Huron River Day 2009

Thu, 07/09/2009 - 5:09pm by monkk

Sunday, July 12 is the 2009 Huron River Day! From noon to 4 p.m. at Gallup Park, all are invited to play on the river with discounted canoe and kayak rentals. There will be plenty of food and entertainment, including the WCC Jazz Bands, and many opportunities for all ages to learn about the river's importance and health. Other activities will include Geocaching, a classic boat show, how to plant a rain garden, and live animal presentations.

PreK Bits - We're Going To The ZOO

Wed, 07/08/2009 - 11:22am by ryanikoglu

We're going to the zoo in Storytime with Ms. Rachel. Ann Arbor is a one hour drive from two excellent zoos. You can visit the Detroit Zoo and Toledo Zoo this summer. While you're traveling you can share these stories and songs:
Sing "Going To The Zoo" with Peter Paul And Mary, or Raffi. Read Tom Paxton's words in Going To The Zoo.
The Baby Beebee Bird keeps all the animals up at night.
Night Shift shows all the jobs that work through the night.
Lion discovers the Zoo is where he is the MOST Happy Lion.
I Want To Be A Zookeeper tells about the job.

Great summer walks with Brenda Bentley

Mon, 07/06/2009 - 4:18pm by annevm

Don’t miss meeting Brenda Bentley, author of Riverwalks Ann Arbor when she speaks at the downtown library 7-8:30 p.m. Friday, July 10. Her book is gaining plenty of attention, and she recently spoke to city council against removal of Argo dam, according to the Ann Arbor Chronicle. Her library program is called "Walking For Fun, Exercise And Cultural Edification In The Ann Arbor Area." Books will be on sale, and a signing will follow the presentation.

Aikido - An Introductory Workshop

Sun, 07/05/2009 - 8:45am by Bertha

Learn the basic movements, techniques and history of Aikido from Keiko Cauley, a 4th degree black belt certified instructor from the Aikido Yoshokai Association of North America.

Monday, July 6, from 6:30-8:00 PM at the Traverwood Branch for Grades 4-12.

Yankee Air Museum's Randy Hotten: "How Detroit Saved the World: World War II and the Willow Run Story”

Sat, 07/04/2009 - 11:29am by cecile

Wednesday July 8, 2009: 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm -- Pittsfield Branch: Program Room

The Yankee Air Museum's Randy Hotten shares his extensive research on the Willow Run Bomber Plant. He is the Director of Flight Operations at the Yankee Air Museum as well as a Board Member and Committee Chair of the Long-Range Planning Committee. He also flies as a pilot with the Yankee Air Museum in the C-47 and the B-17.

Randy will cover the world and national events leading up to the decision to involve the auto industry in the construction of airplanes for WWII and ultimately to build the Willow Run Bomber Plant. He is a retired US Navy Captain, who served as Pilot in P-3 Orion aircraft flying Anti-Submarine Patrols during the Cold War.

He will also discuss the history and future of the Yankee Air Museum and the Thunder Over Michigan Air Show featuring the awe-inspiring
US Navy Blue Angels, at the Willow Run Airport July 18-19th.

Advance tickets available at Thunder Tickets.

826michigan for adults!

Thu, 07/02/2009 - 6:58pm by monkk

Did you know that for the first time ever, 826michigan is offering writing workshops for adults? Isn't that awesome!? The 826michigan 2009 adult workshop series is called How To Write Like I Do. Meet real-life writers, pick up a few of their trade secrets, and spend some time practicing your own writing with other local writers. The cost of the workshops includes coffee and Zingerman's treats and will help support 826michigan's free literacy programs for local kids. You can register here.

Family Camp-in at Traverwood

Thu, 07/02/2009 - 2:38pm by kidlit

Join us around the campfire Tuesday night, July 7th at 7:00 p.m. at the Traverwood Branch.
Our family camp-in includes a camp fire, songs, stories, games, and sand painting.
No camping experience is complete without those ooey gooey s'mores. We'll have those, too.

PaleoJoe Comes to Ann Arbor!

Thu, 07/02/2009 - 1:31pm by kidlit

Let's hunt some dinosaurs! PaleoJoe, the author the Dinosaur Detective Club books, will come to Ann Arbor next week to talk about real dinosaur hunts. He'll describe how dinosaurs lived and died and how fossils tell us everything we know about the great beasts. He will be at the Pittsfield Branch on Thursday, July 9th at 1:00 p.m. and at the Downtown Library at 7:00 p.m. the same day.

Dinosaur Detective Club books will be on sale at the events.

Sustainability Safari

Thu, 07/02/2009 - 11:14am by shannon riffe

On July 8 at 6:45pm, this 1.5 mile walking tour of sustainable techniques in Ann Arbor, led by the Ann Arbor Chapter of Wild Ones will include a look at the sustainable elements of Malletts Creek Branch, The Buhr Park Children’s Wet Meadow, and Mary Beth Doyle Park, among others. This event is held in conjunction with the Library’s summer reading program, Local Motion - which encourages the use of local neighborhoods, organizations gyms, recreational facilities and outdoor areas to move and get fit.

Solar S'mores: Science at its most delicious!

Tue, 06/30/2009 - 9:15am by RayaPapaya

Make a solar s'more oven using a cardboard pizza box, some aluminum foil, and a few other basic materials. If the weather permits, we will go outside, test the oven, then eat some delicious s'mores (no campfire required)! This is science at its most delicious.

Thursday July 2, 2009 | 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm | Pittsfield Branch | Grade 4 thru Adult