Yesterday we premiered A RIPPLE IN ANN ARBOR, a 50-minute documentary about Ann Arbor's DNA Dragnet of the 90s, when hundreds of Black Men were profiled and accused of serial rape. It's now available to stream online at aadl.org/arippleinann... . Read on for thanks and acknowledgements!

Washtenaw Area Pick Up Robotics returns! Come see local High School FIRST Robotics Championship teams play a fast, fun game with large robots, including crafts for kids and chances to meet the teams. Saturday, December 6 at 2 PM at 265 Parkland Plaza. ⚙️ aadl.org/wapur

THIS WEEKEND: Printmaking Festival and A2 Community Bookfest at the Downtown Library! Meet local artists, makers, and authors, and experience hands-on fun for all ages! Double the festival fun and join us November 8-9! → aadl.org/printfest → aadl.org/bookfest

@aadl.org’s Fifth Avenue Press imprint is launching 5 new publications by local authors during a Sun., Nov. 9, book-release reception at 1 pm in the Downtown location as part of the A2 Community Bookfest. Check out our interviews with the authors (thread below). pulp.aadl.org/node/662362

Collections department pumpkin coming in hot!

Stugo is my favorite new cartoon to come along in years. So of course I knew who AADL deputy director Sherlonya and I would be for Halloween: Mad Scientist Dr. Lullah and her loyal mutant dog henchman Mr. Okay. Thanks to @gillizama.bsky.social @wolfhard.bsky.social and crew for such a great show!

Akako G. Shins posing for a tintype portrait at Dead Media Day, just another day @aadl.org!

It’s gonna be a fun day at the Downtown Library! Join us for Dead Media Day from 11-3 Sunday and enjoy the vintage arcade. No tokens required!

We have a packed weekend planned @aadl.org! SATURDAY: Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival Small & Indie Press edition, 11 AM - 5 PM Downtown SUNDAY: Dead Media Day, 11 AM - 3 PM Downtown; 16mm films, tin types, arcade games &c. Plus the Friends' Fall Bag Sale at 265 Parkland Plaza, Sat 10 AM - 2 PM!

Alive and Well: @aadl.org's Dead Media Day celebrates the past in the digital age. The 10/12 event pays homage to retro media, entertainment, and ephemera. To get in the spirit of it, Pulp writer Lori Stratton shares five pieces of dead media from her personal collection. pulp.aadl.org/node/647911

It was so fun to give a Nerd Night talk this past June, and now it looks like I might get to do another one! Researchers, clinicians, and other Ann Arbor based nerds in my orbit, consider proposing a talk!

“Libraries deliver the freedom that games promise.” Love it, so true! Thanks for talking about The Summer Game!

If you’re a Hitch fan, (or even if not!) this long-running deep dive into every episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents by @aadl.org’s own Al Sjoerdsma is a top tier listen. Loaded with media clips, source material, and exploring everything else each player in the episode appeared in. A+ podcasting!

We are thrilled to announce that @aadl.org plans to acquire the Ann Arbor Observer! Public ownership of local news media is more important than ever, and this acquisition builds on years of partnership and archival work to ensure the future of this priceless community asset. aadl.org/node/647334

Hey UM people of Bluesky! This is an amazing archival survey of past, big-name concerts at Crisler Arena complete with photos from the Ann Arbor News and quotes from reviews in the Michigan Daily A perfect piece to get you thinking about this weekend's Zach Bryan/John Mayer show at the Big House

AADL was excited to sponsor Main Street Area Ann Arbor's first-ever Street Art Encounter and present the AADL Awesome Art Award to DeVaughn Collins for his Dune-inspired Afrofuturist piece! View more photos from the event: https://bit.ly/3KmHkdE

⚠️ Due to a sewage emergency, the Downtown Library will be closed until further notice (Thursday, Sept. 25). We hope to reopen as soon as we can and apologize for any inconvenience.

Here are some photos from my visits to Gangdong Libraries. I was invited to read a story to kids at the opening of the new Gangdong Central Library, so I read Chico Chews a Tale, from AADL's own Fifth Avenue Press!

Today Mayor Lee Soo-Hee of Gangdong-gu and I signed a partnership agreement bringing collaboration, and exchange of ideas and materials between Gangdong in Seoul and AADL! Thank you to the team here in Gangdong-gu for making me feel so welcome in Seoul! n.news.naver.com/article/001/...

I’m visiting Seoul this week as a guest of Gangdong-gu government, to participate in the opening ceremony for their new Central Library, and to celebrate a new partnership between Gangdong-gu and AADL. More photos of Gangdong-gu libraries to come!

At the Game Over Gala we welcomed a new friend and AADL staffer: our new costumed mascot Akako G. Shins! Akakojiishiins means "Little Groundhog" in Ojibwe, and while they're not exactly little, they'll be making a big impression at AADL festivals and expos! aadl.org/akakogshins

Game Over, Ann Arbor. Well Played. 259,313,199 points from 17,415 players. #SummerGame2025

A huge welcome to AADL’s new mascot Akako G. Shins, pictured here with artist @killtaupe.bsky.social who developed their design! aadl.org/akakogshins (paging @mondomascots.bsky.social =)

If SG Flamingopants could bid at the auction, he'd probably call dibs on the Star Wars terrarium. He can't, but YOU CAN with your Summer Game points! Join us for the Game Over Gala 12 - 3 PM this Sunday at the Downtown Library. View, print, or download the Auction Catalog: aadl.org/gameovergala

The Game Over Gala ends with a BIG reveal 🤭 Be there Sunday, August 24 at the Downtown Library to meet the newest member of AADL! aadl.org/gameovergala

Friday Five highlights music by Washtenaw County-associated artists & labels. This edition focuses on the music of Ann Arbor's Scott Morgan to celebrate @aadl.org's "Scott Morgan Collection," a large cache of interviews, newspaper clippings, gig flyers, photos & recordings. pulp.aadl.org/node/645499

Thank you to Ann Arbor for this huge vote of confidence in your library! We can't wait to get started on making everyone's dreams come true; we are up to the challenge and ready to create something truly special. Thanks to all our staff and supporters, and everyone who helped make this happen!

