Join NZ and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) to recognize Banned Book Month by reading Last Night at the Telegraph Club and hosting a discussion.

Free art workshop at Neutral Zone presented by the University of Michigan School of Art & Design. Join us Monday 10/5 from 4-6 PM for Character Design I.

Join NZ and OLLI (the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) to celebrate Banned Book Month by reading Last Night at the Telegraph Club and hosting a discussion.

Join us for a 90-minute, student-centered experience designed to introduce local youth from the Neutral Zone to the field of Kinesiology through a movement break, a student ambassador panel, shared lunch, and a brief goal- setting activity.

Join the Student Advocacy Center of Michigan for a virtual and in-person school board candidate forum.

NZ Presents Indie Night, an all-ages concert in the B-side venue featuring South 7, Esh Schaden, & The Plumes. Admission is $5 for teens, $10 for adults.

Start your year off on a great note! Come to Neutral Zone on the first day of schoo for drop-in, and stay for a kickoff concert in the B-Side.

Drop in is open early, 12-5 with free food, games and a general welcome to the Neutral Zone.

Concert at 5 PM features performances by teen bands the Esh Trios, the Plumes, and South 7th.

Royal Players, Neutral Zone’s very own theater troupe, is holding open auditions. We will be performing Into the Woods (prologue only!) and we’re looking to fill a few more roles.

Come prepared with a song, audition piece is excerpt from the prologue. Any proficiency level welcome. Click the image above for details and to get the audition piece PDF

Join us for free youth music performances at the Ann Arbor Art Fair! This all-ages outdoor show will be at the WEMU Stage in the Palio parking lot at the corner of William and Main St in downtown Ann Arbor from 10am-5pm on Friday.

Join us in the Neutral Zone B-Side on Thursday, July 16th for a summer concert featuring performances by The Eshtrios, Cameron, Void Theory and Holy Cannoli. $5 teens/ $10 adults, all ages, doors 6pm, show at 6:30.

Teens, parents, families and loved ones welcome fo our annual Youth Recognition Night. Join us for a special evening to celebrate the brilliant teens of the Neutral Zone community.

The B-Side Presents VERB 4. An all-ages concert with performances from Lasse, Melo, and Lazervega. Doors at 7, show at 7:30.

Ever been to a concert with a mosh pit? Come to this workshop to learn how to join, avoid or start a mosh pit. Learn the musical cues to go hard (safely) on the dance floor. With Paige Daley, PhD Pre-Candidate Ethnomusicaology, University of Michigan.

Neutral Zone and B-Side present a special 18+ only open mic on Thursday, May 14th at 7PM. Live music, poetry and comedy welcome. Free entry.

Join Unbound at Literati for a spectacular Senior Poetry Showcase Wednesday, May 13 at 6:30pm. Hear from senior poets VSH and Cypress Milligan. They will be reading alongside influential poets, Ann Arbor’s Ellen Stone and Chicago’s Jessica Walsh.

B-Side Concert! Holy Cannoli with The Special Guests and South 7. Saturday, May 2nd. Doors at 7, show at 7:30.

Join us for a Community Care Night at Neutral Zone. We will make hygiene goodie bags to commemorate the opening of our community-sustained gender affirming identity closet.

Soul Synthesis draws on youth hip hop talent from youth across the area codes of SE Michigan for a concert at Neutral Zone on April 25th, 7-10pm.  Free at Neutral Zone's B-Side Venue - 310 E Washington Street, Ann Arbor.

Join us to celebrate positive mental health for young people.  Enjoy a nourishing dinner, connect with one another, and create tile for a community mosaic.

Join us for a special, 21 & over only concert featuring regulars from the Sunday Circle series at Ziggy’s — alongside standout NZ Alumni performers. Come hear Buff1, Tru Klassick, Chavonna Bigham and Koyo Kouyate, and Community High Jazz Band - O Negative. Stay for house band Ingrid Racine, Josef Deas, Keaton Royer & Jordan Otto in a jam session open to instrumentalists, vocalists, emcees and poets.

Join us for a free personal safety and self defense workshop hosted by Heidi Sproull CLMSW, CST. This class will be tailored to youth and specificially LGBTQIA+ youth and the violence they face.

Poetry! Consent! Seedbombing! Join NZ programs Consent Matterz and Youth Now Climate Action for a gathering to connect with each other and write poetry and learn to make the earth more beautiful through seedbombing. Free and open to all high-school age teens and their families. Snacks provided!