  • New Age Phonograph 8pm, Skull
  • Happy Thai New Year Dinner pt 1. 4pm, Dr. May’s Thai Kitchen
  • Athens International Film Fest
  • Top’D off 10pm, Casa
  • Brandon Reisig synthesizer workshop, Federal Valley Resource Center
  • ACRN Lobsterfest, The Union

Saturday 4/12

  • Matt Persutti, Zach Fuller, Brandon Reisig and Charlie Touvell 7pm, Federal Valley Resource Center
  • Herbal Folk Remedies with Talcon Quinn 9:30am, Chesterhill Community Center
  • The Golden Hour Dance Party: A Retro Fundraiser for Heroes in Color 7pm, Ciderhouse
  • Rosewell and Caitlin Kraus: Free show, Donkey 8pm
  • Herbal Folk Remedies with Talcon Quinn 9:30am-12:00 Chesterhill Community Center (sign up required)
  • Outdoor Walking Tour of the Historic Athens Asylum 2pm, Ohio Museum Complex
  • Happy Thai New Year Dinner pt 2. 4pm, Dr. May’s Thai Kitchen
  • UEHOA will be hosting its annual spring yard sale day. Join us for the fun while you clear out some of the surplus stuff that accumulates in all our lives! 8am University Estates
  • Athens International Film Fest
  • Athens Farmer’s Market
  • Rumble Rave and EDM Dance, 10pm Casa
  • Right tree, Right Place Tree Sale 1-3/3-5 with Rural Action
  • Wished Bone, Bat Lounge
  • ACRN Lobsterfest, The Union

Sunday 4/13

  • Food Not Bombs Resource/ Meal 4pm at the Armory
  • Happy Thai New Year Dinner pt 3. 1pm, Dr. May’s Thai Kitchen
  • Athens International Film Fest
  • Luke Boyd Art Show music with Ted Harris, 3pm Casa
  • Buddhist Meditation 10am, Serenity Roots
  • Walking Watercolors 2pm, Kennedy Museum

Monday 4/14

  • Earth Day Celebration 12-4, Walter Hall Rotunda

Tuesday 4/15

  • Corb Lund and Hayes Carll: Bible on the Dash Door 7:30pm, Stuart’s Opera House
  • Animaniacs in Concert 6:30pm, Memaud
  • Odyssesus re-telling with presenters 7pm, Athena Cinema

Wednesday 4/16

  • Vinyl Night with Muchi Nochi 6-9pm, Sidebar
  • Introduction to Ayurveda: Science of Life and Healing 6pm, OU Heritage College
  • Primary Care Clinic 8:30-11:30am Heritage Community Clinic

Thursday 4/17

  • From the Hills and Hollers: Norma Rae tells the story of a textile worker who gets fed up with the terrible working conditions 7pm, Athena Cinema
  • Mixtape music trivia with DJ Bunny Baby 7pm, Sidebar
  • This Thursday, Andy Ray and Drew Krag will take the front porch to museum-goers, as they explore the sounds of the Appalachian past, present, and future. Through live music, Andy and Drew aim to bring together and celebrate the diversity that is Appalachian culture and perspectives. Expect the unexpected, as Andy and Drew improvise with synchronized loop pedals, guitar, banjo, piano, the electronic washboard, and sound samples of daily life in the middle of “now-here.”  5:30 Kennedy Museum of Art
  • Bookside Chats 5-7pm, Little Professor
  • ACMS Spring Strings Celebration 6:30 Stuart’s Opera House
  • Spanish Conversation Hour 4pm, Athens Library

Friday 4/18

  • PAL, Dana, Gremlin at the Union
  • Walk the Ridge 8pm, The Skull
  • 80s Dance Night with DJ Barticus, Casa
  • Cafe Randys 6pm, Ciderhouse
  • Guided Hike at The Bailey’s Trail System 6pm, Dover Park Trailhead
  • Brandon Reisig synthesizer workshop, Federal Valley Resource Center

