Family Story time
2025-07-11 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | South Webster Library, 496 Webster Street, South Webster, OH, 45682, United States
Family Story time with Sensory play. Join us as we read, play and craft. The program begins at 11:00am and lasts about an hour. For more information, call the South Webster Library at 778-2122.

Paper Palooza!
2025-07-11 12:30 - 13:30 | Bookmobile
Unleash your creativity with Paper Palooza! Create stunning tangram-inspired portraits and put your skills to the test with exciting origami challenges. Get ready to fold, create, and dive into a world of paper-based fun and imagination! This event will be on the Bookmobile at Sunshine Church of Christ.

Freestyle Painting
2025-07-11 15:00 - 16:00 | Wheelersburg Library, 10745 Old Gallia Pike, Wheelersburg, OH, 45694, United States
Explore your artistic freedom with a blank canvas and endless possibilities. Whether you’re a seasoned painter or just starting out, this event is about expressing yourself through paint, colors, and imagination! If patrons have any questions, they are welcome to contact the Wheelersburg Library at (740) 574-6116.

Tweens - Bob Ross Follow-Along Painting
2025-07-11 16:00 - 17:00 | Lucasville Library, 103 State Route 728, Lucasville, OH, 45648, United States
Tweens are invited to join us at the Lucasville library on Friday, July 11th at 4:00 pm for an evening of follow-along painting with the iconic Bob Ross! Participants will follow-along with a Bob Ross tutorial and bring out their inner artist. Spend an evening painting happy, little trees and learn the techniques popularized by Ross in his television program! For more information, please call us at (740)-259-6119.

Fiction Book Group
2025-07-11 16:00 - 17:00 | Portsmouth Public Library, 1220 Gallia Street, Portsmouth, OH, 45662, United States
Free reading event. Fiction Book Group meets the first Friday of the month in the Quiet Room at 4pm. For more information call 740-354-5688 or visit yourppl.org. This month’s selection: The Seaside Library by Brenda Novak.

Family Storytime
2025-07-11 16:30 - 17:30 | New Boston Library, 3850 Rhodes Avenue, New Boston, OH, 45662, United States
Develop your child’s love of reading by joining us at the New Boston Library for our Family Story Times! Children will have fun learning through stories and developing fine motor skills through activities.
This program is for children ages 6 and under.
For more information, please call 740-456-4412.

Library Babies
2025-07-12 14:00 - 15:00 | Portsmouth Public Library, 1220 Gallia Street, Portsmouth, OH, 45662, United States
Bring your baby to the library for active and sensory play, socialization (for parents and babies) as well as fun that helps your kiddo develop a lifelong love for learning!

Dungeons & Dragons: Teen Campaign
2025-07-14 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-07-21 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-07-28 14:00 - 16:00 | Portsmouth Public Library, 1220 Gallia Street, Portsmouth, OH, 45662, United States
Go on epic adventures and battle deadly foes in the 5th edition of this popular role-playing game. All levels of experience and skill are welcome!

Wooden Magnet Painting
2025-07-14 16:00 - 17:00 | Wheelersburg Library, 10745 Old Gallia Pike, Wheelersburg, OH, 45694, United States
Calling all tweens! Join us at the Wheelersburg Library to design and decorate your own wooden magnets using paints, markers, glitter, and other fun materials. Create a one-of-a-kind design that reflects your personal style! If patrons have any questions, they are welcome to contact the Wheelersburg Library at (740) 574-6116.

Dungeon & Dragons: One Shot Group
2025-07-14 17:30 - 19:30 | Portsmouth Public Library, 1220 Gallia Street, Portsmouth, OH, 45662, United States
Go on epic adventures and battle deadly foes in the 5th edition of this popular role-playing game. All levels of experience and skill are welcome! Join the fun from 5:30 – 7:30pm in the Meeting Room. Ages 18+..

Silent Book Club
2025-07-14 18:00 - 19:00 | New Boston Library, 3850 Rhodes Avenue, New Boston, OH, 45662, United States
Read that book you’ve been putting off by joining the Silent Book Club. We’ll provide a quiet, comfortable space where you can bring your book or borrow one from the library. Adults only, and socialization is optional.
For more information, please call 740-456-4412.

Spackle Painting
2025-07-14 18:00 - 19:00 | Lucasville Library, 103 State Route 728, Lucasville, OH, 45648, United States
Adults are welcome to join us at the Lucasville library on Monday, July 14th at 6:00 p.m. for a spackle painting craft activity. We will be creating a 3D canvas using household spackle and paint. We will provide the supplies and you provide the imagination! For more information, call 740-259-6119.

Marble Suncatcher
2025-07-15 16:00 - 17:00 | Portsmouth Public Library, 1220 Gallia Street, Portsmouth, OH, 45662, United States
Let the sunshine through these beautiful sea glass suncatchers. Join us on Tuesday, July 15 at 4 p.m. in the Copley Room at the main library location. Ages tween to adult. Please call 740-354-5304 to register for the program.

Giant Pendulum Painting
2025-07-18 12:00 - 13:00 | Bookmobile
Forget the paintbrush and create art with the forces of motion and gravity to create unique art and have fun while getting a little messy. We have several pendulums of different sizes for kiddos to create masterpieces. This is where art and science meet for tons of fun! *Make sure to wear old clothes or bring a towel, paint can get messy! This event will be on the Bookmobile at Shawnee Nature Center.

