“The most famous illegal immigrant” to speak
January 1, 2020Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist, author and “the most famous illegal immigrant in America,” Jose Antonio Vargas will come to Ann Arbor as part of the Washtenaw Reads program to discuss his new book, Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen. The memoir about his life and career focuses on how he came to live in and think
An Extremely Serious Event
June 30, 2019Local author Richard Retyi presents The Book of Ann Arbor: An Extremely Serious History Book, published by Ann Arbor District Library’s Fifth Avenue Press.
For The Antique Car Lover
June 30, 2019Travel back in time with the 24th Annual Rolling Sculpture Car Show.
$2M Mystery: Crime Thrills in Mark Beyer’s First Novel
June 1, 2018Terry Holbrook heads home from downtown Ann Arbor to Dexter after working his shift as a video editor. It’s a winter night. The highway is icy. The car ahead skids, then crashes. Terry, the everyman in author Mark Beyer’s new page-turner crime thriller, Hired Man, pulls over and rushes to the aid of the injured
Youth Poets Take Over Wayne State with Louder Than a Bomb!
April 30, 2018Be inspired by young people speaking up and speaking out in imaginative, insightful and magical ways as teens representing over twenty schools and organizations across Michigan (including Ann Arbor’s Neutral Zone) compete for the statewide poetry slam title.
Celebrate National Poetry Month in K-zoo
March 31, 2018Get your National Poetry Month fix with the fifth annual Kalamazoo Poetry Festival.