Celebrating holidays like Easter can look different while on campus. Students spending this weekend at Ohio University can still experience traditions and celebrate Easter with the help of campus organizations, events and church services happening within walking distance of campus.
Athens Birth Circle is a non-profit organization, striving to help families and parents in Athens. The organization offers support, friendship and resources for locals who need extra help throughout parenthood.
Ohio University’s annual Take Back the Night event is Thursday. Take Back the Night started in the 1970s and is commemorated through marches, rallies and protests across the globe.
Ohio University students have a chance to vote on a bill concerning the university’s investment in Israel and its transparency about it Tuesday.
Star of India has provided Athens with Indian cuisine for 24 years, and enjoys interacting with its customers and neighbors.
City cleanup, film screenings and baseball are just some of the things going on in Athens this week.
Many Ohio University students who live on Congress or High Street took the opportunity to host their own Fest celebrations this year, inviting many to lounge on their couches and play games in their yard.
Ohio University’s Spring Literary Festival marked its 40th anniversary on campus, bringing together students, graduates and locals to celebrate literature. Award-winning authors represented fiction, nonfiction and poetry through presentations and encouraged attendees to challenge perspectives and keep literature alive.
The Union hosted bands from varying places on Tuesday, inviting Ohio University students and locals for an evening of live entertainment instead of the bar’s game night.
The Movement and Athens Black Contemporary Dancers collaborative event gives students a chance to showcase their creativity and inspire their audience at the annual spring dance concert Thursday and Friday.
The Athens Quilt Trail is on display at Donkey Coffee until April 26 and includes quilt squares decorated by locals and other interactive art works. The interactive art piece was available for residents to work on in multiple local businesses during January and February.
This past weekend’s Mill Fest brought students together and created an exciting atmosphere, with more to come in the next few weekends.
The Invisible Ground Project gives Athens’ locals and visitors the ability to connect with local historical markers with interactive elements found in the Invisible Ground app.
The Athens Public Transit is free through AmeriHealth and picks up hundreds of passengers daily. The HAPCAP mobility director explains its free services, how to utilize them and talks about plans for APT. Some passengers say they could benefit from more buses and more routes.
The Athens Community Center offers a Scottish country dance class, open for anyone wanting to connect with others while learning patterns of footwork to combine into social dances.
March is Women’s History Month, and there are many OU women to celebrate and recognize. In honor of Women’s History Month, a Wiki edit-a-thon will be held in the library to celebrate OU grad and artist Sara Gilfert.
Athens County is busy this week with St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, artistic workshops and the Global Arts Festival.
New local band Rough Patch consists of five members who love spending time creating music and jamming with each other. The band has several shows in the near future, and welcomes anyone interested in its rock sound.
The Athens County Public Libraries offer programming like LEGO building and resources like the Library of Things and Tool Library.
Bobcats and Ballgowns, founded last fall, is a student-run, character performing organization.
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