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OHOW Video Series: How to Install Spring Bronze Weatherstripping
Bronze? On my windows? Yes! But where and why? OHOW (Old House Owners Workshop) is a program of the City of…
Frank Lloyd Wright in Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo County (MI) boasts one of the largest collections of Usonian Houses in the world. Just after WWII, a group…
Don’t Be Afraid of the Library! | Episode 2
Prepare for another delightfully disturbing edition of Don’t Be Afraid of the Library! KPL Teen Librarian MX Kiersten delivers a…
Rawls, Paul W.H.
Paul Wideman Huntington Rawls was well known by the people of Kalamazoo, not as a man of wealth and industry,…
Rix School
Location: District #12 – Section 5, northwest corner of O Avenue and 4th Street. Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by Wm.…
At-Home Fun for Kids and Families
Looking for something to entertain your kids or some fun for the whole family? Check out these options to escape…
Earthwork Music @ kpl (part 1)
Earthwork Music @ kpl (part 2): May Erlewine & Seth Bernard
Earthwork Music @ kpl (part 3): Jen Sygit & Sam Corbin
Earthwork Music @ kpl (part 4): Laurel Premo & Michael Beauchamp
Earthwork Music @ kpl (part 5): Rachael Davis & Joshua Davis
Earthwork Music @ kpl (part 6): Gifts or Creatures
Earthwork Music @ kpl (part 7): Joshua Davis
Earthwork Music @ kpl (part 8)
Earthwork Music @ KPL
Musicians from the Earthwork Music Collective celebrate Earth Day at Oshtemo Branch Library, Saturday, April 23, 2011. Seth Bernard, May…
Jesse Palter Quartet (part 1)
Jesse Palter Quartet (part 2)
Jesse Palter Quartet (part 3)
Jesse Palter Quartet @ KPL
The Jesse Palter Quartet, which includes Keith Hall on drums, Mike Jellick on piano and Ben Williams on bass, performed…
Grand Rapids and Indiana Line Station
The present “Whistlestop” restaurant began as a way station in a dream to run rail lines from Fort Wayne through…
A 1,000-Mile Great Lakes Walk
In 2009, Loreen Niewenhuis walked the perimeter of Lake Michigan and wrote the bestselling book, “A 1000-Mile Walk on the…
Olivia Mainville @ KPL
Holland, Michigan’s Olivia Mainville brought her eclectic blend of indie-folk sounds to Kalamazoo Public Library, Wednesday, February 18, 2015, as…
Boston at Wings Stadium (12/12/1976)
Artist(s): Boston w/ Starcastle Date: 12 December 1976 Tickets: $6.50 (general admission) Attendance: 6,000 Notes: Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 5 December…
A Tour of World Literature (part 1)
A Tour of World Literature (part 2)
A Tour of World Literature (part 3)
A Tour of World Literature (part 4)
A Tour of World Literature (part 5)
A Tour of World Literature (part 6)
A Tour of World Literature (part 7)
Tour of World Literature
Elizabeth Amidon, English professor at Western Michigan University, guides a world tour of authors and books that capture what’s going…
Justin Townes Earle @ KPL (part 2)
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Justin Townes Earle @ KPL
Award winning singer/songwriter Justin Townes Earle made a special appearance at Kalamazoo Public Library on Monday, August 23, 2010, as…
Portage Center School
Location: District No. 5 – intersection of South Westnedge and Centre Avenues. Map of Kalamazoo Co., Michigan. Philadelphia : Geil…
How FDR Segregated Kalamazoo
A presentation and discussion about the history of redlining, racially restrictive covenants, and segregation in Kalamazoo. Learn how the federal…
Social Music in 19th Century Kalamazoo
Before the days of the big bands; before jazz and ragtime; while military bands ruled street parades and open air…
Stafford, Wallace F. W.
Little is known of the life of Wallace F. W. Stafford aside from a few early life events that speak…
School District #10
Location: Section 35, south side of Stadium Drive, 800 feet west of 9th Street. Kalamazoo County 1873. Published by F. W.…
Liberty Street School, undated
Photo courtesy of Alamo Township Museum The cross over the door suggests that the building was being used as a…
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American Ancestors.org - New England
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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…
Consumer Health Information--Spanish
Consumer Health Information offers detailed answers to the 200 most-commonly-asked health questions. Supporting the needs of patrons and patients, these…
Literary Reference Center
This rich full-text database provides a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines…
NoveList Plus
NoveList Plus is a comprehensive readers' advisory resource. In addition to the fiction database that NoveList has offered, NoveList Plus…