20 years of epic builds, and this year’s #LEGO Contest did not disappoint!

Huge thanks to @ulabeast.bsky.social for taking an interest in the @aadl.org #summergame and reporting on it for a national audience on Morning Edition! And humongous thanks to all the players, staff, partners and volunteers who make it happen, bigger and better, every summer!

It's so much exploring the local history search for the Ann Arbor District Library and just checking out tags like the World Wide Web for very location specific internet history aadl.org/taxonomy/ter...

Silky Grooves is NOW OPEN in the lobby of the Downtown Library through our Lobby Shops incubator program! Check out records, vintage clothes and housewares, games, movies, decor and more. Open most Fri-Sun, see aadl.org/lobbyshops for their schedule. More to come!

We've heard some claims that the proposals are misleading. Fact: Proposals A&B, if approved, *require* the Library to do the stated purpose: build a mixed-use library on the site that includes additional library services, housing, retail, and programmable open public space. aadl.org/morefacts#22

A great CBS Detroit piece on the Downtown Library's Lobby Shops. We're excited to welcome Silky Grooves, Gardens Within, and JFSMade to the library. Stay tuned for grand opening dates from each of these great retailers! www.cbsnews.com/detroit/vide...

So excited to welcome the first 3 Lobby Shops to the Downtown Library: Silky Grooves, Gardens Within, and JFSMade! When our Friends moved out to our warehouse, it opened an opportunity to pilot downtown retail incubators. And now it's happening, and opening soon! www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...

Scott Mulvahill doesn't just play the upright bass, he reinvents it. Join Mulvahill and his DataBass for a genre-blending concert, fusing Americana, folk, jazz, and experimental sounds into something truly original. Friday, July 25 at 6:30 PM at the Downtown Library. 🎻 aadl.org/node/638882

AADL staff picked some of their favorite My Dream Library submissions and sent along some words about why they loved those designs the best! See what they had to say ⬇️

As the August 5th election nears, we've been getting a lot of questions from patrons who have heard or read false claims about Proposals A&B. So, we've put together this page with the false claims we've heard and the facts that refute them: aadl.org/morefacts Please share and tell your friends!

ANOTHER LIBRARY PROPOSAL! They had their first date and Westgate and now they’re back for another memorable day at the library!

U-M graduates find love through AADL's Summer Game! Congratulations @alphahelicalhair.bsky.social and @a2gaurav.bsky.social and thanks for using your Library! www.mlive.com/life/2025/07...

We examined 1980s hip-hop through the eyes of Washtenaw County media, combing through local publication archives to find album reviews, concert previews and reviews, and interviews to compile a story about the burgeoning popularity of the music and culture at the time. pulp.aadl.org/node/643529

I hadn’t wanted to spoil it for those who had not yet SQUONKED, but here is the unbelievable climax of their show BROUHAHA. When i said don’t miss it, I meant it! Thank you to SQUONK for sharing your incredible creativity, vision, and SQUONKCORDION with the people of Ann Arbor!

If you have not yet been SQUONKED this weekend, 6:45 tonight is your last chance to take in this art-tastic prog rock spectacle! There’s a nice breeze and humidity is not too bad. Plus Gemily at 6 and the Balkan Paradise Orchestra from Spain at 7:30! Please join us at TOP!

Tonight at Ann Arbor Summerfest at 5:45 and 8 PM, @aadl.org is SO EXCITED to copresent: SQUONK. This setup is already legendary. Also two HOT shows Saturday and Sunday. Don’t miss this, Ann Arbor!

As of this moment, barely a week into #summergame 2025, 2,025 players have already found me and entered the 1000-point code from my shirt to earn the FINDING ELI badge! You've got all summer to do it, stay tuned to the badge page, (updated on Fridays) to know where to find me! aadl.org/node/642921

It was so nice getting to spend the morning with @goraina.bsky.social and @scottmccloud.bsky.social ! And did you know that part of their new book, The Cartoonist Club, takes place at A2CAF at the Ann Arbor District Library!?

ah shit the library got me looking at old newspapers so I can enter info about them for points

#summergame at @aadl.org is off to a RIP-ROARIN' start! It's only day 3, and we've already had over 500 lawn or library codes created. You've got all summer to find me & the 1000-point code on my shirt: aadl.org/findingeli This summer is already shaping up to be the biggest yet. THANKS FOR PLAYING!

Game on, Ann Arbor. aadl.org/play

‼️ TOMORROW #summergame

Big thanks to @mollyak.bsky.social and @jessicaletaw.bsky.social for having me on @annarboraf.bsky.social to talk about why it's time for a new Downtown Library, all that it will bring to our patrons, and @aadl.org's plan to build an awesome new Downtown Library with housing above! Give it a listen: