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Black History
Little is known of the life of Wallace F. W. Stafford aside from a few early life events that speak…
KPL TV: Information
Nate Fuller of the Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy (SWMLC) explains how Michigan’s forests, wetlands, and other natural communities got to…
KPL TV: Kalamazoo History
A 1998 mini-documentary about the library’s renovation project, featuring architect David Milling, artist Michael Hayden, and others. Includes two television…
Partners
Ready to Read partners with many agencies in Kalamazoo County to support early literacy. Please contact our Youth Outreach Coordinator…
Religion
St. Luke's Episcopal Church was formed the same year that President Andrew Jackson converted the Territory of Michigan into the…
News
From Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes: Everywhere they turn during these uncertain times, parents served by Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes are…
KPL TV: Timely Topics
The Art of Creative Nonfiction (part 1)
The Art of Creative Nonfiction (part 2)
The Art of Creative Nonfiction (part 3)
The Art of Creative Nonfiction (part 4)
The Art of Creative Nonfiction (part 5)
Gail Griffin, author and professor at Kalamazoo College; Katherine Joslin, author and professor of English, Western Michigan University; and Kathy…
Schoolcraft Township
Location: District #1 Fractional – Section 5, north side of U Avenue east of 14th Street. Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by…
News
Kalamazoo Public Library is reaching out to our community to help guide the future of our online programming. Please take…
KPL TV: Teen Filmmaker Festival
"Don't Do Memes, Do Life" by Spencer Haydo (2018 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Welcome Home" by Luke Broyles (2018 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Upright" by Dominic Krupp (2018 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Traveling" by Bianca Hobson, Frankie Murchek, Shadae Hillsman and Shayne Mitchell (2018 TFF)
"The Renegades" by Sebastian Cubillejo (2018 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"The Interrogation" by Alexander Smith (2018 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Sweater of Doom" by Dorian Murphy (2018 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"See The Sun" by Adam Burns (2018 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Recounting" by Sylvia Gabriel (2018 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Pure Imagination" by Ella Thomas (2018 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Pizza P.I." by Dorian Murphy (2018 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Obsessed" by Malak Wazne (2018 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Mrs. Potato Head" by Hannah Biddlecome (2018 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Learning to Forget" by Hannah Powless (2018 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Knights of Fantasy" by Carson Wilder (2018 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Jason Brubaker's Story Ideas" by Zack Dumas (2018 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Her" by Izak Schipper (2018 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Ghost Ferreters" by Luke McGee (2018 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Fortress" by Alex Hamilton (2018 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Dry Oats" by Alex Hamilton (2018 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"A Week in Michigan" by Micah Wagoner (2018 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Alex and Spencer Find a Body" by Alexander Prater (2018 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
The 15th Annual Teen Filmmaker Festival was held at the Judy K. Jolliffe Theatre in Kalamazoo, MI, on Saturday, March…
General Topics
On Tuesday, 13 May 1980, a tornado struck the heart of Kalamazoo, Michigan. First touching down at 4 pm eight…
Houses
One of the last surviving residences in the downtown area, the Isaac Brown House is a pleasant example of the…
KPL TV: Teen Filmmaker Festival
"GLP Sendoff" by Eric Hyde (2015 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Happiness" by Caroline Hall & Juliea Labondie (2015 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"It's Just a Phase" by Nathan Ginter (2015 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"The Living Mountain" by Griffin Snow (2015 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Northern" by Jake Lamons (2015 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Broken Headlights" by Heather Rolison (2015 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"The Lonely Goldfish" by Dorian Murphy (2015 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"The Essence of the City: Kalamazoo" by Matthew Stanley (2015 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Coming Home" by Noah Winne (2015 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Evolution of a Ballerina" by Hannah Lane-Davies (2015 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Ego" by Kennedy Shelton (2015 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Apparition" by Justin Ward (2015 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"The Winter (Est-ce que j'ai mentionné?)" by Yazmine Vargas (2015 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Jack, and the Meaning of Life" by Jack Kison (2015 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"What If" by Meredith Egeler (2015 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Persistence vs. Procrastination" by Nathan Ginter (2015 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Dear Lucy" by Heather Rolisondear (2015 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Insanium" by Isaiah Terry (2015 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Projektio Kartoitus T.O." by Thomas Outinen (2015 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"WhitePeopleMeat.com" by Cruce Grammatico (2015 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"The Soul of Bali" by Nathan Ginter (2015 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Chance" by Hannah Lane-Davies (2015 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Flip" by Dorian Murphy (2015 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"Tenebrosi Somnia" by Isaiah Terry (2015 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
"The Wonderful Wish Granting Cell Phone" by Andrew Sokolowski (2015 Teen Filmmaker Festival)
12th Annual Teen Filmmaker Festival
The 12th Annual Teen Filmmaker Festival, held at Chenery Auditorium in Kalamazoo, MI, on Sunday, February 22, 2015, featured the…
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Search MeLCat Borrow from Libraries Statewide! If you can’t find something in Kalamazoo Public Library’s online catalog, you may be…
KPL TV: Michigan History
Barbara VanderMolen, author of “Discovering Michigan County by County,” shares fun filled facts and stories about every county in the…
KPL TV: Timely Topics
2016 Great Grown-Up Spelling Bee
Great Grown Up Spelling Bee 2015
2014 Great Grown-Up Spelling Bee
2013 Great Grown-Up Spelling Bee
2012 Great Grown-Up Spelling Bee
2011 Great Grown-Up Spelling Bee
2010 Great Grown-Up Spelling Bee
2009 Great Grown-Up Spelling Bee
2008 Great Grown-Up Spelling Bee
2007 Great Grown-Up Spelling Bee
2006 Great Grown-Up Spelling Bee
2003 Great Grown-Up Spelling Bee
21st Anniversary Great Grown-Up Spelling Bee | 2023
Each year, Kalamazoo Public Library hosts the Great Grown-up Spelling Bee to benefit Ready to Read, our early childhood literacy…
KPL TV: Information
Héctor Cortés, padre de un hijo con autismo, explica como el autismo afecta a las personas con autismo y a…
KPL TV: Michigan History
This illustrated presentation by Peter Copeland covers the origins and development of Parkwyn Village from 1947 to the present with…
KPL TV: Kalamazoo History
“Log Cabin Life in Early Kalamazoo” (1987) – Restoration specialist Annette Conti and Richard Roosenberg of the Kalamazoo Nature Center…
Biographies
There are few people who have contributed as much to the city of Kalamazoo as Charles B. Hays. He was…
Databases
Ancestry allows family researchers to search through a database comprised of an array of public records. Provided via ProQuest, includes…
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