The Big Gay Read | Cryptid Creature Sewing Craft

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Date(s): Friday, July 3, 2026
Time: 6:00pm-7:00pm
Venue: Downtown Branch of AADL
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In honor of The Big Gay Read’s selected title, Chuck Tingle’s Bury Your Gays, join us in making a simple felt, small cryptid, monster, or alien!

For teens & adults. Held in Secret Lab.

Summer Bash Open House - The Future Innovators Academy Explore Our Classrooms - Meet Our Instructors - Have Fun with STEM - Aug9 1-3p - Ready, Set Build - join us - 3 kids with a tablet and a motorized lego set.

Summer Bash Open House at Future Innovators Academy

August 9 1-3p

Ann Arbor Area Pride Events

June may be Pride month, but Ann Arbor celebrates throughout the summer. AADL’s The Big Gay Read is mostly in July, and Ann Arbor Pride is in August. Check out these upcoming LGBTQ+ events.

	Date/Time	Event
💙🆓	July 29 6:30pm-7:30pm	The Big Gay Read \| Horror Movie Trivia at Pittsfield Branch Library, Ann Arbor Michigan
💙🆓	July 31 6:00pm-7:30pm	The Big Gay Read \| Community Craft Night at Downtown Branch of AADL, Ann Arbor Michigan
💙🆓	August 1 12:00pm-9:00pm	Ann Arbor Pride at Main Street Area, Ann Arbor MI
💙🆓🎟	August 14 6:00pm-9:00pm	Pride at the Y at Ann Arbor YMCA, Ann Arbor Michigan
💙🆓🎟	August 31 7:00pm-8:15pm	Teen & Adult Banned Book Club at Ypsilanti District Library – Superior, Ypsilanti Michigan

Confused about the AADL Summer Game? Here’s How to Play It

Have you heard of the Ann Arbor District Library Summer Game and wondered what it is and how to play? Fear not, we have answers for you from several years of playing the game ourselves. Keep reading and you’ll be ready to play the Summer Game!

The AADL has taken the classic Summer Reading Challenge to a whole new level with the AADL Summer Game…

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