Events for December 2022 — Kalamazoo Public Library

Notice of Public Meeting: Kalamazoo Public Library Board of Trustees | April 29th| 6 pm | Central Library/Van Deusen Room. The packet of information for the meeting can be found on the library’s website.

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			1 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Wintertime Scavenger Hunt OPEN HOURS CEN/Teen Studio Talk Read Sing Playgroup @ WSQ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm WSQ/Community Room Family Storytime at Oshtemo 10:30 am – 11:30 am OSH/Community Room Video Editing for Beginners Registration Required 11:00 am – 12:00 pm CEN/Idea Lab Virtual Reality Night 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm CEN/Lower Level Rotunda Kalamazoo in the 1870s 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm CEN/Van Deusen Room	2 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Wintertime Scavenger Hunt OPEN HOURS CEN/Teen Studio	3 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Wintertime Scavenger Hunt OPEN HOURS CEN/Teen Studio Sand Candle Making with the Kalamazoo Candle Company 10:00 am – 12:00 pm CEN/Van Deusen Room First Saturday at the Alma Powell Branch Library 11:30 am – 1:00 pm POW/Barnabee Gallery	4 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Wintertime Scavenger Hunt OPEN HOURS CEN/Teen Studio
5 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Wintertime Scavenger Hunt OPEN HOURS CEN/Teen Studio On-Demand Video Series: The Bridge to Thriving Framework© (brief) Registration Required OPEN HOURS ONEplace@KPL Online Events Bedtime Stories 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm EAS/Play to Learn Center Page Turners Book Club Registration Required 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm OSH/Community Room	6 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Wintertime Scavenger Hunt OPEN HOURS CEN/Teen Studio Talk Read Sing Playgroup @ OSH 10:30 am – 12:00 pm OSH/Community Room Author Talk–with Geraldine Brooks Registration Required 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm KPL Online Events	7 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Wintertime Scavenger Hunt OPEN HOURS CEN/Teen Studio Wintertime Matinee 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm CEN/Teen Studio Tween Graphic Novel Club 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm OSH/Community Room	8 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Wintertime Scavenger Hunt OPEN HOURS CEN/Teen Studio Mobile Library–Texas Township 10:00 am – 11:30 am Texas Township Hall Family Storytime 10:30 am – 11:30 am OSH/Community Room Peace During War 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm CEN/Teen Studio	9 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Wintertime Scavenger Hunt OPEN HOURS CEN/Teen Studio Family Storytime OPEN HOURS Family Storytime 10:30 am – 11:00 am Family Storytime 10:30 am – 11:00 am Family Storytime 10:30 am – 11:00 am Family Storytime 10:30 am – 11:00 am Family Storytime 10:30 am – 11:30 am Family Storytime 10:30 am – 11:30 am CEN/Children’s Room	10 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Wintertime Scavenger Hunt OPEN HOURS CEN/Teen Studio Tiny Art Show OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches CANCELED: Rose Street Poetry Club 10:00 am – 11:00 am CEN/Study Room 1	11 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Wintertime Scavenger Hunt OPEN HOURS CEN/Teen Studio Tiny Art Show OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches
12 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Wintertime Scavenger Hunt OPEN HOURS CEN/Teen Studio Tiny Art Show OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches On-Demand Video Series: What if 911 dispatched mental health responders? Leslie Herod Registration Required OPEN HOURS ONEplace@KPL Online Events Bedtime Stories 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm EAS/Play to Learn Center	13 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Wintertime Scavenger Hunt OPEN HOURS CEN/Teen Studio Tiny Art Show OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Talk Read Sing Playgroup @ OSH 10:30 am – 12:00 pm OSH/Community Room Peace During War 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm POW/Douglass Community Room Bookworms 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm OSH/Community Room	14 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Wintertime Scavenger Hunt OPEN HOURS CEN/Teen Studio Tiny Art Show OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Coffee Talk 10:30 am – 11:30 am OSH/Community Room Author Talk–A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America: with Nicole Eustace Registration Required 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm KPL Online Events Wintertime Matinee 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm CEN/Teen Studio	15 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Wintertime Scavenger Hunt OPEN HOURS CEN/Teen Studio Tiny Art Show OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Talk Read Sing Playgroup @ WSQ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm WSQ/Community Room Family Storytime 10:30 am – 11:30 am OSH/Community Room Mobile Library–Ecumenical Senior Center 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Ecumenical Senior Center Classics Revisited Registration Required 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm CEN/Boardroom	16 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Wintertime Scavenger Hunt OPEN HOURS CEN/Teen Studio Tiny Art Show OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Family Storytime OPEN HOURS Family Storytime 10:30 am – 11:00 am Family Storytime 10:30 am – 11:00 am Family Storytime 10:30 am – 11:00 am Family Storytime 10:30 am – 11:00 am Family Storytime 10:30 am – 11:30 am Family Storytime 10:30 am – 11:30 am CEN/Children’s Room	17 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Wintertime Scavenger Hunt OPEN HOURS CEN/Teen Studio Tiny Art Show OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Critchlow Alligators 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EAS/Community Room	18 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Wintertime Scavenger Hunt OPEN HOURS CEN/Teen Studio Tiny Art Show OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches
