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Discussing the future of libraries with the AADL’s Josie Parker, the scoop on the Depot Town train stop, and plans for Ypsi’s Little Bird cafe… on episode 42 of the Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | April 11, 2016

I’m still playing catch-up, trying to get the most recent episodes of the Saturday Six Pack posted here. I’m sorry that it’s been taking me so long, but life keeps getting in the way. The episode I’m posting here tonight was our 42nd, and, if you’re the kind of person who likes hearing people talk […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor News, Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized | Also tagged 5th Avenue Press, A2 Stories, AADL, Americans for Prosperity, Amtrak, Andrew Carnegie, Ann Arbor District Library, anti-tax, austerity, Beth Ernat, Beth Kwiatkowski, Chris Sandon, CivCity, civics, Dave Sharp, dioxane, ebooks, future of journalism, Gelman plume, Gelman Sciences, Jim Cherewick, Josie Parker, Koch brothers, librarians, Little Bird, Melissa Kuz, millage, podcasts, public space, pulp, Rail, the future of journalism, threats to the library, trains, Wolverine | 13 Comments

Awesome Things You Should Know About: The Ann Arbor District Library has theremins, guitar pedals, synthesizers, solar chargers, telescopes and all kinds of other cools things available for checkout

By Mark | October 19, 2014

A few days ago I found myself wandering around the main branch of the Ann Arbor District Library (AADL). As I’m on the Ann Arbor Ypsilanti Reads 2015 selection committee, I’d been asked to come in and pick up copies of the two books we’d be choisng between, and, as I hadn’t been in the […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Uncategorized | Also tagged 3D printers, All Hands Active, Ann Arbor District Library. AADL, Ann Arbor Ypsilanti Reads, art, art prints, awesome things you should know about, cake pan libraries, comparing Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, Finch Robots, GoPro, guitar pedals, Jody Harnish, librarians, local bands, Maker Works, music, music tools, PAs, public libraries, realia, robots, Sabertooth Cat skull, synthesizers, telescope, the changing role of libraries, thermal imaging cameras, U-M 3D Lab, University Lowbrow Astronomers, Unusual Stuff to Borrow | 20 Comments

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