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Milkshake! 2012 Summer Concert
Kalamazoo Public Library brought its 2012 Summer Reading program to a lively close with a fun, family-friendly set from the…
Fee-Based Service Policy
Print Version (PDF) The Kalamazoo Public Library is committed to the provision of public library lending services without direct charges…
“Kids and Books Parties”
Pat Ball interviews Mary Calletto Rife and Maureen Cartmill about Kalamazoo Public Library’s 100th anniversary parties for Children’s Services. From…
Signing out of Computer
This is how you sign out of the public computers at the library:
Cordao De Ouro (West Michigan) @ KPL
Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian art form that combines dance, acrobatic movements and martial-art techniques. This demonstration was held at the…
Celebration of the Life & Legacy of Alma Harrod Powell
In 1978, 11 years after the passing of Alma H. Powell, staff and friends of the Alma Powell Branch designated…
African American Quilts
Quilters Bette Boulding and Vicki Fischer talk about who and what inspires their quilting designs, and share their techniques at…
Hackley School 1926
Chrystal LaViolette, Mildred LaViolette, Robert Sweet, Ward Kisinger, Frances Kisinger, Hubert Richards (in wheel chair), Hazel Richards (teacher). Photo courtesy…
Mark Stuart @ KPL
Singer songwriter Mark Stuart returned to Kalamazoo Public Library on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, for a solo performance full of…
Arnie Johnston: Songs You Thought You Knew ("So Tell Me Now")
Arnie Johnston: Songs You Thought You Knew ("Parting Thoughts")
Arnie Johnston: Songs You Thought You Knew ("The Secret")
Arnie Johnston: Songs You Thought You Knew ("The Ballad of Mack the Knife")
Arnie Johnston: Songs You Thought You Knew ("Yesterday, When Youth Was Mine")
Arnie Johnston: Songs You Thought You Knew ("Lydia")
Arnie Johnston: Songs You Thought You Knew ("The Same Old Play")
Arnie Johnston: Songs You Thought You Knew ("No, None at All")
Arnie Johnston: Songs You Thought You Knew ("The Windmills of My Heart")
Arnie Johnston: Songs You Thought You Knew ("Don't Leave Me")
Arnie Johnston: Songs You Thought You Knew ("Melancholy")
Arnie Johnston: Songs You Thought You Knew ("The Same as Always")
Arnie Johnston: Songs You Thought You Knew ("The Dead Leaves")
Arnie Johnston: Songs You Thought You Knew
Arnie Johnston, perhaps the foremost translator of songs by Jacques Brel, performs songs by Brel, Gabriel Fauré, Edith Piaf, Kurt…
ARC Spring 2023
1,719 books readso far! Are You Up for the Challenge? Join us for the spring season of the Adult Reading…
OJays at Wings Stadium (8/9/1978)
Artist(s): O’Jays w/ Con-Funk-Shun, and Evelyn “Champagne” King Date: 9 August 1978 Tickets: $6.50 (general admission) Attendance: 4,300 Notes: Kalamazoo…
South Street, W., 516: James F. and Carrie Gilmore House
One September Saturday in 1908, the Gazette mourned the passing of James F. Gilmore, calling "the memory of his well-lived…
Medicine, Here and Abroad (part 1)
Medicine, Here and Abroad (part 2)
Medicine, Here and Abroad (part 3)
Medicine, Here and Abroad (part 4)
Medicine, Here and Abroad (part 5)
Medicine, Here and Abroad (part 6)
Medicine, Here and Abroad
A panel discussion about the challenges of providing medical care in developing countries, Western Michigan University College of Health and…
Frankie Valli at Wings Stadium (10/16/1977)
Artist(s): Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons Date: 16 October 1977 Tickets: $5.50/$6.50/$7.50 (reserved seating) Attendance: (canceled) Notes: concert canceled…
Solar Em-power-ment (part 1)
Solar Em-power-ment (part 2)
Solar Em-power-ment (part 3)
Solar Em-power-ment (part 4)
Solar Em-power-ment (part 5)
Solar Em-power-ment (part 6)
Solar Em-power-ment (part 7)
Solar Em-power-ment (part 8)
Solar Em-Power-ment
Panelists describe the experiences that inspired their commitment to the development of solar lighting, the challenges facing organizations working in…
KPL TV: Writers’ Block: Local Authors
Jonah Frick: Cassie
Kalamazoo Public Library presents Writers Block, a forum where independently published local writers can tell the world about their work.…
Humphrey Block
Don’t believe everything you read. There’s a historical marker at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Portage Street that commemorates…
Miller-Davis Company
The Miller-Davis Company, one of Kalamazoo’s oldest successful businesses, has been building Kalamazoo for nearly a century. It had its…
Bennett, Chauncey Z.
Chauncey Z. Bennett Today, the United Kennel Club, the second oldest and largest register of pure bred dogs, operates out…
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Worldbook Online
World Book Online helps information seekers of all ages find the content they need at the correct reading level. World…
Biography Resource Center
Containing many of the top-ranked biographical reference collections and magazines, this database offers a comprehensive collection of full-text biographies and…
Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center
This database offers detailed "how-to" instructions and creative ideas to meet the interests of virtually every hobby enthusiast. Full text…
Poetry & Short Story Reference Center
This full-text database provides a historically rich collection of hundreds of thousands of classic and contemporary poems, as well as…