19 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Wintertime Scavenger Hunt OPEN HOURS CEN/Teen Studio Tiny Art Show OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches On-Demand Video Series: The Lion King: Tiny Desk Concert Registration Required OPEN HOURS Music and Memories 10:45 am – 12:00 pm OSH/Community Room Photoshop for Beginners Registration Required 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm CEN/Idea Lab Bedtime Stories 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm EAS/Play to Learn Center	20 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Wintertime Scavenger Hunt OPEN HOURS CEN/Teen Studio Tiny Art Show OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Talk Read Sing Playgroup @ OSH 10:30 am – 12:00 pm OSH/Community Room Video Editing for Beginners Registration Required 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm CEN/Idea Lab Northside Association for Community Development 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Park Street Market Virtual Reality Night 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm CEN/Lower Level Rotunda Graham Cracker Candy Houses 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm POW Koekje, Cooky, or Cookie? A History of American Christmas Cookies 6:45 pm – 8:00 pm OSH/Community Room	21 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Wintertime Scavenger Hunt OPEN HOURS CEN/Teen Studio Tiny Art Show OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Mobile Library–Texas Township 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Texas Township Hall Wintertime Matinee 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm CEN/Teen Studio Lightroom for Beginners Registration Required 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm CEN/Idea Lab	22 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Wintertime Scavenger Hunt OPEN HOURS CEN/Teen Studio Tiny Art Show OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Talk Read Sing Playgroup @ WSQ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm WSQ/Community Room Family Storytime 10:30 am – 11:30 am OSH/Community Room CANCELED: Library League 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm OSH	23 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Wintertime Scavenger Hunt OPEN HOURS CEN/Teen Studio Tiny Art Show OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Family Storytime OPEN HOURS Family Storytime 10:30 am – 11:00 am Family Storytime 10:30 am – 11:00 am Family Storytime 10:30 am – 11:00 am Family Storytime 10:30 am – 11:00 am Family Storytime 10:30 am – 11:30 am Family Storytime 10:30 am – 11:30 am CEN/Children’s Room CANCELED: Virtual Reality Night 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm CEN/Lower Level Rotunda	24 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Wintertime Scavenger Hunt OPEN HOURS CEN/Teen Studio Tiny Art Show OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches	25 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Wintertime Scavenger Hunt OPEN HOURS CEN/Teen Studio Tiny Art Show OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches
26 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Wintertime Scavenger Hunt OPEN HOURS CEN/Teen Studio Tiny Art Show OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Bedtime Stories 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm EAS/Play to Learn Center	27 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Wintertime Scavenger Hunt OPEN HOURS CEN/Teen Studio Tiny Art Show OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Talk Read Sing Playgroup @ OSH 10:30 am – 12:00 pm OSH/Community Room Snowed In at the Library 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm OSH/Community Room	28 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Wintertime Scavenger Hunt OPEN HOURS CEN/Teen Studio Tiny Art Show OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Wintertime Matinee 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm CEN/Teen Studio	29 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Wintertime Scavenger Hunt OPEN HOURS CEN/Teen Studio Tiny Art Show OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Talk Read Sing Playgroup @ WSQ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm WSQ/Community Room Family Storytime 10:30 am – 11:30 am OSH/Community Room NERF Mobile Games @ the Library 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm CEN/Van Deusen Room	30 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Wintertime Scavenger Hunt OPEN HOURS CEN/Teen Studio Tiny Art Show OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Family Storytime 10:30 am – 11:30 am Family Storytime 10:30 am – 11:00 pm CEN/Children’s Room New Year, New You! Registration Required 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm CEN/Teen Studio Community Table–Job Corps 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm CEN Grade School Masterminds 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm CEN/Children’s Room	31 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Wintertime Scavenger Hunt OPEN HOURS CEN/Teen Studio Tiny Art Show OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches

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