In this talk, Dr. Sarah Jonovich will highlight the rise in mental health concerns for adolescents in the United States over the past decade and include national survey results demonstrating increased rates of mental health concerns (e.g., anxiety, depression, and suicidal thoughts/behaviors), particularly for girls, LGBQ+, and some minority groups. Next, the she will briefly explore potential contributing factors and considerations for at-risk groups.

Join us for a talk by Detroit based artist and educator Ebitenyefa Baralaye whose work explores cultural, spiritual, and material translations of objects, text, and symbols interpreted through a diaspora lens and abstracted around the aesthetics of craft and design. He received a BFA in ceramics from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA in ceramics from the Cranbrook Academy of Art.

In this part of our BLM discussion series, we are highlighting books that explore how Black people move through the world. This discussion series celebrates Black authors and books, across genres, across time, and across the African diaspora.

This month, watch AADL staff and other community members for a discussion of Strange Fruit: Uncelebrated Narratives From Black History Volume 1 by Joel Christian Gill.

Each week, AADL staff members share recipes in a specific category – from “Unusual Veggies” to “Favorite Cookies” - whether tried and true or tried and failed. The recipes that are discussed in this episode are attached to this event page. Please join the conversation in the comments section! What are your favorite recipes from this week’s category?

Join the Washtenaw County Director of Elections Ed Golembiewski, Ann Arbor City Clerk Jacqueline Beaudry, and the League of Women Voters of Washtenaw County for this informative presentation about your voting rights for elections this November and in 2024. Learn about your early voting options, the permanent absentee ballot list, and how to become a poll worker.

This event is in partnership with the League of Women Voters and the Washtenaw County Clerk's Office.

Local Asian-American bakery owners Grace Han of Porch Bakery and Rachel Liu Martindale of Milk and Honey will lead a conversation and demonstration about Asian-American cooking and baking, touching on themes of process, community-building, and identity.

This event is presented as part of the 'We are here because you were there' exhibit at the A2AC Gallery, in co-sponsorship with the Michigan Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission.

The Gilded Age was defined by extremes of wealth and want, and those extremes played out dramatically in the ways Americans ate. For the elite, daily meals were extravagant and formal banquets became complicated rituals of luxury and intentional waste. While a wealthy minority feasted, many other Americans struggled to feed themselves, and hunger and misery were widespread among the rural poor and those in city slums.

Join host Joyce Hunter of the African American Cultural and Historical Museum and interviewees from Phase 10 of the Living Oral History Project. These interviews serve as a road map illustrating what local African Americans witnessed, experienced, and contributed to building the community we share today.  Watch a clip reel of interviews with Carol Allen, Alice Brennan-Key, Sandra Harris, Carl James Johnson, and Janie Lee Ross, followed by a meet and greet and refreshments.

Gather ‘round for an evening of informed and informal talks from a friendly neighborhood expert! We’ll have three speakers, each presenting on a different topic and sharing interesting facts that you never knew you never knew! Past Nerd Nite speakers have led deep dives into topics from the legacy of Louis Pasteur, to the origin of elements, to how a trumpet works, to a dissection of romance novel tropes. So bring a friend, grab a drink, and enjoy an evening among fellow nerds. Be there and be square!

Manitoga, located in Garrison, NY, is the former home and 75-acre woodland garden of American industrial designer Russel Wright and his wife Mary Einstein Wright. This tour, presented by executive director Allison Cross, will share how a creative and sensitive adaptive reuse of a modernist national historic landmark realized a long-time institutional goal to present the complete work of design and life-style visionaries Russel and Mary Wright to the public. This event is part of the International Museum of Dinnerware Design Unforgettable Dinnerware lecture series.