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?

In this lecture, Detroit-based historian Anthony Brogdon will focus on what he calls "Good Black History": the stories of Black business owners in the 1800s. Learn who they were and how they did it during this presentation and discussion.

Anthony Brogdon is producer of Business in the Black documentary which toured to over 40 US cities, Toronto, Canada and London, England, author of Black Business Book, and host of the podcast Strong Inspirations which is viewed internationally, and to date has featured over 500 guests.

Join us for a presentation by Liana Finck, New Yorker cartoonist, graphic novelist and children's book author, about her work.

Liana Finck is a cartoonist and an illustrator who has contributed to The New Yorker since 2015. She maintains a monthly advice-column comic called “Dear Pepper,” teaches at Barnard College, and regularly posts drawings to her Instagram account.

The library debuted our publishing imprint, Fifth Avenue Press, in 2017. With the release of nine new books in 2023, the press has now published 50 titles for all ages! If you are curious about Fifth Avenue Press and how it works, or if you're considering submitting a manuscript, join us to get answers to all of your questions! Authors published by the press will also be on hand to talk about the process from their perspective.

Join us for an after-hours performance by the band KILLER DILLER.

KILLER DILLER plays Supersonic SkaSteady. From Detroit. Loud and proud in a big band, traditional ska style with a few detours.

More and more often we hear the question “Could AI systems become conscious?” It’s a question of relevance to technologists and philosophers alike, and without a good understanding of “what’s consciousness”, many out there seem to fall prey to worrisome concerns about the future of AI. Join us for a conversation with AI and philosophy experts on the complexities of intelligence, the nature of consciousness, the role of theory of mind, and the implications on AI’s (and AGI’s) evolving landscape. 

Ann Arbor artist and resident Hannah Burr shares about how she came to archive the artwork of Janet Gallup, an artist who lived and worked in Ann Arbor a generation before her, and how this process relates to and affects decisions she makes about her own art process and practice.

Janet Gallup was an accomplished printmaker and Ann Arbor resident who died in her late 60s in 1991; Hannah Burr is a mixed media artist who came to Ann Arbor 26 years after Janet’s passing.

To achieve Ann Arbor's goal of carbon neutrality by 2030, we must rapidly electrify our homes, buildings, and transportation systems. Please join us for an evening of exploration and discussion around Ann Arbor’s strategy for widespread electrification in the first session of the 2024 Sustainability Series. Hear from staff of Ann Arbor’s Office of Sustainability, Elevate, and other partners about our collaborative work to make widespread electrification a reality in our community, as well as how we can support you taking the next steps in your own electrification journey.

Watch AADL staff and other community members in a book discussion with The Unerased Book Club.

This month, they'll discuss We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry.

Sheela Lal and Fatema Haque are co-facilitators of The Unerased Book Club, a project of Rising Voices of Asian American Families that reads, and builds community through, Asian American literature.

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?