Calendar

May
16
Wed
Scott Kaufman: Ambition, Pragmatism, and Party: A Political Biography of Gerald R. Ford @ Ford Presidential Library
May 16 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Francis Marion University (Florence, SC) history department chair Scott Kaufman discusses his new book that traces Ford’s political life, from his Depression-era childhood and service in WWII to his role in Congress and tenure as the country’s only unelected president. Book sale, signing, & reception follow.
7 p.m., Ford Library, 1000 Beal. Free. 205-0555.

Poetry Salon: One Pause Poetry @ Argus Farm Stop
May 16 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Every Wed. Members read and discuss poems around themes TBA. Followed by collaborative writing games and exercises. Attendees invited to read their poems. Snacks & socializing.
8-10 p.m., Argus Farm Stop greenhouse, 325 W. Liberty. $5 suggested donation. onepausepoetry.org, 707-1284.

 

May
23
Wed
Poetry Salon: One Pause Poetry @ Argus Farm Stop
May 23 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Every Wed. Members read and discuss poems around themes TBA. Followed by collaborative writing games and exercises. Attendees invited to read their poems. Snacks & socializing.
8-10 p.m., Argus Farm Stop greenhouse, 325 W. Liberty. $5 suggested donation. onepausepoetry.org, 707-1284.

 

May
30
Wed
Poetry Salon: One Pause Poetry @ Argus Farm Stop
May 30 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Every Wed. Members read and discuss poems around themes TBA. Followed by collaborative writing games and exercises. Attendees invited to read their poems. Snacks & socializing.
8-10 p.m., Argus Farm Stop greenhouse, 325 W. Liberty. $5 suggested donation. onepausepoetry.org, 707-1284.

 

Jun
7
Thu
Elaine Weeks and Chris Edwards: 5000 Ways You Know You’re From Detroit: Recollections and Images from Detroit’s Baby Boomer Years @ AADL Multipurpose Room
Jun 7 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Elaine Weeks and Chris Edwards share images from their new coffee table book, which contains over 1400 images of Detroit from 1939-1980. Also, a raffle and book signing hosted by 107.1 FM morning host Martin Bandyke.
7-8:30 p.m., AADL Downtown multipurpose rm. Free. 327-4200.

Jun
16
Sat
Ann Arbor Comics Arts Festival @ AADL
Jun 16 @ 11:00 am – 6:00 pm

June 16 & 17. Adults & kids of all ages invited to meet more than 50 top area cartoonists and participate in workshops on making web comics, writing and drawing minicomics, creating video games, and much more. Kids can also vote in the 6th annual Kids’ Comics Awards. Winners announced during a ceremony featuring puppets, super villains, and more. At 7 p.m. on June 15, Maris Wicks, whose science-themed work is on display this month (see Galleries), discusses “Gorillas, Guts, and Gastropods.”  See a2caf.com/programming for full schedule.
11 a.m.-6 p.m. (Sat.) & 12:30-5:30 p.m. (Sun.), AADL Downtown. Free. 327-4200.

Local Author Fair @ Chelsea District Library
Jun 16 @ 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Celebration of Chelsea-area authors with brief talks by children’s writers Marilyn Kuehl and David Brzezinski, teen writer S.D. Grimm, nonfiction writers Alex Weddon, Kate Bancroft, and Patrice Johnson, poets Jennifer Burd and Katherine Edgren, and fiction writers Harold Fischel, Lakota Grace, Doris Lemcke, & Patricia Stebelton. Signings.
12:30-3 p.m., CDL, 221 S. Main, Chelsea. Free admission. 475-8732.

Jun
17
Sun
Ann Arbor Comics Arts Festival @ AADL
Jun 17 @ 12:30 pm – 5:30 pm

June 16 & 17. Adults & kids of all ages invited to meet more than 50 top area cartoonists and participate in workshops on making web comics, writing and drawing minicomics, creating video games, and much more. Kids can also vote in the 6th annual Kids’ Comics Awards. Winners announced during a ceremony featuring puppets, super villains, and more. At 7 p.m. on June 15, Maris Wicks, whose science-themed work is on display this month (see Galleries), discusses “Gorillas, Guts, and Gastropods.”  See a2caf.com/programming for full schedule.
11 a.m.-6 p.m. (Sat.) & 12:30-5:30 p.m. (Sun.), AADL Downtown. Free. 327-4200.

Jun
18
Mon
Debbie Taylor: Over in Motown! @ AADL Malletts Creek
Jun 18 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Debbie Taylor’s Over In Motown! is an energetic picture book celebrating the musical genres and rhythms of the industry that fueled Detroit in the Motown era.  Based on the Over In The Meadow rhyme, this counting book features beautiful illustrations by Keisha Morris.

Join us as Debbie Taylor reads from and discusses the creation of this new book published by the library’s Fifth Avenue Press imprint and chosen as a Junior Library Guild 2020 selection!

The event includes a simple craft for children.

Debbie Taylor is also the author of Sweet Music in Harlem.

This event is part of AADL’s Black History Month series and will include a signing with books for sale. 

Jun
22
Fri
Paul Selig: The Book of Truth: The Mastery Trilogy: Book II @ Crazy Wisdom
Jun 22 @ 6:00 am – 7:30 am

Paul Selig, who says he receives “clairaudient dictation from unseen intellects called Guides,” reads from his new book. Signing.
6-7:30 p.m., Crazy Wisdom, 114 S. Main. Free. 665-2757.

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