Bookworms
September 11 | 4 pm: Join us online for this book club aimed at readers grades 3–5.
So You Wanna Play Dungeons & Dragons…
September 13 | 6 pm: We’ll have a one-shot campaign for all skill levels, led by Dungeon Master Miss Natalie. Grades 6–12.
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.
News
September is Library Card Sign-up Month
Since 1987, Library Card Sign-up Month has been observed each September to mark the beginning of the school year. During…
Metro Bus Transit to Provide Bus Service to Oshtemo Branch Library
Beginning Monday, August 30, Metro Transit will provide bus service to the Oshtemo Branch. Service will include 1 stop per…
KPL Announces 2022 Reading Together Title The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir by Thi Bui
Kalamazoo Public Library is pleased to announce its 2022 Reading Together book title, The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir…
In Honor of Former KPL Director Saul Amdursky
Kalamazoo Public Library and our community recently lost an instrumental figure in the history of KPL. Longtime, former director Saul…
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Commercial Brewing in Kalamazoo (1837-1915)
Kalamazoo, Michigan’s thriving local brewing trade is rooted in traditions that date back to the earliest decades of the 19th…
Kalamazoo’s City Government
In 1836, the Village of Bronson was renamed Kalamazoo. Seven years later it was incorporated as a village. In 1884,…
Cooking with Beer! w/ Chef Cory Barrett
Chef Cory Barrett, culinary instructor at Kalamazoo Valley Community College, and Brewery Operations Manager/Brewer Jeff Sobolewski, demonstrate cooking with… beer…
Northside Neighborhood
There is a book waiting to be written about Kalamazoo’s Northside neighborhood, however no sketch of this length can do…
Haymarket Historic District
The Haymarket Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 27th, 1983.
Names on the Land
Colorful names alone often indicate the history and early settlement of a place. "Jug Corners," "Wakeshma," "Bonnie Castle Lake," "Schoolcraft,"…
How FDR Segregated Kalamazoo
A presentation and discussion about the history of redlining, racially restrictive covenants, and segregation in Kalamazoo. Learn how the federal…
Afro-American Journal and Directory
Rev. John L. Davis, c.1894 Published by Rev. John L. Davis of Kalamazoo, this 48-page Afro-American Journal and Directory was printed…
Palace of Amusement
North side of W. Water St., east of N. Church St. Located in former warehouse behind the Lawrence & Chapin…
A Woman’s Journey to Find Healing
Yolanda Neals, founder/visionary of The RED Panty Society, talks about her experiences as both a survivor and a writer. Neals…
Elm, 213: Delos Chappell-Stewart House
The Federal Census-taker walked down Elm Street one summer day in 1880, asking his questions of the merchants and professional…
Distilleries of Early Kalamazoo
One of the first products made in the village, and the first to bring national attention to Kalamazoo, was of…
African American Quilts
Quilters Bette Boulding and Vicki Fischer talk about who and what inspires their quilting designs, and share their techniques at…
Embracing Forgiveness
Andrew Collins, a former Benton Harbor cop, falsified evidence in a case that sent Jameel McGee to prison for four…
Found Family: A Defining Documentary
A film by Laura Barrett, produced by Karen Trout, Farrell Howe, and Kalamazoo Public Library for Reading Together 2016. Inspired by…
Ordinary Men: Perpetrators, Bystanders, and Victims in the Holocaust
Our stereotypical image of the Holocaust is of villainous Nazi soldiers killing Jewish victims in gas chambers. However, historical research…
Databases
Morningstar Investment Research Center
A one-stop tool for collecting financial information, getting reliable portfolio analysis, learning about investment options, and reading up on the…
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…
Foundation Directory Online (Foundation Center)
Information on foundations, corporate givers, and grantmaking public charities. In library use only.
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…
Alldata
Alldata is a comprehensive resource for automotive diagnostic and repair information
