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KPL TV: Music & Concerts

Jim Gill's Family Room Tour @ KPL

Jim Gill brought his Family Room Tour to Kalamazoo Public Library on Wednesday, February 16, 2010, for an evening of…

KPL TV: Music & Concerts

An Dro @ KPL

Irish melodies, medieval French songs, Breton dance tunes, Scandinavian refrains, Appalachian influences, Latin rhythms, African grooves – traditional acoustic music…

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ONLA 2020

I considered ONEplace Nonprofit Leader Academy for years and joined the 2017 class with the support of my (now former)…

KPL TV: Timely Topics

Rebuilding Burundi

Former U.S. Congressman and Kalamazoo City Commissioner Dr. Howard Wolpe, the Clinton and Obama administrations’ special envoy to Africa’s Great…

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Reading Race Book Group

The Reading Race book group, co-sponsored by the Society for History and Racial Equity (SHARE) and KPL’s Antiracism Transformation Team…

Religion

People's Church

The People's Church, affiliated with the Unitarian-Universalist Association, took root in Kalamazoo almost in spite of itself. In 1855, when…

Kalamazoo Public Schools

Colored School

Bird’s-eye-view lithograph, 1867-1868. Kalamazoo Valley Museum One of the more puzzling events in the history of Kalamazoo’s public school district…

KPL TV: Michigan History

Asylum for the Insane

A History of the Kalamazoo State Hospital, presented by Dr. William A. Decker, M.D., at Kalamazoo Public Library, November 5,…

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Explora for Middle Schools

Magazines and reference books for middle school students. Includes thousands of biographies and primary source documents. Subjects include history, current…

Consumer Health Information

Consumer Health Information offers detailed answers to the 200 most-commonly-asked health questions. Supporting the needs of patrons and patients, these…

History Reference Center

Covering both U.S. and world history topics, History Reference Center is a full-text database featuring historical reference books, magazines, journals…

Newspaper Source Plus

Newspaper Source Plus provides a full-text digital collection of the world's major news content. It includes millions of articles from…

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