SEPTEMBER 5, 2025 EVENTS community EVENTS "OUR STREETS" GALLERY OPENING Friday, Sept. 5, 6-9 p.m. Dzanc House, 402 S Huron, Ypsi Exhibit of photography from Emily Mills. This show will feature decades worth of photography documenting protests in Southeast Michigan. Gallery hours are Saturdays September 6, 13 and 20, 4-6 p.m. Closing reception Friday, September 26, 6-9 p.m. Emily Mills is also a Groundcover News volunteer photographer! BROADWAY PARK WEST OPENING WEEKEND Saturday, Sept. 11, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. 841 Broadway St., Ann Arbor Join for a full weekend of joy and celebration as they officially open Broadway Park West — Ann Arbor’s newest riverfront destination in Lower Town! The project comprises seven acres of land formerly owned by Michigan Consolidated Gas Company and operated as a coal gasification facility in the early 20th Century. STORIES OF HOME WITH YPSIWRITES Wednesday, Sept. 17, 6:30-8 p.m. YDL-Superior, 1900 N Harris Road, Ypsilanti Join us in person to reflect on what makes your neighborhood and community special. We're so excited to write with you! Sign up at tinyurl.com/YW091725 ANN ARBOR GALLERY NIGHTS IN KERRYTOWN Thursday, Sept. 18, 5-8 p.m. Kerrytown, Ann Arbor Six galleries and gallery spaces in Kerrytown District, Ann Arbor, welcome the public for special activities on the third Thursday of the month from May 15 - September 18, 2025. All participants are within walking distance of each other. On Gallery Nights, each participant will host a rotating roster of artist talks, demonstrations, artist pop-ups and special appearances, welcoming the public to celebrate Ann Arbor’s vibrant art scene. Chris Nordin Studios Gallery: 117 E Ann Street Gutman Gallery: 118 N 4th Avenue Kerrytown Concert House: 415 N 4th Avenue TeaHaus: 204 N 4th Avenue Thistle & Bess: 222 N 4th Avenue WSG Gallery: 111 E Ann Street GREEN FAIR: CIRCULARITY STREET AND CLOTHING SWAP FESTIVAL Friday, Sept. 19, 5- 8 p.m. Main Street, downtown Ann Arbor Join us for Ann Arbor's annual street fair celebrating sustainability, community, and climate action! Visit our five theme areas to explore how you can be part of a cleaner, greener, and more resilient future in Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County. This year at Green Fair, we will be hosting a Clothing Swap Festival! Swap participants can take clothing without bringing anything or bring clothing without taking anything. Bring up to five items of clothing if you are donating at Green Fair — or donate at our pre-event drop off on September 17 for a chance to receive a prize. Please only bring clean clothing in good to great wearable condition. This is a completely free event. Accessories welcome! RSVP: https://lu.ma/sfte5x8t For more information about Green Fair, visit a2gov.org/greenfair INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE Sunday, September 21, all day Library Lane, downtown Ann Arbor Annual gathering of music, talks, conversation with the peace community. More detailed schedule to be announced. A2 JAZZFEST Saturday and Sunday September 27 and 28, 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. First Congregational Church of Ann Arbor, 608 E William St. until 8:30 p.m., Ravens Club after 8 p.m. Weekend-long jazz music festival featuring live performances and student workshops. FREE! Submit an event to be featured in the next edition: submissions@groundcovernews. com GROUNDCOVER NEWS What’s Happening at the Ann Arbor District Library Open 10am–8pm Daily Hang out in any of our five locations across town, browsing books, magazines, newspapers, and more, or check out movies, CDs, art prints, musical instruments, and home tools— you name it! Study and meeting rooms, fast and free WiFi, and plenty of places to sit and hang out Unusual Stuff to Borrow There’s more to borrow at AADL than books, music, and movies. To name a few, there are games, telescopes, stories-to-go kits, and home tools. Check out these unusual yet handy items during your next library visit. Exhibitions at AADL AADL’s exhibition program features local, regional, and national artists as well as traveling exhibitions. Potential exhibitors can submit an exhibit application to be considered for review, which will be examined by the Library Exhibits Committee. A beacon in the quiet hours CHAD NAUGLE Groundcover contributor In the quiet hours when the world slows to a hush, there lies a space inside you where possibility gathers like starlight. It is small, often unassuming, but it is unyielding in its glow — a stubborn ember that refuses to be extinguished by doubt or fatigue. Remember: you are not the sum of your failures, but the convergence of your choices to rise again. Remember: every breath you take is a tiny rebellion against the ordinary, a vote for becoming more than you were yesterday. Remember: even the longest night is only a moment when held against the dawn. There is no grand map that guarantees safety or certainty, only a path that you carve with each courageous step. The soul does not demand flawless leaps; it asks for consistent, honest movement toward what you care about most. In that movement, you shape meaning not just for yourself, but for the world you touch — even in small, almost invisible ways. Let your curiosity be the compass and your compassion the fuel. When you stumble, tend to your wounds with patience; when you rise, reach back to lift another. Growth isn’t a sprint but a river: it flows around obstacles, wearing them down until they become part of the landscape you’ve become. Small acts of courage compound into unshakeable resolve. Persistent hope softens rough seas into navigable routes. Authentic care transforms lonely hours into shared moments of grace. You carry a history you didn't choose and a future you can still craft. The present moment is a doorway; step through it with deliberate intention. You are larger than your fears, deeper than your doubts, and brighter than your worst critics imagine. If you listen closely, you can hear the quiet insistence of your better self: I will endure. I will grow. I will choose love — again and again. And that is enough to begin a new chapter that only you could author. May your days be brave, your nights be hopeful, and your heart be unbreakable. Saturday, October 11 • 11 AM - 5 PM • Downtown Library Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival (A2CAF): Small + Indie Press is a one-day venture into the world of small press comics publishing. Presented in partnership with Athenaeum Comic Art, this event gives attendees the chance to meet comic artists and learn about the art of creating comics outside of a traditional publisher. Visit aadl. org/a2cafsip for more! FEATURED EVENT 7
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