The Washtenaw Housing Alliance cosponsors this screening of the 2016 film, "TINY: The Life of Erin Blackwell," as part of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. (November 12th–November 20th, 2016). The film screening will be followed by a panel discussion and Q + A with members of local human service providers who work to end youth and adult homelessness in Washtenaw County.

The documentary provides an unflinching depiction of intergenerational poverty and the long-lasting impact of homelessness and addiction. The 87-minute film is not rated.

In 1984, director Martin Bell and acclaimed documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark spent over a year documenting the lives of homeless children living on the streets of Seattle. The film and photographic exhibition that they created during this time–both titled "Streetwise"–portrayed the challenges faced by homeless youth. The documentary film was nominated for an Academy Award.

Mary Ellen and Martin continued filming on and off with one of the film’s characters, Erin (a.k.a. Tiny), for the next 32 years, as Erin battled drug addiction and became a mother to 10 children, half of whom ended up in the foster care system. The filmmakers weave together thirty years of at times devastating footage, including never-before-seen sequences from the filming of "Streetwise," to intimately chronicle Erin Blackwell's complex story

Learn about the rich history of American Tap Dance as dance educators and tap dance experts Susan Filipiak and Jenny Herzog explore the history of tap dance with video clips of the great tap dancers from Hollywood, Broadway, Vaudeville, nightclubs, television, and the concert stage, as well as a live demonstration/performance.

This event, cosponsored by the University Musical Society, is held in conjunction with the upcoming UMS presentation of the modern tap dance company Dorrance Dance on October 20 & 21 at Ann Arbor's Power Center.

Tap Dance, a true American art form, bubbled up in the melting pot of America. The people coming to this country from Africa and from Europe observed and absorbed one another's cultures, blending their music and dance over 400 years of American social history.

The history of tap dance parallels the history of America, touching deep issues of slavery, immigration, urbanization, and modernization. Tap dancing threads its way through American cultural and artistic history as well. Tap dance is both music and dance—tap dancers move to music and at the same time make music with their feet.

Susan Filipiak celebrates her 35rd year as a dance teacher and her 58th year as a life-long dancer. She has focused on the vernacular dance styles of tap, jazz, ballroom, and swing dance. Her tap dance mentors include Brenda Bufalino, Dianne Walker, Barbara Duffy, Heather Cornell, and a host of tap dance legends: Buster Brown, Eddie Brown, Honi Coles, Cholly Atkins, Leon Collins, Steve Condos, LaVaughn Robinson, Lloyd Storey, and Gregory Hines. Her jazz dance mentors include Billy Siegenfeld, Ed Kresley and legends Cholly Atkins and Frankie Manning. Susan now teaches tap dance at the Ann Arbor YMCA. Find her at Swing City Dance

Jenny Herzog is a singer and tap dancer, who recently graduated with her Masters of Music from New England Conservatory in Boston. Jenny directs, sings, and taps in Three Blind Mice, a jazz trio in the greater Boston area. She studied tap dance with Susan Filipiak , Brenda Bufalino, Barbara Duffy, Lynn Schwab, and Heather Cornell. Jenny's mission is to integrate tap dance back into its original form as a jazz vernacular, and to experiment with different ways of combining voice with tap dance. Find her at jennyherzog.com

The award-winning film Brasslands is now available to AADL cardholders for online streaming at aadl.org. Celebrate with us as we present a public screening of the film and an afternoon of Balkan Brass Band Music.

• At 1:00 pm, Rhyta Musik, Michigan’s premier Balkan Brass Band will entertain with a concert of original compositions and Eastern European folk melodies that fuse cultural traditions and modern sensibilities. The ensemble consists of bass drum (tapan), snare, trumpet, trombone, saxophone, vocals, and a lead line dancer. Rhyta Musik performs often throughout Michigan and spreads its love of culture and diversity.

• At 2:00 pm, AADL will hold a special screening of "Brasslands," the 2013 documentary that explores the recent explosive popularity of Balkan brass music through the stories of three musicians whose lives revolve around playing the music for very different reasons: a Serbian trumpet master, a virtuosic Roma street musician, and a dedicated American who isn’t from the Balkans but has been playing this music in New York for the last 30 years. Their stories all converge at the 50th anniversary of the world’s biggest trumpet competition in a hidden valley in Serbia.

"Brasslands" offers an intimate and sometimes unsettling portrait of how the hopes and fears of this diverse group of characters collide in their search for common ground and musical ecstasy.

The statistics are staggering. One in five women in college are sexually assaulted, yet only a fraction of these crimes are reported, and even fewer result in punishment for the perpetrators. From the intrepid team behind the Oscar nominated film The Invisible War comes The Hunting Ground, a piercing 2015 documentary and a monumental exposé of rape culture on campuses, poised to light a fire under a national debate.

In a tour de force of verité footage, expert insights, and first-person testimonies, the film follows undergraduate rape survivors pursuing both their education and justice, despite ongoing harassment and the devastating toll on them and their families.

