Join us for the opening reception of Family Foundations: Four Stories of Black Washtenaw County Community Building, 1850 to 1950, on display from Saturday June 8, to Sunday July 28 in the Downtown Library 3rd floor exhibit space.

Families of AAPS students have an opportunity to see their artwork displayed in the lower-level Multi-Purpose Room, Youth Area, and the 3rd Floor Exhibit Space!

Meet artist Katherine Pfeffer Pross for a short talk on her exhibit: Patriarchal Rule and the Struggle for Change, on display March 2 - April 10 at the Downtown Library.

Following the talk, mingle with the artist, explore her exhibit, and ask questions. 

Fulgencio Lazo is a Zapotec/Mixtec painter and printmaker from Oaxaca, Mexico. For more than 23 years, Lazo has been working with museums, art centers and community groups to create “tapetes” or carpets of colored sand for Mexican Day of the Dead celebrations. These installations are collaboratively designed and installed with community members over the course of several days. This exhibit includes an ofrendas display with paper flowers. Visitors may add paper flowers to the display throughout the month of October. Supplies can be found on the third floor.

Century old traditions meet modern lifestyle and cutting-edge research - Ann Arbor’s sister city in the Southwest of Germany. Its old town, abound with frame houses, is now inhabited and enlivened by young university students from all over the world and shaped by dynamic opposites.

Join us as we honor AADL Trustees Jan Barney Newman and Ed Surovell for their 34 years of combined service to the Ann Arbor District Library and the community. 

This special evening includes remarks by Library Director Josie Parker and former AADL Trustees Prue Rosenthal and Fred Mayer; music by harpist Deborah Gabrion; and refreshments.

Join us for this annual Latino-focused family event and health fair!

This year’s Día de la Familia (Family Day) features entertainment, games, crafts, food, and face painting. Health information addressing mental, physical, and social issues in the Latino/a community will also be distributed.

This event takes place during National Hispanic Heritage Month and is a partnership with PALMA and the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center Community Outreach Program.

Eck Stanger, chief photographer for the Ann Arbor News for 40 years, landed the job because he was the only News employee able to read the German instructions for his secondhand Speed Graphic camera. Or so the legend goes. Over the course of his four decades as photographer - and the News’ sole photographer during its first 12 years--“one-shot Stanger,” as he came to be known--captured famous statesmen, princes, and presidents, as well as eminent artists, musicians, scientists, and athletes.

Join delegates from Japan's Shiga Prefecture, representatives from the State of Michigan, and AADL staff in celebration of the 50th anniversary of our sister-state relationship and the opening of the SYODO Japanese Calligraphy Exhibit on display at the Downtown AADL August 19 - October 13. Master calligrapher, Kozan Kanda, will provide a live demonstration creating a giant work of calligraphy from 3:30-4:30pm. Light refreshments will be served. 

Join us for a day of creativity and making! For a day of robotics, DIY Science, historical technologies and handicrafts, Arduinos, 3D printers, things that go boom! and things that move, HAM radio, electric bikes, student STEM and STEAM projects, demonstrations from community makers and hands-on activities from groups such as Maker Works, Brain Monkeys, All Hands Active and more! Free to attend!