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26

African Americans and the Arts Collage

OPEN HOURS

EAS/Community Room

Readers are Leaders–Take the Challenge with Oliver James

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

KPL Tech Days

10:00 am – 2:00 pm

CEN/Second Floor Rotunda

Northside Early Learning Center YMCA Storytime

11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Northside Early Learning Center YMCA

CANCELED–Kalamazoo History-Makers: Celebrating Black History Month

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

CEN/Van Deusen Room

27

African Americans and the Arts Collage

OPEN HOURS

EAS/Community Room

Readers are Leaders–Take the Challenge with Oliver James

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Canceled–Talk, Read, Sing Playgroup @ OSH

8:00 am – 5:00 pm

OSH/Community Room

Move & Groove

10:00 am – 10:45 am

CEN/Children’s Room

Mobile Library – Lodge House

10:00 am – 11:00 am

Lodge House

3D Modeling for Beginners

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

CEN/Idea Lab

Black History Month with Arty the Art Detective

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

WSQ/Children’s Area

Gotta Catch ‘Em All!

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

CEN/Teen Studio

Read to Kenny

Registration Required

4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

OSH/Children’s Area

Virtual Reality Night

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

CEN/Lower Level Rotunda

History of the Frederick Douglass Community Association

6:00 pm – 7:15 pm

CEN/Van Deusen Room

28

African Americans and the Arts Collage

OPEN HOURS

EAS/Community Room

Readers are Leaders–Take the Challenge with Oliver James

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

New Genesis Preschool Outreach Engagement–Non-Public Event

10:00 am – 11:00 am

New Genesis Preschool

Lightroom for Beginners

Registration Required

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

CEN/Idea Lab

Author Visit–Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity: An Author Talk with Kim Scott

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

KPL Online Events

Anime in the Afternoon

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

CEN/Teen Studio

CANCELED–Self-care Spa

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

OSH/Community Room

Northglade Elementary School Literacy Night

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Northglade Elementary School

Cultural Appropriation vs Cultural Appreciation

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

CEN/Van Deusen Room

Hot Wheels Racing

6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

WSQ/Community Room

29

African Americans and the Arts Collage

OPEN HOURS

EAS/Community Room

Readers are Leaders–Take the Challenge with Oliver James

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

S.E.E.D.S. Preschool Outreach Engagement–Non-public event

10:00 am – 11:00 am

S.E.E.D.S. Learning Center of Kalamazoo Preschool

Family Storytime @ Oshtemo

10:30 am – 11:30 am

OSH/Community Room

Talk, Read, Sing Playgroup @ WSQ

10:30 am – 12:00 pm

WSQ

Family Storytime @ Eastwood

10:30 am – 11:00 am

EAS/Play to Learn Center

Photoshop for Beginners

Registration Required

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

CEN/Idea Lab

Mobile Library – Maple Grove

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Maple Grove

Just Dance Party

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

CEN/Teen Studio

Creation Lab

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

CEN/Children’s Room

Western Michigan Low Income Taxpayer Clinic

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

CEN/Van Deusen Room

1

Readers are Leaders–Take the Challenge with Oliver James

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Baby Time!

9:30 am – 10:00 am

CEN/Children’s Room

Family Storytime at Central

10:30 am – 11:00 am

CEN/Children’s Room

Music Production for Beginners

Registration Required

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

CEN/Idea Lab

Tiny Reference Desk Concert

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

CEN/First Floor Lobby

2

Readers are Leaders–Take the Challenge with Oliver James

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

KPL Tech Days

10:00 am – 2:00 pm

CEN/Second Floor Rotunda

Chinese Painting Workshop

10:30 am – 12:00 pm

OSH/Community Room

First Saturday: Eastwood Branch Library

11:30 am – 1:00 pm

EAS

DATE CHANGE: Creativebug Crafts for Adults – Make a Book Safe

Registration Required

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

OSH/Community Room

RAD Fest Screendance Presentation

3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

CEN/Van Deusen Room

3

Readers are Leaders–Take the Challenge with Oliver James

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

S.E.E.D.S. Preschool Literacy Night

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

S.E.E.D.S. Learning Center of Kalamazoo Preschool

4

Readers are Leaders–Take the Challenge with Oliver James

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Eclipse Glasses Giveaway!