Saturday 4/19

  • Kaiba, A Paramount, A Love Supreme, Safezone Fire 8pm, The Union
  • Skate Jam 3-9pm Devil’s Kettle
  • Street Tree Inventory 12pm, Athens Public Library
  • Sensory-Friendly F is for Friends 11 a.m. & 3 p.m., a set of songs about friendship, followed after intermission by “Eeyore´s Birthday,” a musical based on the Winnie the Pooh stories.   Stuart’s Opera House
  • Athens Farmer’s Market
  • Fern Hollow Farm Concert Series: An Applachian Showcase 5pm
  • Kazmas Queens of the Multiverse Drag Show 9pm, Side Bar
  • Mushroom Log Cultivation with Sunday Creek Sanctuary
  • Last Company Owned Town Bike Tour 10am-12:30pm with Appalachian Understories
  • Hemp Fair 1pm, Cannabis Museum

Sunday 4/20

  • Game Night at the Side Bar 5pm
  • Sister, Villagerrr, Spencer Radcliffe, Coralily- Bat Lounge
  • Mushroom Log Cultivation with Sunday Creek Sanctuary
  • Buddhist Meditation 10am, Serenity Roots
  • Easter Egg Hunt at Littlefish 1pm

Monday 4/21

  • Upcycled Self Watering Planters 3-5pm, Makerspace

Tuesday 4/22

  • Art and Craft Supply Swap 10-7pm, Makerspace
  • Carmina Burana 8pm, Memaud
  • Fringe Festvial, Ohio University

Wednesday 4/23

  • Family Make-It Night Upcycled Paper Seed Bombs 5-7pm, Makerspace
  • Fringe Festival, Ohio University

Thursday 4/24

  • Spanish Conversation Hour 4pm, Athens Library
  • Game Night at the Side Bar 7pm
  • Fringe Festival, Ohio University

Friday 4/25

  • Rural Action Benefit: Adventure Auction
  • The Foleys, Alex Kasznel & The Board of Directors and Living Room 8pm, The Skull
  • Laughing Chimes, Smug Brothers, Kid Primitive 8pm, The Union
  • Mending Together/ Free Fabric Day 4-6pm, Makerspace
  • Brandon Reisig synthesizer workshop, Federal Valley Resource Center
  • Friends of the Library Spring Book Sale
  • Telescope Nights at OU Observatory 9:00-11:00
  • Fringe Festival, Ohio University
  • Heathers: 7pm, Arts West

Saturday 4/26

  • Athens Farmer’s Market
  • Upcycled Pallet Planter Workshop and Potluck w/ CFI 1-5pm
  • Say Gay Dance 10pm, Casa
  • Celebrate Trails Day Volunteer Event 9am-1pm, Baileys Trail System
  • Telescope Nights at OU Observatory 9:00-11:00
  • Fringe Festival, Ohio University
  • Heathers: 7pm, Arts West
  • Athens Ohio Roller Derby Opening Season Double Header 1pm, Community Center

Sunday 4/27

  • Ecstatic Dance 3:30pm, The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
  • The Tallest Man On Earth 7:30pm, Stuart’s Opera House
  • Buddhist Meditation 10am, Serenity Roots
  • Heathers: 2cpm, Arts West

Monday 4/28

  • Chesterhill Produce Auction 4pm
  • Chesterhill Opening Day Potluck 3pm

Tuesday 4/29

  • Grant Writing for Farm and Food Businesses 6:30pm, Rural Action
  • Paint and Pour 7pm, Stuart’s Opera House
  • Pint Night at Little Fish to support SOCIL

Wednesday 4/30

2 responses to “April Haps”

  1. Lindsay Barnett Avatar
    Lindsay Barnett

    Athens Ohio Roller Derby (aord.org) has their season opener double header at the community center April 26th doors open at 1pm

    Lindsay Barnett
    General Manager
    Hampton Inn Athens

    1. ladyrader Avatar

      Thanks! I’ll add it

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