Ann Arbor District Library: More than books.

Events, collections, local history, and interesting diversions from The Ann Arbor District Library.

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All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen.

Roald Dahl, Matilda  (via wordsnquotes)

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Sesame Street wanted to celebrate #BookFaceFriday too!

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Happy #BookFaceFriday, y’all!

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One of our staff at the Pico Branch Library.

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Before the computing era, ILM was the master of oil matte painting, making audiences believe that some of the sets in the original Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogy were real when they weren’t. They were the work of geniuses like Chris Evans, Michael Pangrazio, Frank Ordaz, Harrison Ellenshaw and Ralph McQuarrie ! Forever thank you, to their handmade art and the work of their colleagues, that made us dream of impossible worlds and fantastic places across Earth and the Universe.

There are more background paintings on this article, featuring comments by the masters/artists themselves ! 

Some of the following pieces were made by other artists 2:

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exCUSE ME?!?!!??!??! TheYRE PAINTINGS?!??!!?!

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SHUT UP I thought they were miniatures!!!!

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It’s too beautiful. I could cry.

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I love this because I’ll be watching a movie and think “how did they do that? Is that a building they built for this movie? Was it there beforehand? Is it cardboard or CGI? Is that actually some place on Earth that they’re filming?” And the answer to all of these now is “nope, that’s a painting”. I can’t believe some of the most iconic, familiar shots were paintings!

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Books! And Cleverness! Pottermore's Wizarding World Book Club Is Officially Here!

If you’ve been waiting for the right time to re-read J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, this might be it: Pottermore’s Wizarding World Book Club, which the site announced last mo…

Time to bust out that Sorcerer’s/Philosopher’s Stone!

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This Isn’t What It Looks Like, Pseudonymous Bosch (F, 10yo, long black hair with blonde tips, glasses, G train)

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We’ve got this one (and a whole bunch more Bosch) for ya too...

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Our exhibition with the Smithsonian Gardens, Cultivating America’s Gardens is now open in the @amhistorymuseum

The exhibit features objects from Smithsonian Libraries and Smithsonian Gardens, including seed catalogs like these.

We are also hosting a Garden Party on June 9th. See here for more details.

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The May-June issue of Indians at Work was dedicated to Memorial Day, a federal holiday in the US for remembering those who died while serving in the armed forces.

Corporal Richard C. Lewis, featured here, was the first Pima to die in World War II. This issue in particular centered on the involvement of Native Americans in the war effort, including those who lost their lives.

Explore other issues of Indians at Work and more in our digital library.

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FIREWORKS ~ Gary Ratushniak, Linocut, 1950s.

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You need an idea for a group costume?  How about Super Squirrel Man and his four squirrel friends?  Oh you were thinking more of an Avengers theme? Well that’s cool too.  

Image of Su from Physica Curiosa, Gaspar Schott, 1662

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Egg Love and Other Felted Food Friends by Hanna Dovhan

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adorbs! 

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See you at the downtown library tomorrow? 

We’re excited!

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Michigan vibes. It was so pretty there.

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<3 less snow right now, tho - whew!

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“Well, Chip is going to be singing a horror song about that he's dead and he's coming back from the dead to haunt people and haunt things. There's some cool rapping music on there, a rap song about not smoking glue and teaching kids to be positive and stay away from negative things like drugs. 

Jonah's done a lot of the hard work with my music. He's very talented. He's growing a beard. He looks terrible. He needs to keep his youth and stay young as much as he can. His girlfriend doesn't like it either. It's freaking me out and freaking other people out.” Sounds like QUITE a show (and beard) to look forward to! Patrick Dunn talks to David Liebe Hart ahead of his Thursday, 7/21 gig at Crossroads in Ypsi.  (via Pulp | Arts Around Ann Arbor)