Events for February 2023 — 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 Ask A Lawyer Family Law Clinic 10:00 am – 12:00 pm CEN/Study Room 1 Introduction to Racial Healing Registration Required 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm KPL Online Events Candy Poppers 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm CEN/Teen Studio Tween Graphic Novel Club 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm OSH/Community Room	2 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches 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	3 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Family Storytime at Central 10:30 am – 11:00 am CEN/Children’s Room Eastwood’s Eastside 113th anniversary celebration 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm EAS/Community Room	4 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches KPL Tech Days 10:00 am – 2:00 pm CEN/Second Floor Rotunda First Saturday at the Alma Powell Branch Library 11:30 am – 1:00 pm POW/Barnabee Gallery	5 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches
6 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches On-Demand Video Series: Asking Hard Questions as a Non-Profit Organization \| Gordon Decker \| TEDxRapidCity Registration Required OPEN HOURS ONEplace@KPL Online Events KPL Tech Days 10:00 am – 2:00 pm CEN/Second Floor Rotunda How To Use Your iPhone 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm CEN/Van Deusen Room Virtual Reality Night 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm CEN/Lower Level Rotunda Black History Month Bingo Registration Required 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm EAS/Community Room Page Turners Book Club Registration Required 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm OSH/Community Room	7 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches CANCELED: 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 Permission to Get Weird — Fun and Accessible Design and Communication Registration Required 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm ONEplace@KPL Online Events Anime in the Afternoon 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm CEN/Teen Studio	8 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Peace During War 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm WSQ/Community Room Adult Reading Challenge Great Books Discussion 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm WSQ/Community Room	9 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Organizational Equity in Times of Crisis Registration Required 9:30 am – 12:30 pm ONEplace@KPL Online Events 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 Lightroom for Beginners Registration Required 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm CEN/Idea Lab Virtual Reality Night 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm CEN/Lower Level Rotunda Author Talk — with Lana Harper 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm KPL Online Events	10 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Family Storytime at Central 10:30 am – 11:00 am CEN/Children’s Room Move with Joy: Yoga for Teens Registration Required 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm OSH/Community Room	11 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches KPL Tech Days 10:00 am – 2:00 pm CEN/Second Floor Rotunda Photoshop for Beginners Registration Required 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm CEN/Idea Lab	12 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches
13 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches On-Demand Video Series: The History of Reparations Registration Required OPEN HOURS ONEplace@KPL Online Events KPL Tech Days 10:00 am – 2:00 pm CEN/Second Floor Rotunda Music and Memories 10:45 am – 12:00 pm OSH/Community Room Photoshop for Beginners Registration Required 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm CEN/Idea Lab Art for Your Sweetheart! 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm CEN/Teen Studio Virtual Reality Night 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm CEN/Lower Level Rotunda	14 Adult Reading Challenge 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 Valentines Day vs. Anti-Valentines Day Party 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm CEN/Teen Studio Bookworms 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm OSH/Community Room	15 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Mobile Library–Texas Township 10:00 am – 11:30 am Texas Township Hall	16 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Emerging Leader Academy Informational Session Registration Required 10:00 am – 11:00 am ONEplace@KPL Online Events 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 Mobile Library–Ecumenical Senior Center 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Ecumenical Senior Center Author Talk–with Grace M. Cho 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm KPL Online Events Lightroom for Beginners Registration Required 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm CEN/Idea Lab Classics Revisited Registration Required 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm CEN/Boardroom Ask A Lawyer Family Law Clinic 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm CEN/Study Room 1 Virtual Reality Night 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm CEN/Lower Level Rotunda Dungeons & Dragons Community DM Event Registration Required 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm CEN	17 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Family Storytime at Central 10:30 am – 11:00 am CEN/Children’s Room	18 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches KPL Tech Days 10:00 am – 2:00 pm CEN/Second Floor Rotunda Tough Topics: Financial Literacy in Our Community 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Epic Center/Black Arts and Cultural Center Gallery Photoshop for Beginners Registration Required 11:00 am – 12:00 pm CEN/Idea Lab	19 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches
20 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches On-Demand Video Series: Martin Luther King, Jr., “What Is Your Life’s Blueprint?” Registration Required OPEN HOURS ONEplace@KPL Online Events KPL Tech Days 10:00 am – 2:00 pm CEN/Second Floor Rotunda Photoshop for Beginners Registration Required 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm CEN/Idea Lab Candy Poppers 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm EAS/Community Room Bedtime Stories 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm EAS/Play to Learn Center	21 Adult Reading Challenge 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 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm CEN/Idea Lab Anime in the Afternoon 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm CEN/Teen Studio Mobile Library–Northside Association for Community Development 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Northside Association for Community Developement Black History Month Bingo Registration Required 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm OSH/Community Room	22 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Belonging By Design Registration Required 10:00 am – 12:00 pm ONEplace@KPL Online Events How To Use Your iPhone 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm CEN/Van Deusen Room Candy Poppers 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm OSH/Community Room	23 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Talk Read Sing Playgroup @ WSQ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm WSQ Family Storytime at Oshtemo 10:30 am – 11:30 am OSH/Community Room Lightroom for Beginners Registration Required 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm CEN/Idea Lab Tough Topics: The Absence of Money Talk in Our Youth 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm POW/Barnabee Gallery Virtual Reality Night 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm CEN/Lower Level Rotunda	24 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Family Storytime at Central 10:30 am – 11:00 am CEN/Children’s Room POSTPONED TBD #Always OutFront: Meet & Greet with OutFront Kalamazoo 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EAS/Community Room Grade School Masterminds 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm CEN/Children’s Room	25 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches KPL Tech Days 10:00 am – 2:00 pm CEN/Second Floor Rotunda Love Your Library 10:00 am – 2:00 pm OSH/Community Room Photoshop for Beginners Registration Required 11:00 am – 12:00 pm CEN/Idea Lab	26 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches
27 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches On-Demand Video Series: Find Your Purpose – Best Motivational Video for 2022 \| Goalcast Registration Required OPEN HOURS ONEplace@KPL Online Events KPL Tech Days 10:00 am – 2:00 pm CEN/Second Floor Rotunda Mobile Library–Texas Township 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Texas Township Hall Bedtime Stories 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm EAS/Play to Learn Center	28 Adult Reading Challenge OPEN HOURS All KPL Branches Talk Read Sing Playgroup @ OSH 10:30 am – 12:00 pm OSH/Community Room Emerging Leader Academy Informational Session Registration Required 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm ONEplace@KPL Online Events Kelly J Baptist Author Visit 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm OSH/Community Room

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