Academy Award-Nominated Documentary About Hurricane Katrina: 'Trouble The Water'

Mon, 08/17/2009 - 8:51am by shannon riffe

On the eve of Hurricane Katrina’s fourth anniversary, we will hold a special screening of Trouble The Water at the Downtown Library on Friday, August 28, 7pm. The film seamlessly integrates home movie footage with archival news segments and cinéma vérité footage to document a journey of remarkable people surviving not only failed levees, bungling bureaucrats and armed soldiers, but also their own past. The film was awarded the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for this year’s Oscar for Best Documentary.

The 4th Annual LEGO Contest Winners are In!

Tue, 08/11/2009 - 2:54pm by erin

Another summer, another LEGO contest and good times were had by all! This year we had 155 entries and over 300 people attended the Awards Ceremony! The top three winners in each of the five age categories (Preschool, K-2, 3-5, 6-8 & 9-12) received gift certificates to Toys R Us and medals. Special thanks to our hardworking judges: Eli Neiburger, AADL Associate Director of IT and Product Development, Eric Klooster, AADL IT Application Developer and finally Langel Bookbinder, Founder and Proprietor of battleofthebits.org. The judges needed every second of their three hours of deliberation to make the hard decisions this year!

Congratulations to all of our winners! And see you next year!

Click read more to see all of this year's winners.

Preschool:

1st Place - Hudhaifah Rehman
Runner-Up - Kenneth Jiang
Honorable Mention - Natalie Leffler
Best Motorized - Tommy Simon
Best Architectural/Engineering - Lucy Cassell-Kelley
Coolest Robot - Kairi Kowalski
Best Vehicle - Kevin Song
Most Creative - Andrew VanderMolen
Most Sophisticated - Hudhaifah Rehman
AADL LEGO® Master Builder - Eliot Schoolmaster

Grades K-2:

1st Place - Vishrut Khandelwal
Runner-Up - Anisha Fujii
Honorable Mention - Forrest Hadley
Best Motorized - Xander Doom
Best Architectural/Engineering - Evan & Ella Markley
Coolest Robot - Ben Birdsall & Scott Knudsen (tie)
Best Vehicle - Walden Jones-Perpich
Most Creative - Rachel Gowell
Most Sophisticated - Alex Szumko
AADL LEGO® Master Builder - Colin Finnegan

Grades 3-5:

1st Place - Peyton Miller
Runner-Up - Calvin Mayman
Honorable Mention - Xavier Iniguez
Best Motorized - Benjamin Eric Cohen
Best Architectural/Engineering - Spencer Steiff
Coolest Robot - Gavin Nossal
Best Vehicle - Joe Schaldenbrand
Most Creative - Ben Gowell
Most Sophisticated - Peter Jacobs & Jayson Song (tie)
AADL LEGO® Master Builder - Eric Xu

Grades 6-8:

1st Place - Caleb Jones
Runner-Up - Ryan George
Honorable Mention - Matthew Remillard
Best Motorized - Marshal Knott
Best Architectural/Engineering - Andreas Prawdzik
Coolest Robot - Christopher Williams
Best Vehicle - Kevin McGregor
Most Creative - Nicole Xu & John Crane, Aaron Crane, and Avi Covrigaru (tie)
Most Sophisticated - Noah Luntzlara
AADL LEGO® Master Builder - Josh Goodman and Andrew Lemerand

Grades 9-12

1st Place - Peter Zieske
Runner-Up - Elizabeth Deatrick
Honorable Mention - John Behrendt
Best Architectural/Engineering - William Anderson
Best Vehicle - Nick Lemerand

Parkour & Freerunning : The Art of Movement

Tue, 08/11/2009 - 2:34pm by Bertha

Parkour is the art of moving through your environment using only your body and the surroundings to propel yourself. On Saturday, August 15, from 3:00 to 4:00 pm, at the Meri Lou Murray Recreation Center located at 2960 Washtenaw Avenue in Ann Arbor, Mike Metze, leader of the UM Parkour Club, will discuss the sport and then offer a live demonstration with Parkour experts at the adjacent County Farm Park! This event is geared to adults and teens (grades 6 and up).

Adventures in Movement Moved to Downtown Library

Mon, 08/10/2009 - 9:39am by iottJen

Due to the unexpected maintenance situation at the Traverwood Branch, the Mon., Aug. 10 youth program 'Adventures in Movement' will be relocated to the Downtown Library. The event will be held 2-3 PM, and is for Grades K-3.

Craft @ Malletts Creek Branch - Color Gardens

Sat, 08/08/2009 - 11:44am by ryanikoglu

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COLOR GARDENS is a Simple Summer Craft For Kids 2-10 years, with their family Assistants. Supplies and Guidance will be available at Malletts Creek Branch on Monday August 10 from 10-11:30 am. We will use colorful tissue paper, and apply to the sticky side of Contact Paper, to create a colorful "garden-type" landscape picture.

Take a hike@ Furstenberg Nature Area

Thu, 08/06/2009 - 7:42pm by K.C.

Join us for a nature walk with the City of Ann Arbor Natural Area Preservation staff. View native plants and trees, and learn about the ecological restoration going on at this site. Meet in the parking lot off Fuller Road, across from Huron High School.

Thursday, August 13 | 7:00-8:30 PM | All Ages

Chesstastic

Thu, 08/06/2009 - 12:33pm by Bertha

We're playing Chess for all ages and all levels this Sunday, August 9, at Traverwood from 1-4pm. Whether it's Chess Tactics for Champions or Chess Fundamentals all are welcome.

YouTube Laugh Swap

Thu, 08/06/2009 - 11:22am by K.C.

Share your favorite funny YouTube videos with others on the big screen. Come prepared to give your laugh muscles a workout.

Wednesday, August 12 | 7:00-8:00 PM | Malletts Creek | Grade 6 - Adult

Saturday Computer Classes in August!

Tue, 08/04/2009 - 4:11pm by Stewart

Check out the Saturday computer classes in August!

Twitter
Online News Delivered
Introduction to Google Documents
World Wide Web Tools

Register online, call 734-327-4555, or visit any AADL location.

See you in class!

Dancing Babies!

Tue, 08/04/2009 - 12:00pm by StoryLaura

If you are a member of the AADL storytime crowd then you know Betsy Beckerman and Sara Melton Keller. We have been bouncing to their wonderful songs for years, so why not get up and dance along? I can’t wait for circle dances, marches, and other baby moves at Dancing Babies on Wednesday, August 12 at 7:00 pm at the Pittsfield Branch!