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A Look @ SUPERHEROES with Jeff Kass and Curtis Sullivan
by Bertha
Celebrate Teen Read Week and its theme "Picture It @ Your Library." Join us to picture, discuss, and write about Superheroes with Jeff Kass, local teacher, performance poet and author of Knuckleheads. Joining Jeff is Curtis Sullivan, owner of Ann Arbor's nationally-recognized comic book store, Vault of Midnight. Special guests Ray McDaniel and Van Jordan, renowned poets from the University of Michigan faculty, will also contribute to the discussion of Superheroes.
Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 22 | 2-3:30 pm | Downtown Library Multi-Purpose Room | Grades 6-Adult
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Author Jennifer Allison Comes to Ann Arbor!
by kidlit
It's always very exciting when authors come to town. I love hearing about where they got the idea for their characters and how they keep coming up with new adventures for those characters.
Jennifer Allison, author of the Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator series, will be at the Downtown Library on Thursday, October 13, 2011 from 7 - 8 p.m. Books will be on sale at the event. Grade 4 - Adult.
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No Tutoring Sessions on Sunday 10/16 or Monday 10/17
by schoenbaechlere
Due to U of M's fall study break, tutoring sessions will not be held on Sunday, October 16 or Monday, October 17. Tutoring will resume on Wednesday, October 18 at 4:00 with Circle K. Please read on for more details about homework help at AADL.
Looking for help with your homework? Look no further than AADL’s Downtown Library. The University of Michigan Chapter of Circle K is once again providing tutoring for students in grades K-12. Stop by the Youth Department Story Corner Mondays and Wednesdays between 4:00 and 8:00 pm to take advantage of this great service!
If you would like homework help over the weekend, U of M’s Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Delta will again be providing tutoring at the Downtown branch. They will be joined by the U of M group, Operation: Educate Children. Sessions will take place each week from 3:00 - 5:00 pm.
AADL also provides access to Brainfuse, an online tutoring service. Live tutors are available from 2:00 -11:00 pm every day!
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The Buzz on Dietary Supplements
by iralax
UM Clinical Pharmacist Tami Remington will speak and answer questions on Oct. 19 about the pros and cons of taking dietary supplements to maintain and improve health. We often get very different opinions on this from medical doctors and practitioners of alternative medicine. Tami will help us navigate through these divergent perspectives to help you make better decisions for yourself and your family. This program is cosponsored by UM Geriatrics Center.
Tami Remington, PharmD -- Wed., October 19, 7-8:30 pm -- Downtown Library
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Take Part in Art – Texture
by StoryLaura
Smooth, bumpy, gritty, soft – it’s all superficial! Texture can play a great part in art, from paintings by Vincent Van Gogh to sculptures by David Smith, to the surface of new and old buildings on our very own campus. Join us at the Downtown Youth Department Art Table to make rubbings with crayons and drawings on mini-chalkboards. Feel the texture!
The Ann Arbor Art Center offers wonderful pottery classes where you can get messy and dive your hands into cool clay. You can also check out the Chinese Woodblock Prints at UMMA. For one of the best reminders of the importance of texture, just walk up to your favorite tree and run your hands over the bark. Natural art!
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Homework Help at AADL
by schoenbaechlere
Looking for help with your homework? Look no further than AADL’s Downtown Library. The University of Michigan Chapter of Circle K is once again providing tutoring for students in grades K-12. Stop by the Youth Department Story Corner Mondays and Wednesdays between 4:00 and 8:00 pm to take advantage of this great service!
If you would like homework help over the weekend, U of M’s Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Delta will again be providing tutoring at the Downtown branch. They will be joined by the U of M group, Operation: Educate Children. Sessions will take place each week on Sundays from 3:00 - 5:00 pm.
AADL also provides access to Brainfuse, an online tutoring service. Live tutors are available from 2:00 -11:00 pm every day!
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Just Because I Am
by Beth Manuel
Join us Monday October 3rd from 7:00-8:30 PM to see this moving documentary. The film follows a group of LGBT Windsor teens and young adults for a six-month period as they prepare their performance of Waking Up Blue, an original play that shares many of their own true experiences. The film takes the viewer through the journey of this youth group, led by an enthusiastic mentor, who gives a response to homophobia by creating a performance on love, respect and tolerance. While experiencing the transformative energy of art and the empowering effects of self-affirmation, these youngsters also face aggravating homophobic reactions unleashed by their collective coming out in this traditionally conservative border city. Artists/Filmmakers Gabrielle Pescador and Juan Javier Pescador will be on hand to lead a discussion following the screening of their 60-minute film. "Just Because I Am" is not rated.
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Behind the Scenes of Web Communities Panel led by Jessamyn West
by andrewjmac
Ever wonder what goes on behind the websites you visit? How does an open forum work, and how much work does it take to keep it moving in the right direction? Join us for a look Behind the Scenes of Web Communities on Sunday, October 9 at 4:30pm in the Downtown Library Multi-Purpose Room. We'll be taking a look at a variety of sites that run on user contributions from the people who keep an eye on those contributions: Jessamyn West, community manager for Ask MetaFilter; Rob Malda, aka CmdrTaco, founder and recently-resigned editor-in-chief of Slashdot; Cliff Lampe, Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan's School of Information, and Andrew MacLaren, productions librarian and moderator for AADL's recently concluded Summer Game.
Behind the Scenes of Web Communities -- Sunday, October 9 -- 4:30pm -- Downtown Library Multi-Purpose Room
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Matt Feazell: Comics to Screenplay
by anned
Hamtramck Cartoonist Matt Feazell will be at the Downtown Library on Friday, September 30 from 7:00-8:30 pm to talk about how he turned his comic strip into a movie. Join us for a chance to speak to the artist AND a sneak peek of clips from the movie: The Amazing Cynicalman. Feazell has been creating comics since the Carter administration. He was a regular contributor to Disney Adventures magazine (before the magazine was discontinued in 2007) and appears as a character in Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics.
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Save This Date!
by kidlit
On Friday, November 11, 2011 author/illustrator Jan Brett will be visiting Ann Arbor and stopping at The Library for a program from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. She is touring to promote her new book, Home for Christmas. This title will be released on November 1st.
Ms. Brett tours with a big bus decorated with her drawings. The bus will park beside the Library on William St. She'll do a short program in our Multi-Purpose Room and then she'll meet with her fans and sign books. Nicola's Books will be selling Ms. Brett's books that evening.
There will also be the opportunity for kids to have their picture taken with Ms. Brett's character Hedgie the Hedgehog.