Scrutinizing the gamut of elite Ivies, state universities, and small colleges, filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering reveal an endemic system of institutional cover-ups, rationalizations, victim-blaming, and denial that creates perfect storm conditions for predators to prey with impunity.

Meanwhile, the film captures mavericks Andrea Pino and Annie Clark, survivors who are taking matters into their own hands—ingeniously employing Title IX legal strategy to fight back and sharing their knowledge among a growing, unstoppable network of young women who will no longer be silent.

A screening of the 45-minute version of the film will be followed by a community discussion led by the U-M Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center and U-M Community Scholars Program, cosponsors of this event. The Hunting Ground is rated PG-13.

Paul Saginaw, Co-founder of Zingerman's, will screen "Deli Man", the much-praised 2015 documentary about the history of delicatessens in the United States, and discuss the film, his experiences at Zingerman's and, of course, pastrami.

Produced and directed by Erik Greenberg Anjou, "Deli Man" is the third work in his trilogy about Jewish culture. The 92-minute film is rated PG-13.

For some, delicatessen food is close to a religious experience. Recipes and culinary garnishes from Hungary, Poland, Russia, and Romania flowed into late 19th and early 20th century America and soon became part of modern American culinary and cultural vernacular: deli.

The principal guide of "Deli Man" is the effusive and charming Ziggy Gruber, a third-generation delicatessen man, owner, and maven (as well as a Yiddish-speaking French trained chef) who currently operates one of the country’s top delis, Kenny and Ziggy’s in Houston.

Of course the story of deli isn’t Ziggy’s alone. It’s the history, anecdotes, and humor that once made one’s local delicatessen the virtual epicenter not only of food, but of family, laughter, and community. "Deli Man" visited meccas like the Carnegie, Katz’s, 2nd Avenue Deli, Nate ‘n Al, and Langer’s, and interviewed some of the great mavens, comedians, and connoisseurs of deli, including Jerry Stiller, Alan Dershowitz, Freddie Klein, Dennis Howard, Jay Parker (Ben’s Best), Fyvush Finkel, and Larry King.

The documentary has also toured some of the new shining lights in the deli biz, including Wise Sons in San Francisco and Caplansky’s in Toronto.

The event is cosponsored by The Culinary Historians of Ann Arbor (CHAA), which was founded in 1983 by Jan Longone and friends and is an organization of scholars, cooks, food writers, nutritionists, collectors, students, and others interested in the study of culinary history and gastronomy.

Come test your movie knowledge! Join us for Indiana Jones Trivia during the screening of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade at Top of the Park!

Presented by AADL and the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, this is the last event in Pulp Movie Trivia @ TOP.

Come test your movie knowledge! Join us for Labyrinth and Jim Henson Trivia during the screening of Labyrinth at Top of the Park!

Presented by AADL and the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, this is the second event in Nerd Nite Trivia @ TOP, a series of movie trivia at Top of the Park.

Come test your movie knowledge! Join us for John Hughes Trivia during the screening of Ferris Bueller's Day Off at Top of the Park! Presented by AADL and the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, this is the first of three Pulp Movie Trivia Nights @ TOP.

Join us for a special screening of the 2016 documentary "Land Grab," the story of an eccentric finance mogul's dream to create the world's largest urban farm in his hometown of Detroit.

"Land Grab" documents the fascinating story of John Hantz’s dream and the political firestorm he unintentionally ignited by announcing that he would spend $30 million of his own fortune to build this farm in one of the most economically devastated neighborhoods of the bankrupt Motor City.

The screening will be followed by a discussion led by Mike Score, project manager of Hantz Farms, the subject of this 76-minute film.

Find out more about this fascinating man and his ambitious project for the improvement and beautification of Detroit

Join AADL and the African American Cultural & Historical Museum of Washtenaw County for this premiere of Phase III of their Living Oral History Project. The African American Cultural & Historical Museum of Washtenaw County began this project in March 2013 in collaboration with AADL. This third phase was filmed in 2015.

Four individuals were identified to initiate the project by participating in a series of interviews that were professionally filmed and edited. These interviews serve as a roadmap to what African Americans witnessed, experienced, shared, and contributed in building the community we see today. Those interviewed for the third phase include James Anderson, Sr., Shirley Beckley,
Robert Fletcher, and Evelyn Payne.

The individuals selected represent a broad section in gender, education, faith, and socioeconomics. Areas of community concern such as race, gender and education equality, faith, housing, employment, community building activities, and infrastructure were presented and discussed. These topics provide a spectrum that is relevant to current issues and concerns within Washtenaw County today and into the future.

This premiere of this third phase of the Living Oral History Project will include a short program and an opportunity to speak with those interviewed. Light refreshments will also be served.

The African American Cultural and Historical Museum takes pride in producing and sponsoring quality interactive programs that create a cultural and historical legacy. The AACHM provides Underground Railroad tours, programs that focus on the Arts, exhibits, and community presentations/discussions. An important aspect of AACHM has been its ability to partner and collaborate with other institutions in promoting and developing and appreciation for the African American experience. The Living Oral History Project continues this heritage through partnerships with the Ann Arbor District Library.