What Scares Us - Episode 19: Misery

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 1:33pm

Join us for a deep dive into Misery, the 1990 Academy Award-Winning film from director Rob Reiner. In this episode, we discuss Spam, the many differences between the film and Stephen King's book, and say "oh, poo" and "cockadoodie" many times.

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AADL Talks To: Francis Blouin

Mon, 04/22/2024 - 9:25pm

In this episode, AADL Talks To Francis Blouin. Francis joined the University of Michigan’s Bentley Historical Library in 1974 and was director for over 30 years. Francis shares his memories of working at the Bentley, some of the special acquisitions and projects he oversaw during his tenure, and he discusses the many transitions he witnessed in the archives field.

Francis is Professor Emeritus in the History Department at the University of Michigan.

Historical articles and photos about the Bentley Historical Library.

AADL Talks To: Robin and Jamie Agnew

Fri, 04/19/2024 - 1:29pm

In this episode, AADL Talks To Robin and Jamie Agnew, owners of Aunt Agatha’s, their specialty mystery bookstore. The business began in Ann Arbor in 1992, and operated as a brick and mortar for 26 years before moving online in August 2018. Robin and Jamie talk about their experiences working in the store, their favorite memories here in town, and discuss some of the changes in the mystery book genre and bookselling business over the years.

Find more about Aunt Agatha's in our archival collections.

Groundcover | Volume 15 | Issue 8

Thu, 04/18/2024 - 3:14pm

April is National Poetry Month and Groundcover News is celebrating in a big way! Listen to this 2024 Poetry Edition of Groundcover Speaks to experience some local literary arts.

Scoring the Archive: Mother - Yawen Zhang

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 3:22pm

"It is about the interaction between a mother and her toddler. Hope you feel the mother’s love." - Yawen Zhang

Virginia & Linda May Huber, March 1940

Scoring the Archive: Baby Baaach - Bradley Yeh

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 3:11pm

"It should bring you back to when you were a kid going to a zoo, or farm to pet a goat." - Bradley Yeh

Bach Elementary Student Feeds Baby Goat, May 1969

Scoring the Archive: The Halls - Justin Yu

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 3:11pm

"I wanted to capture the feeling of nostalgia but also mundaneness. Every day we have our routines, and for people who work at the hospital it is oftentimes walking the hallways shown. I wanted to express that through music." - Justin Yu

Overhead Passage at U of M Hospital: Interior, August 1958

Scoring the Archive: A Journey Above - Sunny Wang

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 3:11pm

"This piece evokes the sensation of flight, the liberation of leaving the world behind. It captures the beauty of a bird's-eye perspective and the weightless freedom of soaring through the air." - Sunny Wang

University Of Michigan Flying Club In Action, April 1941

Scoring the Archive: Rupture - Yang Xia

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 3:11pm

"My composition concerns stable systems, disruption of these systems, and future. My composition is any of these simultaneously, same as I and the city of Ann Arbor. My composition is a tower that could be a dystopian one controlling minds, or that of a commercial one hosting a department store, or a communal one providing everyone a bright future." - Yang Xia

Architects Bob Overhiser and Sue Monroe Examine Progress of Hands-On Museum Renovation, December 1981

Scoring the Archive: Retrograde - Alex Schulz

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 11:58am

"Think everything 80s. Back to the Future, MTV, skating rinks, shoulder pads, big hair... and of course—synth!" - Alex Schulz

State Theatre At Night, October 28, 1985