Bring your favorite scarves, wear your favorite denim looks, and join Lauren Friedman, author of the breakout hit 50 Ways to Wear a Scarf and her newest title, 50 Ways to Wear Denim, as she demonstrates her favorite ways to utilize your wardrobe MVPs when getting dressed for fall!

Following the program, there will be a book signing and books will be for sale.

Lauren Friedman is an illustrator, artist, and stylist. In addition to her books, she is the creator of the blog My Closet in Sketches. Originally from Ann Arbor, MI, she currently lives in Washington, D.C.

Discover fascinating Ann Arbor facts when authors Susan Wineberg and Patrick McCauley discuss their book Historic Ann Arbor: An Architectural Guide. The book describes over 350 buildings in Ann Arbor, including 40 University of Michigan buildings. Style sections describe those of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries including Mid-Century Modern. Superb examples of this style can be found in many parts of Ann Arbor.

Susan Wineberg has served as President of the Washtenaw County Historical Society (1994-1999), on the Historic District Commission (HDC) three times, as Chair of the Awards Committee of the HDC for 20 years, on numerous committees including the Downtown, Landmark, Individual Historic Properties, Lower Town, Old Fourth Ward, and Germantown Historic District Study Committees. She has written extensively on Ann Arbor and published Lost Ann Arbor in 2004, in addition to the second edition of Historic Buildings, Ann Arbor in 1992.

Patrick McCauley has volunteered at both the Kempf House Museum and Cobblestone Farm Museum, and served as Chair of the Fourth and Fifth Ave. Historic District Study Committee. He currently serves on the Ann Arbor Historic District Commission, having held the positions of Chair and Vice Chair, and also on the board of the Ann Arbor Historical Foundation. He has also bought and restored three neglected historic homes in Ann Arbor since 2001, winning a Rehabilitation Award from the Ann Arbor Historic District Commission (HDC) in 2009 for his efforts.

This event includes a booksigning and books will be for sale.

Join us for day 2 as AADL hosts the 8th annual comics festival (formerly known as Kids Read Comics) – The Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival (A2CAF) will feature over 40 of your favorite authors, including Cece Bell (El Deafo), Tom Angleberger (Origami Yoda), Kazu Kibuishi (Amulet), Rafael Rosado (Dragons Beware!), Nathan Hale (Hazardous Tales), Ben Hatke (Zita the Space Girl), Ruth McNally Barshaw (Ellie McDoodle), and more!

Kids, teens, and adults can participate in over 25 awesome cartooning workshops and creative games. Kids can also vote in the fourth annual Kids’ Comics Awards, the only comics awards chosen by kids. The winners will be announced during a ceremony at AADL featuring puppets, super villains, and more!

Take a look at the history of the People's Food Co-Op from its humble beginnings on a sidewalk on State Street to a multimillion dollar cooperative store and café.

Patti Smith is the author of A History of Ann Arbor's People's Food Co-op, a new book rich with pictures, stories, anecdotes, and a comprehensive timeline. She will share her experiences in writing the book, as well as the history of the Co-op.

Patti is a special education teacher and writer who lives in Ann Arbor. She is very involved with her community, participating in the storytellers' guild, the public art commission, A2 Geeks, the Rec & Ed Commission, and the local film festival.

Delicious food samples will also be available!

Come join us in a Birthday Celebration for children's author Roald Dahl!

We'll have scrumdiddlyumptious treats, jumpsquiffling crafts, and overall general gloriumptious fun!

The Neutral Zone and Ann Arbor State Bank have partnered to select the first ever Ann Arbor Youth Poet Laureate this year!

Five finalists will read tonight and the 2016 Ann Arbor Youth Poet Laureate will be selected. The winner will receive a contract to have a debut collection of poems published by Penmanship Books in New York.

Join us for an excellent evening of poetry as we establish a new tradition for Ann Arbor's young writers!

