Get in the winter mood with this delightful evening of jazz, as the Rob Crozier Trio plays a combination of winter-themed music and jazz standards.

The trio features some of the area’s best talent. Bassist, leader Rob Crozier has been working as a musician in the area for 15 years and holds a BFA in Jazz Studies from U-M. He is joined by the formidable drummer Pete Siers, and keyboardist Keaton Royer. The concert also features a special guest appearance by flutist/vocalist Kelly McDermott with rare seasonal songs from around the globe!

Join People Dancing, a local professional dance company, for Dancing Through Time! People Dancing artists will perform different styles and techniques of dance, starting from the 1800s and moving through time to the present day. This fun, interactive lecture/demonstration offers lots of opportunities for audience participation and a chance to get up and move!

Make a custom playground ball that can stand up to LOTS of kicking!

Whether the thought of participating in a marathon excites you or makes you cringe, there's no question that running 26.2 miles (or those ultramarathons of 50 or 100 miles) takes a lot of dedication and hard work. Good nutrition and diet are key components in any runner's training plan, and for some, that means a plant-based diet.

Vegan ultramarathoner and blogger Matt Frazier will be visiting AADL to discuss his new book No Meat Athlete: Run on Plants and Discover Your Fittest, Fastest, Happiest Self, as well as talk about his active, vegan lifestyle. Copies of the book will be for sale, and the event includes a book signing.

Matt Frazier started nomeatathlete.com in 2009, roughly the same time he transitioned to a vegetarian diet, and qualified for the Boston Marathon six months later. In 2010, he ran his first 50-mile ultramarathon, and has since run several other marathons and ultras, including the recent 100-mile Burning River Endurance Run in Ohio. He credits his success and good health to a plant-based diet.

This event is cosponsored by VegMichigan, a nonprofit organization promoting awareness of the health, environmental and ethical benefits of a plant-based diet. In conjunction with this event, local business Running Fit (at the corner of 4th Ave and E. Liberty) will be hosting group runs with Matt at 7:00 a.m. (for distances over 10 miles) and 7:30 a.m. (for distances under 10 miles). Anyone interested in running is invited to lace up and join them! A vegan breakfast will also be available at The Running Institute (connected next door to Running Fit) from 7:30-9:30 a.m.

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!

Based on the acclaimed book by ecologist and cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber, the 2010 award-winning documentary Living Downstream follows Sandra during one pivotal year as she travels across North America, working to break the silence about cancer and its environmental links.

After a routine cancer screening, Sandra Steingraber, receives a worrisome result. The film covers two journeys with Sandra: her private struggle with a possible cancer recurrence and her public quest to bring attention to the toxic chemicals in our environment.

We follow these invisible toxicants as they migrate to some of the most beautiful places in North America. We see how they enter our bodies and, once inside, how they may contribute to cancer formation. Experts in the fields of toxicology and cancer research talk about their own findings - findings that illuminate the significant connection between a healthy environment and human health.

A discussion will follow the screening of this 60 minute film, led by members of the Michigan Breast Cancer Coalition

Just one week ‘til FestiFools!

Create a spectacular robot costume for the big April 6 FestiFools event on Main Street!

You can take your creations home and return in costume to the Downtown AADL Youth Area by 3:40 PM on Sunday, April 6, to march in the robot invasion on Main Street. Everyone (parents, too!) who comes to march is highly encouraged to be in costume! The sillier the better!

This Latino-focused family event takes place during National Hispanic Heritage Month and features entertainment, games, crafts, food, and face painting! Health information addressing mental, physical, and social issues in the Latino community will be available.

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!"

Jump Up Devil - featuring Bruce Conforth, Anne Crawford, J.T. "Harmonica Buzz" Sunden, Michael Shimmin and Ben Rolston - are one of the newest blues/roots bands to come out of Michigan, yet they have almost 100 years of experience between them. As roots music historians (Bruce has a PhD in American Roots Music) they search deep into the catalog of obscure blues and make them their own: sometimes changing musical arrangements, sometimes writing new lyrics, and sometimes just playing the songs in a new way.

The band combines the rawness of deep country and delta blues and roots music with the more modern and urban sounds of boogie woogie and Tin Pan Alley. They are as home with a proto-blues folk song as they are hard-drivin’ electric blues. Their influences range from the folk songster stylings of musicians like Lead Belly; the great jug/string bands of the late ‘20s and 30s; the hard delta sounds of Charley Patton, Son House, and Robert Johnson; the great Piedmont/East Coast techniques of Rev. Gary Davis and Blind Blake; to the urban drive of pianists like Roosevelt Sykes and Meade Lux Lewis.

Temper this with their unique musical sensibilities that allow the possibility for anything to happen and you have the music and experience of Jump Up Devil!