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Author Mark Wedel talks about ‘Mule Skinner Blues’
Kalamazoo, MI journalist and author Mark Wedel spent the month of May 2017 pedaling his cheap cruiser-type bicycle from Pittsburgh,…
State Hospital Water Tower - Interview with Sharon Ferraro
State Hospital Water Tower Presentation (Part 1)
State Hospital Water Tower Presentation (Part 2)
State Hospital Water Tower Presentation (Part 3)
State Hospital Water Tower Presentation (Part 4)
State Hospital Water Tower Presentation (Part 5)
State Hospital Water Tower
Kalamazoo Historic Preservation coordinator Sharon Ferraro reveals the secrets of this historic landmark and talks about its future as part…
Welcome to KPL Curbside
Due to the rapidly increasing number of positive cases of COVID-19 in Kalamazoo and surrounding Michigan communities, Kalamazoo Public Library…
Read Along! — The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan Chapters 10-12
Keep following along with KPL’s Miss Natalie as she reads The Hidden Oracle from The Trials of Apollo series by…
Kalamazoo Has Been Reading Together For 20 Years, But Why Did it Start?
As part of our 20th-anniversary celebration, we have gone back and revisited the beginning of the Reading Together program. Enjoy…
KPL TV: Teen Filmmaker Festival
"Defining David Dalton" by Zach Terry
"Shadows" by Colin Winchell
"Lego Man's Great Race" by Chris Tompkins
"If Shed Like Me" by Kevin Wolf
"Everything I'm Not" by Stacia Brundage
"Even When I'm Away" by Ruby Tanja
"Dimension" by Austin Peters
"Defining David Dalton" by Zach Terry
Teen Filmmaker Festival 2010
The winning films in all categories from the 7th Annual Teen Filmmaker Festival (8 videos)
Harmony School
Location: District #3 – Section 8, south side of O Avenue, east of 38th Street. Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by…
Marc Adams at KPL (part 1)
Marc Adams at KPL (part 2)
Marc Adams at KPL (part 3)
Marc Adams at KPL (part 4)
Author Marc Adams @ KPL
Marc Adams, author of the acclaimed history Mr. America, which The Washington Post named a Best Book of 2009, and the New York Times bestsellers Turn…
Ladies Library Association History - part 1
Ladies Library Association History - part 2
Ladies Library Association History - part 3
Ladies Library Association History - part 4
Ladies Library Association History - part 5
Kalamazoo Ladies Library Association History
Kalamazoo Public Library hosted a program highlighting the history of the Ladies Library Association and its amazing landmark building as…
The Page Fence Giants
Author Mitch Lutzke The Page Fence Giants, an all-star black baseball club sponsored by a woven-wire fence company in Adrian,…
Bronson Methodist Hospital
In the fall of 1896 the population of Kalamazoo had reached 24,000 people, some began to wonder if Borgess Hospital was…
ONLA 2020
I considered ONEplace Nonprofit Leader Academy for years and joined the 2017 class with the support of my (now former)…
The Subtlety of Satire - Discussing satire in R.F. Kuang's Yellowface and other works
Watch this insightful and engaging discussion with local author Andy Mozina! Andy, known for his works including “Tandem,” “Contrary Motion,”…
Phillips Brothers
Of all the dance orchestras and concert ensembles that Kalamazoo produced during the 19th century, the Phillips Brothers’ Orchestra was…
Garrison School
Location: District 3 Fractional – Section 5, southwest corner of G Avenue and 3rd Street. Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by Wm.…
Bradley, Gilbert H., Jr.
“Gil has something unique to offer our community. During his ten years as a resident of Kalamazoo, he has been…
10 Steps to Self-Publishing
Publisher and self-published author Sonya Hollins shows participants how to form the concept of a book, design it, and sell…
Kalamazoo Lassies
In the early years of the 1950’s baseball was booming in Kalamazoo. On any given summer night, teams from local…
Peter Frampton at Wings Stadium (4/1/1976)
Artist(s): Peter Frampton w/ Steve Gibbons Band, and Montrose Date: 1 April 1976 Tickets: $6.50 (general admission) Attendance: 7,200 Notes:…
West Cooper Cemetery (Evergreen)(Cooper)
Location: East side of Douglas Avenue, ½ mile south of West D Avenue. Status: Active
Databases
American Ancestors.org - New England
If you're doing genealogical research on ancestors from New England, this is a key resource. In Central Library only.
Referencia Latina
This full-text Spanish-language database covers a broad array of subjects inside and outside academia. It offers content from a variety…
Newspapers.com
Newspapers.com is the largest online newspaper archive consisting of 493 million+ pages of historical newspapers from 11,800+ newspapers from around…
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…
Biography in Context
Biographical information of contemporary & historical figures.
