The Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, the Original, is calling young artists from Washtenaw County in 3rd – 8th grades to submit their artwork to be juried for the 2014 Kids’ Art Fair (to be held at the Townie Street Party on the evening of Monday, July 14.

Drop-In Jury Sessions will take place at the Pittsfield Branch - You need to attend only one of these three sessions. Interested young artists should arrive with 4 – 6 samples of their original artwork and be prepared to show and discuss their art work with Jurors. Artists will have ample opportunity to show and discuss their art work with Jurors.

Sessions are:
• Sunday, April 27 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
• Wednesday, April 30 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
• Sunday, May 4 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

The Kids’ Art Fair is a unique opportunity for young artists to interact with the community and sell their original artwork at the Townie Street Party. In addition, this is a great chance for young artists to see the jury process at work and to interact with arts educators on a one-on-one basis. The young artists receive individual attention by the Jurors and the positive feedback is often very empowering.

Young artists invited to exhibit at the Kids’ Art Fair will be notified by email in mid-May. The selected artists will be able to sell their work under tents at the July 14th Townie Street Party, which takes place on E. Washington between Thayer and Fletcher and on Ingalls. Additional information may be found at attfair.org.

The Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, the Original, is calling young artists from Washtenaw County in 3rd – 8th grades to submit their artwork to be juried for the 2014 Kids’ Art Fair (to be held at the Townie Street Party on the evening of Monday, July 14.

Drop-In Jury Sessions will take place at the Pittsfield Branch - You need to attend only one of these three sessions. Interested young artists should arrive with 4 – 6 samples of their original artwork and be prepared to show and discuss their art work with Jurors. Artists will have ample opportunity to show and discuss their art work with Jurors.

Sessions are:
• Sunday, April 27 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
• Wednesday, April 30 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
• Sunday, May 4 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

The Kids’ Art Fair is a unique opportunity for young artists to interact with the community and sell their original artwork at the Townie Street Party. In addition, this is a great chance for young artists to see the jury process at work and to interact with arts educators on a one-on-one basis. The young artists receive individual attention by the Jurors and the positive feedback is often very empowering.

Young artists invited to exhibit at the Kids’ Art Fair will be notified by email in mid-May. The selected artists will be able to sell their work under tents at the July 14th Townie Street Party, which takes place on E. Washington between Thayer and Fletcher and on Ingalls. Additional information may be found at attfair.org.

The Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, the Original, is calling young artists from Washtenaw County in 3rd – 8th grades to submit their artwork to be juried for the 2014 Kids’ Art Fair (to be held at the Townie Street Party on the evening of Monday, July 14.

Drop-In Jury Sessions will take place at the Pittsfield Branch - You need to attend only one of these three sessions. Interested young artists should arrive with 4 – 6 samples of their original artwork and be prepared to show and discuss their art work with Jurors. Artists will have ample opportunity to show and discuss their art work with Jurors.

Sessions are:
• Sunday, April 27 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
• Wednesday, April 30 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
• Sunday, May 4 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

The Kids’ Art Fair is a unique opportunity for young artists to interact with the community and sell their original artwork at the Townie Street Party. In addition, this is a great chance for young artists to see the jury process at work and to interact with arts educators on a one-on-one basis. The young artists receive individual attention by the Jurors and the positive feedback is often very empowering.

Young artists invited to exhibit at the Kids’ Art Fair will be notified by email in mid-May. The selected artists will be able to sell their work under tents at the July 14th Townie Street Party, which takes place on E. Washington between Thayer and Fletcher and on Ingalls. Additional information may be found at attfair.org.

Congratulations on writing and submitting a story to the 3rd-5th Grade Short Story Challenge! Come to the Multipurpose Room at the Downtown branch to celebrate writing with your friends and family on Tuesday, June 3 at 7pm. Michigan children's author Lisa Wheeler will be there to talk about writing and present the awards. AADL will provide light refreshments and take pictures of the event. All writers will receive a certificate of participation and the top three winners from each grade will receive a prize! We hope to see you there!

This is your chance to test the EIGHT brand new virtual reality experiences developed at the October 11 HACKATHON and to cast your vote for the People's Choice Awards.

Celebrate the lost sleep and the hard work of the eight development teams at this Public Playtest and Awards event!

AADL presents an OCULUS RIFT HACKATHON in conjunction with the Ann Arbor Game Makers Meetup, All Hands Active, WolverineSoft, and U-M Libraries.

At this informational meeting, players will break up into eight competing development teams. Each team will be given a development kit to use over the weekend.

Program submissions must be turned in by the teams by 2 pm on Sunday, October 13 for the OCULUS RIFT HACKATHON PUBLIC PLAYTEST!

The dream of the 90's is alive! VIRTUAL REALITY IS HERE!

Celebrate Star Wars Reads Day!

Star Wars Reads Day returns in 2013 for fans of the Star Wars universe who want to celebrate with other fans and make stuff! All ages are encouraged to come in costume. There will be crafts for the youngest fans and meticulous papercraft for older kids and adults.

For older kids and adults we'll also have LEGO Star Wars stop-motion stations set up to make mini Star Wars movies of your own. Enter the mini videogame tournament to win prizes! You can celebrate Star Wars & capture your costume and your glee by getting your picture taken with friends, your family & with props and you'll get a free photo strip!"

Newly-published Y.A. novelist K.A. (Kelly) Barson visits AADL to announce the winners of the 2014 “It’s All Write” Teen Short Story Writing Contest and discuss the craft of writing – and her journey to become a first-time novelist. Her novel, 45 Pounds (More or Less) was released by Viking Juvenile (Penguin) this past July.

This event includes a reception – join us to meet Kelly and to celebrate the art of writing and this talented group of writers!

Kelly Barson is from Jackson, Michigan and holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. In her spare time, she teaches writing at Spring Arbor University.

The ‘It’s All Write’ teen short story contest is held annually by the Library. A total of $1,500 in prizes (funded by the Friends of the Ann Arbor District Library) will be distributed to the short story contest winners. This year, 358 students from this area as well as worldwide, participated in the contest – which the all-time submission record.

The dream of the 90's is alive! VIRTUAL REALITY IS HERE!

AADL in Conjunction with the Ann Arbor Game Makers Meetup, All Hands Active, WolverineSoft, and UM Libraries, will present an OCULUS RIFT HACKATHON in October – where players will complete in design projects using the brand new- just developed - Oculus Rift Virtual Reality (VR) Head-mounted Display (HMD)! Oculus Rift is being developed by Oculus VR and might be the biggest thing in gaming right now!!!

This is your chance to get a head start and experience the Oculus Rift Virtual Reality (VR) Head-mounted Display (HMD) before the Sunday, October 13 Oculus Rift Public Playtest & Awards at AADL.

It's the 8th Annual LEGO Contest, this year held at Kensington Court, 610 Hilton Blvd., near Briarwood Mall. Get complete rules and guidelines at aadl.org or any AADL location!

9 AM - 3 PM: Drop-off objects at Kensington Court
3-6 PM: Doors are closed for judging
6-8 PM: Doors are open to the public for viewing
8 - 8:30 PM: Awards Ceremony, with prizes in six categories: Preschool, Grades K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12 & Adult.

All projects must go home with their creators that night. Before you decide to enter be sure to read the complete rules and guidelines here.