Applying to college? This event is for you:

AADL's 10th annual College Night with the co-authors of Solving the College Admissions Puzzle: A Guide for Students and Families About College Selection, Essay Writing, and High-Stakes Testing. Learn how to reduce your stress and increase your chances for success from the three experts of collegeadmissionsadvisors.com.

Community High's college prep counselor John Boshoven, M.A., M.S.W. will help you understand how to find the college that fits; Essay Coaching founder Debbie Merion, M.S.W, M.F.A. explains how to write a winning college application essay, and Managing Your Mind principal Geri Markel Ph.D. will provide tips about how to score your highest on tests such as the ACT and SAT, all to be followed by Q and A. Books will be for sale.

The award-winning novel The Book Of Unknown Americans: A Novel by Cristina Henriquez is the book selected for Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Reads 2016. The community is invited to read and discuss this stunning novel of hopes and dreams, guilt and love—a book that offers a resonant new definition of what it means to be American.

The author, Cristina Henriquez, will make a special appearance at Washtenaw Community College on Tuesday, February 23 to discuss “The Book Of Unknown Americans.” Doors will open at 6 PM. The event includes a book signing and books will be for sale courtesy of Nicola's Books.

Henríquez is also the author of the story collection Come Together, Fall Apart, which was a New York Times Editors’ Choice selection, and the novel The World in Half. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The American Scholar, Glimmer Train, Virginia Quarterly Review, Ploughshares, TriQuarterly, AGNI, and Oxford American, as well as in various anthologies.

The Book Of Unknown Americans centers on fifteen-year-old Maribel Rivera, who sustains a terrible injury. Her family leaves behind a comfortable life in Mexico and risks everything to come to the United States so that Maribel can have the care she needs. Once they arrive, it’s not long before Maribel attracts the attention of Mayor Toro, the son of one of their new neighbors, who sees a kindred spirit in this beautiful, damaged outsider. Their love story sets in motion events that will have profound repercussions for everyone involved.

Henríquez seamlessly interweaves the story of these star-crossed lovers, and of the Rivera and Toro families, with the testimonials of men and women who have come to the United States from all over Latin America.

Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Reads is coordinated by several area organizations, including the Ann Arbor District Library, the Ypsilanti District Library, Washtenaw Intermediate School District, Nicola’s Books, Barnes & Noble, Literati Bookstore, Eastern Michigan University, the University of Michigan, Washtenaw Community College, and many others.

For more information and resources related to Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Reads, please visit the program's website at aareads.org

Photo credit(at left): Michael Lionstar

Writing a book involves two distinct activities: drafting and editing. But when is the right time to do each one? Should you finish a complete draft before revising, or edit as you go? In this workshop, authors Alex Kourvo and Bethany Neal will show you the best way to get a rough draft done, the easy way to edit it, and how to get out of your own way to get that book finished.

This is part of the monthly Emerging Writer’s Workshops, which offer support, learning, and advice for local authors. Each month, two weeks after the workshop (this month on Thursday, November 17 at 7 p.m.), there is Meet-Up where the instructors will read samples of your work and offer advice and assistance in a casual, supportive atmosphere. Do you have a completed manuscript? Bring your work to one of the Meet-Ups to be considered for the library’s new imprint, Fifth Avenue Press.

We read stories to find out what happens next, but we also read for the deep meaning that only written fiction can provide. In this workshop, authors Alex Kourvo and Bethany Neal will show you why theme matters, what subtext and symbolism can do for your story, and why character change is a vital part of making novels work.

This is part of the monthly Emerging Writer’s Workshops, which offer support, learning, and advice for local authors. Each month, two weeks after the workshop, there is a Meet-up where the instructors will read samples of your work and offer advice and assistance in a casual, supportive atmosphere.

Do you have a completed manuscript? Bring your work to one of the Meet-ups to be in consideration for the library’s new imprint Fifth Avenue Press.