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Alamo Township
Unidentified class, probably Alamo Township, roughly 1940s. Photo courtesy of Alamo Township Museum.
Black History
Among the earliest pioneers in Oshtemo Township were Enoch Harris and his family, the first black settlers in Kalamazoo County.…
KPL TV: Michigan History
Lynn Houghton continues Michigan’s colorful history with a session that continues the state from the growth of the automotive industry…
KPL TV: Kalamazoo History
In 1978, 11 years after the passing of Alma H. Powell, staff and friends of the Alma Powell Branch designated…
KPL TV: Teen Filmmaker Festival
"West Michigan Cancer Center Documentary" by Melanie Mott (2007)
"Witch Doctor Music Video" by Eric Frost (2007)
"The Blob" by Katie Valkner (2007)
"Jacked-Up" by Tony Boggiano and Joe Sugiyama (2007)
"The Great Belly Race" by Eric Hoard (2007)
"Trip to Colorado" by Kyle Kearns (2007)
"Get Some" by Perry Menken (2007)
"Memories" by Drew Marquardt (2007)
"The Fly" by Christopher Jarvis (2007)
"If It's For Real" by Klarissa L. Delos Angeles and Madyson Brown (2007)
"Revelation" by Ben Rupp (2007)
"Heros" by Jared Lanning and Kythan Adas (2007)
"Beauty is Not Plastic" by Chelsea Graham (2007)
"Card Me" by Jonathan Brandt (2007)
"Pieces" by Chad Slocum (2007)
"Paper Town" by Jake C. Down (2007)
"Mmmm ... Chunky Pineapple" by Zach Terry (2007)
"I Want it That Way" by Pat Lasher (2007)
"Slinky Commercial" by Gregory Krajewski (2007)
"Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" by Ayla Ludwig (2007)
"Who is Sadie Hawkins" by John Bastianelli (2007)
"Mow the Lawn" by Kristin Rocha (2007)
"Blister in the Sun" by Erin Lenczycki (2007)
Films from Kalamazoo Public Library’s 2007 Teen Filmmaker Festival. Juried films are shown at the Film Festival in February, where…
Kalamazoo Public Schools
Everyday thousands of people pass by the Community Education Center, otherwise known as “Old Central,” located at South Westnedge Avenue…
Alamo Township
Photo courtesy of the Alamo Township Museum
KPL TV: Music & Concerts
Return of the Red Sea Pedestrians (part 1)
Return of the Red Sea Pedestrians (part 2)
Return of the Red Sea Pedestrians (part 3)
The Red Sea Pedestrians brought their one-of-a-kind, high-energy, neo-Klezmer, full-blown, instrument-swapping fusion back to the Kalamazoo Public Library for an…
Alamo Township
Courtesy of Alamo Township Museum
Policies
Mission Statement The Kalamazoo Public Library champions reading, ignites imagination and ensures access to information and ideas. Vision Statement The…
KPL TV: Teen Filmmaker Festival
"Monster's Ball" by Claire Davis & Eleri Watkins (2017 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"The Invisible Abductor" by DyShauna Rutherford (2017 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"MiGRAiNE" by Reid Riley (2017 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Enigma" by Dominic Krupp (2017 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"The 1%: Crisis in the Great Lakes" by Griffin Olis (2017 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Breathe" by Makenzie Hanfland (2017 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"SafeNet Appliances" by Erick Hatter & Seamus Hyman (2017 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"The Life of Paul" by Luke McGee (2017 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"We Are Torn" by Logan R Workman (2017 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"A Piece on the Board: Riddler Intro" by Erick Hatter (2017 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Picturing" by Sylvia Gabriel & Aiden Standke (2017 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Midnight Unicycling" by Annareetta Reponen (2017 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Send Her Love" by Dorian Murphy & Emilee Emy (2017 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Undertone" by Sylvia Gabriel & Aiden Standke (2017 Teen Filmmaker Festival) 2017 Festival Finalist
"The Palm" by Sage Benner (2017 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"The Chickening" by Emma Fergusson (2017 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Tabletop" by Alex Hamilton (2017 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Ode to Crayola" by Alex Hamilton (2017 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"You Don't Know" by Camryn Bullock (2017 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"The Resolution" by Seamus Hyman (2017 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"New Game" by Logan R Workman (2017 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
The 14th Annual Teen Filmmaker Festival, held at Chenery Auditorium in Kalamazoo, MI, on Saturday, March 4, 2017, featured the…
Music
When did O.H. Gibson arrive in Kalamazoo, and why? Volumes have been written about the Gibson Guitar company and its…
KPL TV: Music & Concerts
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, perhaps the foremost translator of songs by Jacques Brel, performs songs by Brel, Gabriel Fauré, Edith Piaf, Kurt…
KPL TV: Kalamazoo History
Former homeowner Wendy Mutch presents the story of the five-room Everyman’s House on Westnedge Hill, designed by civic leader Caroline…
Houses
The Oaklands at WMU was added to the National Register of Historic Places on 27 May 1983.
Historic Districts
The South Street Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places on 28 August 1979.
KPL TV: Kalamazoo History
Historic preservation has been at work in Kalamazoo for over 50 years. Learn more about how keeping our Kalamazoo heritage…
KPL TV: Music & Concerts
Native American group Sons of the Three Fires (Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi) demonstrate their music and heritage at Central Library,…
KPL TV: Music & Concerts
Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers were the centerpiece of a fun-in-the-sun party that served as the official kick-off of…
Black History
In addition to Kalamazoo’s principal newspapers (The Kalamazoo Gazette and The Kalamazoo Telegraph [1844-1916]), everyday life of black Kalamazoo residents…
Databases
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