Things to do in Athens

NOV6FriFriday, November 628 events

1. All day

   Groundbreaking Botanists: Women’s Contributions to the Science, Understanding, and Appreciation of Botany exhibit

   Alden Library 4th Floor EntranceFree

   Arts & Culture

2. All day

   Life Before Ohio University: An Exploration of the Manasseh Cutler Collection exhibit

   Alden Library 4th Floor Entrance

   Arts & Culture

3. All day

   Soft Touch: Textiles and Tactility in Bookmaking exhibit

   Alden Library 4th Floor EntranceFree

   Arts & Culture

4. 8:30 a.m.5 p.m.

   Engage OHIO 2026: Community Engagement & Place-Based Learning Symposium

   The Ohio University Inn & Conference Center

   Business & Networking

5. 9 a.m.11 a.m.

   Festival View Example

   Geffen Playhouse$11.63+

   Also at 12 p.m.

   Festivals & Holidays

6. 9 a.m.4 p.m.

   The Bobcat Build: Help us build a home with Habitat for Humanity

   Parks Hall

   Business & Networking

7. 10 a.m.5 p.m.

   3rd Annual OHIO Museum Complex Collection’s Print Exchange Exhibition

   Lin Hall

   Arts & Culture

8. 10 a.m.

   Material Matters: An Exhibition by the Museum Studies Program

   Kennedy Museum of Art

   Arts & Culture

9. 10 a.m.5 p.m.

   Telluric Exhibition by John Sabraw at Kennedy Museum of Art

   Kennedy Museum of ArtFree

   Arts & Culture

10. 12 p.m.2 p.m.

    Bobcat ArtsCare Tabling

    Ohio University- Bentley Hall, Room 136

    Arts & Culture

11. 12 p.m.5 p.m.

    Visiting Artist Celia Pym: Mending

    Trisolini Gallery (Baker Center)Free

    Arts & Culture

12. 1 p.m.1:45 p.m.

    Sound Bath

    Charles J. Ping Student Recreation CenterFree

    Health & Wellness

13. 2:30 p.m.5 p.m.

    Dad's Weekend Zipline

    Challenge Course$20

14. 2:30 p.m.4 p.m.

    Muhammad Tariq - Final Thesis Defense

    Stocker Center

15. 3 p.m.

    Dad's Weekend: 9-Hole Scramble

    Golf and Tennis Center$120

    Health & Wellness

16. 4 p.m.7 p.m.

    Dad's Weekend: Pickleball Tournament

    Tennis Center (Indoor Courts)

    Sports

17. 4 p.m.5:30 p.m.

    Gaming Hour

    45 White Oak St Professional CenterFamily

    Family & Kids

18. 4:10 p.m.5 p.m.

    Physics Colloquium | Answering Big Questions about QCD and Quark Gluon Plasma With New Calorimetry in sPHENIX at RHIC and the ePIC Experiment at the Electron-Ion Collider, Nov 6

    Walter Hall

    Classes & Talks

19. 5 p.m.7 p.m.

    Commuter Dad's Weekend Indoor Putt Putt

    Jefferson Hall

    Business & Networking

20. 5 p.m.9 p.m.

    Dennis James Dinner Theater

    24 West State Street$65

    Arts & Culture

21. 5 p.m.7 p.m.

    Movement, Meditation, & Writing Workshop

    Charles J. Ping Student Recreation Center

    Health & Wellness

22. 7 p.m.9 p.m.

    Make Respect Visible Hockey Game

    Bird Arena

    Health & Wellness

23. 7 p.m.

    Ohio Dad’s Weekend ’26: Monty Python and the Holy Grail

    Athena Cinema

    Arts & Culture

24. 7 p.m.

    Reedsville Eastern vs Shadyside

    Eastern Local High School

    Sports

25. 7 p.m.

    The Plains Athens vs Dover

    Athens High School

    Sports

26. 8 p.m.9 p.m.

    Fridays Live - Season 57, Episode 4

    Radio and Television Building, 3rd Floor - Radio Studio A

    Arts & Culture

27. 8 p.m.10 p.m.

    Magician Daniel Martin (OHIO LIVE)

    Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium$20+

    Theater & Dance

28. 8 p.m.

    Peter and The Starcatcher

    RTV Communications Building

    Theater & Dance