Crafts
Floral Living Jewelry with Designer Susan McLeary
Thursday September 8, 2016: 7:00pm to
8:30pm
Downtown Library: Secret Lab
Grade 6 - Adult
Public Event
Owl Mania!
Sunday November 6, 2016: 2:00pm to
4:00pm
Traverwood Branch: Program Room
Grades 3 - 8
Crafts
Fall Leaf Creatures
Saturday October 15, 2016: 2:00pm to
3:30pm
Traverwood Branch: Program Room
Preschool-Grade 5
Blog Post
The University of Michigan Zoo
by oldnews
If you were in Ann Arbor between 1929 and 1962, you had the opportunity to visit the University of Michigan Zoo. On October 11, 1929, an article in the Michigan Daily said the zoo would open “in about three weeks” and would boast a weather vane by famed UM sculptor Carleton Angell. A December 11, 1929 Michigan Daily article reports animals moved in "last week". The tiny zoo enclosure was constructed behind the Alexander G. Ruthven Museums Building, what most of us think of as U of M's Natural History Museum. (The giant pumas that guard the front doors of the Natural History Museum were sculpted by Carleton Angell too!)
Inside today's museum is a memorial to the zoo which explains "...In 1929, a University of Michigan alumnus anonymously offered a collection of live native Michigan animals. It was the donor's hope that the animals could be enjoyed by children staying in the hospital then located across the street. A circular animal house and pond known as the "Museum Zoological Park" were constructed behind the Museums Building." Old news articles and photos show zoo residents like badgers, a bobcat, red foxes, skunks, otters, raccoons, several pairs of black bears throughout the years, and a wolverine named Biff. At some point a "reptile pit" was added, which included snakes and turtles.
In 1938, elaborate plans surfaced for a forty acre zoological garden to be located near the University of Michigan hospital. A WPA grant was "expected to provide the finances" for a wildlife utopia, where animals of the tiny U of M Zoo would be turned loose to live with no cages. The location of this dream zoo, which never came to fruition, seems to be the edge of what is now Nichols Arboretum.
Despite the popularity of the U of M Zoo, it was torn down in 1962 to make room for an addition to the Ruthven Museums Building. A few Ann Arbor City Council members, as well as many Ann Arbor townspeople, appealed to the University Board of Regents to save and/or relocate the beloved 30something year old zoo, but eventually the animals were relocated and the zoo became a memory. By today's zoological standards, the animals of Ann Arbor lived in fairly terrible, tiny, cramped quarters. The "Animal House", as it came to be called, never grew to be a wildlife utopia, but certainly provided countless Ann Arbor children and their families the opportunity to appreciate Michigan wildlife up close.
Blog Post
Nature Walk at Black Pond Woods Thursday evening, June 2
by eapearce
Join us tonight for an informative nature walk from 7:00-8:30pm as part of the partnership between AADL and Natural Area Preservation!
Black Pond Woods Nature Area is a 34-acre woodland located north of Leslie Science and Nature Center. It was named for a small, vernal pond that was carved by receding glaciers and was named for the dark color of the water caused by tannins and acids from leaf litter. The nature area features several distinctive habitats, including a wet meadow. The raptor cages at LSNC make visiting this park a special treat! Natural Area Preservation will be holding a Stewardship Workday at Black Pond Woods on Sunday, June 5.
The nature walks take place each month throughout the summer and fall. For this one, we'll meet in the LSNC parking lot. Wear comfortable shoes and bring water and bug spray if desired. AADL will have some of our science tools available to use on the walk, too!
Blog Post
Celebrate Urban Birds 2016
by monkk
Join the Michigan Birdbrains – a group of youth and young adults who are blind or visually impaired who have learned to identify and enjoy our fabulous Michigan birds by sound, not by sight - on Saturday, May 14th from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm at Gallup Park Canoe Livery From the returning migratory birds to the wintering residents of the landscape we will join in celebration of the songs and sounds surrounding us in our urban habitat. All are welcome to join in the fun! If you are blind or visually impaired, this is a special treat, as the focus will be on what our birds sound like and not on what they look like!
Schedule of Events
9:00am- Registration
9:30am- Birding Hike
10:30am- Nests & Bird Word Game
11:15-12pm- BBQ Lunch
12pm- Canoe
1:30pm- Departure
Lectures & Panel Discussions
Perfect Pies & Tarts
Wednesday June 15, 2016: 7:00pm to
8:30pm
Downtown Library: Secret Lab
Grade 6 - Adult
Lectures & Panel Discussions
Fat, That’s Where It’s At
Tuesday May 24, 2016: 7:00pm to
8:30pm
Downtown Library: Secret Lab
Grade 6 - Adult
Blog Post
Won't You Come Along?
by hanxanth
The Night Parade is right outside your door, and it's telling you to follow!
At least, that's what it's telling Saki Yamamoto. In The Night Parade, debut novel by Kathryn Tanquary, Saki Yamamoto is forced to spend her summer vacation at her grandmother's old house to celebrate Obon, the festival of the dead. But Saki doesn't want to go to a mountain village where she can't get cell service to keep in touch with her friends in Tokyo. So, during the fireworks festival, she goes off with some of the local kids to play Kokkuri-san (which is like a oujia board) in the local graveyard. Unfortunately it turns out to be more than a game and a death curse is invoked, leaving Saki three nights to remove it. A fox, tengu, and tanuki show up over the next three nights and attempt to help Saki navigate the Hyakki Yagyo, or Night Parade, the yearly parade of yokai through the forest up to the old village shrine. If she can't remove the curse, Saki will have to say goodbye to her family and the world of the living forever. On her adventure, Saki has to learn about magic, the world of the unseen, unlikely friendships, and the value of tradition.
So won't you come along and join me in The Night Parade?
Blog Post
Safe Medication Disposal Event
by monkk
The University of Michigan College of Pharmacy & the Yellow Jugs and Old Drugs Program are presenting the Safe Medication Disposal Event on Tuesday, April 5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the South side of N. University Avenue, next to the Chemistry Building.
You can drive up or walk to the drop-off station to get rid of your expired or unused medicine.
Proper medication disposal for any expired or unused medications prevents dangerous exposure of drugs to the community and environment. Bring any unused medications for proper disposal, and learn more about safe medication disposal practices and locations.
Accepted Items:
Prescription & OTC medications
Medication Samples
Vitamins
Ointments & lotions
Inhalers
Antibiotics
Steroids
Veterinary medicine
Controlled medications
Unaccepted Items:
Sunscreen
Insect repellent
Cosmetics, hair care or personal hygiene products
Hydrogen peroxide or rubbing alcohol
Aerosol cans
Blood or infectious waste
Tobacco
For more information please visit www.greatlakescleanwater.org or call (989) 736-8179.