Awards are given to community members who maintain properties that preserve the building’s historical, cultural or architectural value for a decade or more.

Old Town Tavern is turning the big 5-0.

From July 21-23 and July 28-30, participants will work with professional archaeologists to dig up a survey site and excavate artifacts to learn about historical activity.

Some books are never returned to the library, but one book in Ann Arbor made its way back after decades.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. The Ann Arbor District Library has launched three new initiatives intended to address anti-Black racism in the Ann Arbor community and add to community history. Through the initiatives, the library system is seeking stories from community members, will put out of a call for artwork from Black artists and will engage community members with discussion materials. The new initiatives join two ongoing projects from the library system; the African-American Cultural and Historical Museum Living Oral History Project and weekly newsletter recommendations. Here are the new initiatives:Black Lives Matter Discussion SeriesThe series is intended to support community members engaging with materials related to anti-Black racism. Call for Stories: Anti-Black RacismIn order to further document community history in Ann Arbor, AADL Archives to is asking for community members who has been affected by racism to share their stories.

In 1971, music icons descended upon Ann Arbor for one cause -- to protest the imprisonment of Michigan political activist John Sinclair.