A Novel Idea Book Group
2025-07-19 10:00 - 11:00 | Coffee at the Lofts, 842 Gallia St., Portsmouth, OH, 45662, United States
Free reading event. A Novel Idea Book Group meets monthly at The Loft Coffee Company and Roastery. For more information call 740-354-5688 or visit yourppl.org. Book Selection: Junie by Erin Crosby Eckstine

Summer Reading Finale
2025-07-19 11:00 - 13:00 | Portsmouth Public Library, 1220 Gallia Street, Portsmouth, OH, 45662, United States
Celebrate the end of Summer Reading with us at our Portsmouth Library! We will have games, inflatables and more! This event is free and for all ages. For more information, call 740-354-5562.

Dungeons & Dragons: Campaign Group
2025-07-19 14:30 - 16:30 | Portsmouth Public Library, 1220 Gallia Street, Portsmouth, OH, 45662, United States
Go on epic adventures and battle deadly foes in the 5th edition of this popular role-playing game. All levels of experience and skill are welcome! Join the fun from 2:30 – 4:30pm in the Meeting Room. Ages 18+.

Romantasy Book Club
2025-07-21 17:30 - 18:30 | Lucasville Library, 103 State Route 728, Lucasville, OH, 45648, United States
Adults are invited to join us at the Lucasville library on Monday, July 21st at 5:30 pm for our Romantasy book club. Books read and discussed during these meetings will fit into the “Romantasy” category. These books are often defined as a romance novel where the romance storyline and the fantasy world building and storyline are equal and balanced throughout the books. For more information, call 740-259-6119.

Cookbook Club Presents
2025-07-21 17:30 - 19:00 | Portsmouth Public Library, 1220 Gallia Street, Portsmouth, OH, 45662, United States
Join us for one of the best parts of summer: An Ice Cream Social! Create, decorate and enjoy!

Clay Magnets
2025-07-21 18:00 - 19:00 | New Boston Library, 3850 Rhodes Avenue, New Boston, OH, 45662, United States
Adults, join us at the New Boston Library where you will get to create and paint your very own clay magnets. There will also be an optional plant swap.
This program will be happening on Monday, July 21st at 6 pm.
For more information call 740-456-4412.

DIY Magazine Stickers
2025-07-22 16:00 - 17:00 | Portsmouth Public Library, 1220 Gallia Street, Portsmouth, OH, 45662, United States
Any sticker lovers? Did you know you could make homemade stickers just by using magazine clippings, tape, and a little bit of water? Bring an item from home that you would like to stick the stickers you create on! It can be a notebook or a water bottle for example. This program will be held in the Copley Room at the main library location at 4:00 P.M. on Tuesday, July 22, 2025. Ages 8-adult. Space is limited! Please register in Local History or call 740-354-5304.

True Crime Club-Ed Gein case
2025-07-22 18:00 - 20:00 | South Webster Library, 496 Webster Street, South Webster, OH, 45682, United States
True Crime Club, Edward Gein case Unfolded. We will be reading the “Deviant : the shocking true story of Ed Gein, the original psycho ” We will focus on this case, give theories, suspects and coverage. Light refreshments will be provided. Registration is required. Open to all Adults. For questions call the South Webster Library at 740-778-2122.

Tween-Firework craft
2025-07-24 16:00 - 17:00 | South Webster Library, 496 Webster Street, South Webster, OH, 45682, United States
Firework Craft. Come to the library and enjoy crafting your very own paper firework for your wall! All supplies provided by the library. For more information, call the South Webster Branch Library at 740-778-2122.

Sensory Story Time
2025-07-25 16:00 - 17:00 | Lucasville Library, 103 State Route 728, Lucasville, OH, 45648, United States
Kids ages 3-8 are welcome to join us at the Lucasville library on Friday, July 25th at 4pm for sensory story time. We will be enjoying stories, songs, movement and play in a sensory friendly environment! For more information, call 740-259-6119.

A "Minecraft" Movie
2025-07-26 14:00 - 16:00 | Portsmouth Public Library, 1220 Gallia Street, Portsmouth, OH, 45662, United States
Watch with YS staff as four misfits are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they’ll have to master this world while embarking on a quest with an unexpected, expert crafter.
We will also be making pixelized mosaic masterpieces to take home!
(Rated PG for violence, language, suggestive humor, and some scary images.)

Crafty Artists Group
2025-07-26 14:00 - 16:00 | Portsmouth Public Library, 1220 Gallia Street, Portsmouth, OH, 45662, United States
Join us to get crafty for the afternoon! We are making a centerpiece from a “recycled” book. All materials are provided and the program is FREE.

Teens - Coloring Program
2025-07-28 16:00 - 17:00 | Lucasville Library, 103 State Route 728, Lucasville, OH, 45648, United States
Teens are welcome to join us at the Lucasville library on Monday, July 28th at 4:00 pm for a coloring program. Come hang out with us and enjoy a fun relaxing afternoon coloring. There will be a variety of coloring pages available to choose from. For more information call 740-259-6119.

Dungeons & Dragons: One Shot Group
2025-07-28 17:30 - 19:30 | Portsmouth Public Library, 1220 Gallia Street, Portsmouth, OH, 45662, United States
Go on epic adventures and battle deadly foes in the 5th edition of this popular role-playing game. All levels of experience and skill are welcome! Join the fun from 5:30 – 7:30pm in the Meeting Room. Ages 18+.
