For the last 4 years, crowds have gathered each month in the early evening in bars and venues around Ann Arbor. Around 7 pm, it begins: three boisterous speakers geek out up front. What is this? Some secret club? Nope! It's Nerd Nite Ann Arbor! And it's open to anyone and everyone who loves to learn or share what they love.

Authors Rhys Bowen and Susan Elia MacNeal visit the Library to discuss their best-selling historical mystery series' and their latest books: Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding (A Royal Spyness novel) and The Prisoner in the Castle (A Maggie Hope novel).  The authors will be interviewed by

We are SWITCHing things up.

It's a Mario Kart 8 Tourney for kids, teens, and adults! Bring the family for an afternoon of fun!

We are SWITCHing things up.

It's a Mario Kart 8 Tourney for kids, teens, and adults! Bring the family for an afternoon of fun!

Back by popular demand, this classic edition features updated sprites and more characters than you can hadoken at. SONIC BOOM!

In conjunction with the Gardening & DIY Fest, get hands-on in the Secret Lab and learn how to live a more DIY life!

Learn how to:
- Make your own button using our designs or your own
- Make a mason bee house
- Plant a succulent
- Watch a screen printing demo from Modati Studios

When you're done head upstairs for the rest of the Fest!

Local beekeeper Rebecca Schumacher will teach you the basics of bees, from what goes on in the hive to the basics of caring for bees. You'll learn about the beehive, how beekeepers harvest honey, and get a chance to look at some beekeeping equipment. The presentation will wrap up with a honey tasting, so be sure to stop by this sweet event.

Come draw with us! We'll provide everything you need to practice your drawing skills. Every week we’ll cover a different topic. You’ll learn different techniques to tackle texture, chiaroscuro, and perspective, plus improve your sense of composition, lighting, and form. You'll get the chance to try out different media like pencil, charcoal, and pastel. All skill levels are welcome to participate.

Room Change: This event is now in the Secret Lab.

Come draw with us! We'll provide everything you need to practice your drawing skills. Every week we’ll cover a different topic. You’ll learn different techniques to tackle texture, chiaroscuro, and perspective, plus improve your sense of composition, lighting, and form. You'll get the chance to try out different media like pencil, charcoal, and pastel. All skill levels are welcome to participate.

Drew Lathin from Sustainable Landscapes, LLC talks about native plants in urban and suburban landscapes. Native plants can withstand sub-zero temperatures, summer heat, drought, and insect predation, all without supplemental water, fertilizers or sprays. In addition, native plants have co-evolved relationships with our native insects, and together form the foundation of the food chain that supports butterflies, bees, birds and predators.