Join us for a celebration of Taiwanese art and folk music!

AADL welcomes musicians from the Sisalgarden Urban-Rural Educational Development Association of Pingtung County, Taiwan, who will perform passages from the musical, The Chants of Motherland Sagas.

Following the performance, the audience will be treated to a lecture on the Yueqin instrument in folk music and a musical instrument demonstration.

Join us for a concert with singer-songwriter Mike Ward, joined by cellist Sara Gibson and singer-songwriter Annie Bacon.

Join local music teacher Momo Kajiwara for a program of music and motion!

Let your creativity blossom and help build Maker City from the ground up. Participants are invited to create a building with a variety of materials and add it to the gigantic Maker City map!

This event is part of the Ann Arbor Creativity and Making Expo. Find out more here.

Enjoy the music of the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra!

The concert will occur at 10:00am and again at 11:00am.

Enjoy the music of the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra!

The concert will occur at 10:00am and again at 11:00am.

Come to a dancing and storytelling event! After storytime, stay to make a craft and bring it home. All activities will be led in Mandarin.

Join Jacco Gelderloos for a presentation on the birds and other wildlife of Cuba’s easternmost province during two trips in June 2022 and February 2024. This remote and under-birded area is ecologically rich and hosts many of the island’s endemic species, as well as a wide range of migrants.

Join the Friends of the Ann Arbor District Library at for a spring bag sale! We provide the bags, you stuff them as full as you can with books, puzzles, and CDs for $5 per bag.

Join the Friends of the Ann Arbor District Library at for a spring bag sale! We provide the bags, you stuff them as full as you can with books, puzzles, and CDs for $5 per bag.

Graphic novelist Nate Powell will discuss his new books, FALL THROUGH and LIES MY TEACHER TOLD ME: A GRAPHIC ADAPTATION, highlighting different creative approaches to fiction and nonfiction.

We’ve all heard about ChatGPT and DALL-E -- along with many other AI tools, they are already in use by writers and designers alike to streamline workflows, spark inspiration, and push creative boundaries. How does AI redefine the traditional boundaries of creativity in various domains such as art, music, literature, and design? Can AI truly be considered a creative entity, or does it merely mimic human creativity? And how can AI and human creatives collaborate effectively to enhance the creative process and produce innovative outcomes?

Artists Alley features over 40 working artists and writers from the worlds of print, web comics, and animation, who'll display their work–with material for sale, the occasional free giveaway, and codes for AADL’s Summer Game. They’ll all be eager to talk comics with fans of any age!

This event is part of A2CAF, an annual all-ages Comic Arts Festival!

Artists Alley features over 40 working artists and writers from the worlds of print, web comics, and animation, who'll display their work–with material for sale, the occasional free giveaway, and codes for AADL’s Summer Game. They’ll all be eager to talk comics with fans of any age!

This event is part of A2CAF, an annual all-ages Comic Arts Festival!

Join us for a demonstration and talk by artist Nobuko Yamasaki. Nobuko learned woodblock printing as a student at Seika University in Kyoto, Japan. After graduation, she studied with Richard Steiner, a noted woodblock print artist and teacher, in his Kyoto studio. Mokuhanga is a traditional Japanese technique for woodblock printing. It is best known for the ukiyo-e style prints popular in Japan during the Edo period (1603–1868).

Join us for a demonstration on making and decorating nerikiri representing the four seasons by Toshiko Sugii Steffes. Wagashi are traditional Japanese confections originally made to be served at tea ceremonies. They are considered a visual and culinary art form and are often enjoyed during special occasions or seasonal transitions. Nerikiri is a type of Wagashi that is created using white butter beans, sugar, mochi, and food coloring.  

This demonstration will happen twice, first at 2:00pm then again at 6:00pm.

Join us for a demonstration on making and decorating nerikiri representing the four seasons by Toshiko Sugii Steffes. Wagashi are traditional Japanese confections originally made to be served at tea ceremonies. They are considered a visual and culinary art form and are often enjoyed during special occasions or seasonal transitions. Nerikiri is a type of Wagashi that is created using white butter beans, sugar, mochi, and food coloring. 

This demonstration will happen twice, first at 2:00pm then again at 6:00pm.

Kimono is the national dress of Japan and can be traced back in their history for 1000s of years to the Heian period. Kimono have a distinct style, fabrics and construction and are worn in a very particular way. Representatives from the Japanese Society of Detroit's Women's Club will demonstrate how to wear a Kimono and you will get a chance to see some beautiful examples up close! 

Join us for a Japanese Festival with SAKURA Japanese Instrumental Group. The performing artists, hailing from hometowns in both Japan and the Midwest USA, come together to share the soundscapes of traditional music as expressed through the compositions of their mutual mentor Yamada Mizue from Kanazawa, Japan, some pieces from the Kodo One World collection as well as traditional folk music pieces.

Local music teacher Momo Kajiwara will lead us in song, movement, and storytelling in Japanese!