NOTICE: All KPL locations will be closed on Monday, September 6 in observance of Labor Day. 

Reminder: All patrons regardless of vaccination status are required to wear a mask in all KPL locations per the CDC and Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services recommendations. Masks are available for your use at all locations.

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Bookworms

September 11 | 4 pm: Join us online for this book club aimed at readers grades 3–5.

Where You Were When: Remembering 9/11 Twenty Years Later

September 11 | 3 pm: Todays teens have only lived in a post-September 11th world. Now we will connect the past to the present by offering vignettes of KPL staff and community members recounting their experience during that fateful day.

Family Storytime

Thursdays & Fridays Beginning September 9 | 10:30 am: Enjoy stories, songs, and fun — live at the library! Designed for birth–5 and their families.

Library Card Sign-up Month

If you don’t currently have a KPL Card, you can sign up for one at any KPL location or online at kpl.gov/getcarded.

KPL Tech Days

WED & SAT, 10am–2 pm: A Technology Specialist can help you learn and troubleshoot all sorts of devices such as laptops, smartphones and tablets, and they can answer a wide variety of tech questions.

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Names on the Land

Colorful names alone often indicate the history and early settlement of a place. "Jug Corners," "Wakeshma," "Bonnie Castle Lake," "Schoolcraft,"…

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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…

Ancestry Library

Ancestry allows family researchers to search through a database comprised of an array of public records. Provided via ProQuest, includes…

America's Genealogy Bank

Find your ancestors in over 300 years of historical newspapers, books, pamphlets and government reports. Search over 1,000 newspapers; the…

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Alldata is a comprehensive resource for automotive diagnostic and repair information

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Upcoming Events

Teen

Read Along! — Heroes of Olympus

When:

Tue, September 7 – Tue, September 28
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Where:

KPL Online Events

Adult

KPL Tech Days

When:

Wed, September 8
10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Where:

CEN/Second Floor Rotunda

Family

Books and Bellies

When:

Wed, September 8
10:30 am – 11:30 am

Where:

KPL Online Events

Early Childhood

Family Storytime

When:

Thu, September 9
10:30 am – 11:30 am

Where:

OSH/Outside

Early Childhood

Family Storytime

When:

Fri, September 10
10:30 am – 11:30 am

Where:

CEN

Adult

An Anti-Racist Primer for Institutions — Session 1

When:

Fri, September 10
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Where:

[email protected] Online Events

Registration Required

Adult

KPL Tech Days

When:

Sat, September 11
10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Where:

CEN/Second Floor Rotunda

Teen

Where You Were When: Remembering 9/11 Twenty Years Later

When:

Sat, September 11
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Where:

KPL Online Events

Children

Bookworms

When:

Sat, September 11
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Where:

KPL Online Events

Registration Required

Adult

Online Video Series: The American Midwest and Black History

When:

Mon, September 13
OPEN HOURS

Where:

[email protected] Online Events

Registration Required

Family

Books and Bellies

When:

Wed, September 8
10:30 am – 11:30 am

Where:

KPL Online Events

Early Childhood

Family Storytime

When:

Thu, September 9
10:30 am – 11:30 am

Where:

OSH/Outside

Early Childhood

Family Storytime

When:

Fri, September 10
10:30 am – 11:30 am

Where:

CEN

Children

Bookworms

When:

Sat, September 11
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Where:

KPL Online Events

Registration Required

Early Childhood

Family Storytime

When:

Thu, September 16
10:30 am – 11:30 am

Where:

OSH/Outside

Early Childhood

Family Storytime

When:

Fri, September 17
10:30 am – 11:30 am

Where:

CEN

Family

Party in the Park on the Road!

When:

Wed, September 22
10:00 am – 11:00 am

Where:

Vicksburg District Library

Family

Books and Bellies

When:

Wed, September 22
10:30 am – 11:30 am

Where:

KPL Online Events

Early Childhood

Family Storytime

When:

Thu, September 23
10:30 am – 11:30 am

Where:

OSH/Outside

Early Childhood

Family Storytime

When:

Fri, September 24
10:30 am – 11:30 am

Where:

CEN

Teen

Read Along! — Heroes of Olympus

When:

Tue, September 7 – Tue, September 28
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Where:

KPL Online Events

Family

Books and Bellies

When:

Wed, September 8
10:30 am – 11:30 am

Where:

KPL Online Events

Teen

Where You Were When: Remembering 9/11 Twenty Years Later

When:

Sat, September 11
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Where:

KPL Online Events

Teen

So You Wanna Play Dungeons & Dragons …

When:

Mon, September 13
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Where:

CEN/Teen Studio

Teen

Pizza and Pages

When:

Tue, September 14
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Where:

OSH/Community Room

Registration Required

Teen

Comic Book Club

When:

Thu, September 16
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Where:

CEN/Teen Studio

Teen

Welcome Back to the Teen Studio at Central Library!

When:

Sat, September 18
11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Where:

CEN/Teen Studio

Family

Party in the Park on the Road!

When:

Wed, September 22
10:00 am – 11:00 am

Where:

Vicksburg District Library

Family

Books and Bellies

When:

Wed, September 22
10:30 am – 11:30 am

Where:

KPL Online Events

Family

Party in the Park on the Road!

When:

Wed, September 29
10:00 am – 11:00 am

Where:

Galesburg-Charleston Memorial Library

Adult

KPL Tech Days

When:

Wed, September 8
10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Where:

CEN/Second Floor Rotunda

Adult

An Anti-Racist Primer for Institutions — Session 1

When:

Fri, September 10
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Where:

[email protected] Online Events

Registration Required

Adult

KPL Tech Days

When:

Sat, September 11
10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Where:

CEN/Second Floor Rotunda

Adult

Online Video Series: The American Midwest and Black History

When:

Mon, September 13
OPEN HOURS

Where:

[email protected] Online Events

Registration Required

Adult

Reading Race Book Group

When:

Tue, September 14
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Where:

KPL Online Events

Adult

KPL Tech Days

When:

Wed, September 15
10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Where:

CEN/Second Floor Rotunda

Adult

Emergent Leaders Panel

When:

Thu, September 16
10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Where:

[email protected] Online Events

Registration Required

Adult

Classics Revisited

When:

Thu, September 16
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Where:

CEN/Boardroom

Adult

Emergence Program Series: Patrese Griffin on the Kalamazoo…

When:

Fri, September 17
11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Where:

CEN/Van Deusen Room

Registration Required

Adult

KPL Tech Days

When:

Sat, September 18
10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Where:

CEN/Second Floor Rotunda

Family

Books and Bellies

When:

Wed, September 8
10:30 am – 11:30 am

Where:

KPL Online Events

Family

Party in the Park on the Road!

When:

Wed, September 22
10:00 am – 11:00 am

Where:

Vicksburg District Library

Family

Books and Bellies

When:

Wed, September 22
10:30 am – 11:30 am

Where:

KPL Online Events

Family

Party in the Park on the Road!

When:

Wed, September 29
10:00 am – 11:00 am

Where:

Galesburg-Charleston Memorial Library

Family

Don’t Be Afraid of the Library!

When:

Thu, October 7
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Where:

KPL Online Events

Family

Books and Bellies

When:

Wed, October 13
10:30 am – 11:30 am

Where:

KPL Online Events

Family

Books and Bellies

When:

Wed, October 27
10:30 am – 11:30 am

Where:

KPL Online Events

Family

Books and Bellies

When:

Wed, November 10
10:30 am – 11:30 am

Where:

KPL Online Events

Family

Books and Bellies

When:

Wed, November 24
10:30 am – 11:30 am

Where:

KPL Online Events

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