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

KPL Tech Days

10:00 am – 2:00 pm

CEN/Second Floor Rotunda

Mobile Library – Heather Gardens/New Village Park

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

New Village/Heather Gardens

Washi Tape Painting

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

CEN/Teen Studio

Candy Sushi

Registration Required

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

CEN/Children’s Room

5

Readers are Leaders–Take the Challenge with Oliver James

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Eclipse Glasses Giveaway!

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Move & Groove

10:00 am – 10:45 am

CEN/Children’s Room

Northglade Elementary Global Reading Challenge School Challenge

2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Northglade Elementary School

Mobile Library – Interfaith Homes

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Interfaith Homes

6

Readers are Leaders–Take the Challenge with Oliver James

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Eclipse Glasses Giveaway!

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Lincoln Elementary School Global Reading Challenge School Challenge

11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Lincoln School

Anime in the Afternoon

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

CEN/Teen Studio

Mobile Library – Interfaith Homes

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Interfaith Homes

Author Talk–The Power of Friendships with NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

KPL Online Events

Tween Graphic Novel Club

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

OSH/Community Room

Publishing from the Inside

KPL Live

6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

KPL Live – Channel 1

7

Readers are Leaders–Take the Challenge with Oliver James

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Eclipse Glasses Giveaway!

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Family Storytime at Eastwood

10:30 am – 11:00 am

EAS/Play to Learn Center

Talk, Read, Sing Playgroup

10:30 am – 12:00 pm

WSQ

Family Storytime at Oshtemo

10:30 am – 11:30 am

OSH/Community Room

Mobile Library – Interfaith Homes

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Interfaith Homes

Washi Tape Painting

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

WSQ

8

Readers are Leaders–Take the Challenge with Oliver James

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Eclipse Glasses Giveaway!

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Baby Time!

9:30 am – 10:00 am

CEN/Children’s Room

Family Storytime at Central

10:30 am – 11:00 am

CEN/Children’s Room

9

Readers are Leaders–Take the Challenge with Oliver James

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Eclipse Glasses Giveaway!

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Rose Street Poetry Club

10:00 am – 11:00 am

CEN/Boardroom

KPL Tech Days

10:00 am – 2:00 pm

CEN/Second Floor Rotunda

Blacklight Paint and Sip

11:00 am – 1:00 pm

WSQ

10

Readers are Leaders–Take the Challenge with Oliver James

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Eclipse Glasses Giveaway!

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

11

Readers are Leaders–Take the Challenge with Oliver James

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Eclipse Glasses Giveaway!

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

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

Mobile Library – Ecumenical Senior Center

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Ecumenical Senior Center

Video Editing for Beginners

Registration Required

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

CEN/Idea Lab

Washi Tape Painting

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

EAS

12

Readers are Leaders–Take the Challenge with Oliver James

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Eclipse Glasses Giveaway!

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Move & Groove

10:00 am – 10:45 am

CEN/Children’s Room

Coffee and Connections in the Afternoon

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

CEN/Van Deusen Room

Yoga for All!

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

CEN/Teen Studio

Quiet Time with Sue

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

EAS/Study Room

Creativebug Crafts for Adults – Make a Book Safe

Registration Required

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

WSQ

Read to Kenny

4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

OSH/Community Room

Virtual Reality Night

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

CEN/Lower Level Rotunda

Reading Race Book Group

6:30 pm – 7:45 pm

CEN/Van Deusen Room

13

Readers are Leaders–Take the Challenge with Oliver James

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Eclipse Glasses Giveaway!

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Lightroom for Beginners

Registration Required

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

CEN/Idea Lab

Anime in the Afternoon

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

CEN/Teen Studio

Musical Storybooks: They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel

4:30 pm – 5:00 pm

EAS/Community Room

The Chinese American Experience

6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Portage Senior Center

14

Readers are Leaders–Take the Challenge with Oliver James

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Eclipse Glasses Giveaway!

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Executive Directors Brunch Connection

8:30 am – 9:30 am

ONEplace@KPL Online Events

Family Storytime at Eastwood

10:30 am – 11:00 am

EAS/Play to Learn Center

Talk, Read, Sing Playgroup

10:30 am – 12:00 pm

WSQ

Family Storytime at Oshtemo

10:30 am – 11:30 am

OSH/Community Room

Photoshop for Beginners

Registration Required

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

CEN/Idea Lab

Mobile Library – Interfaith Homes

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Interfaith Homes

Pinecone Succulents

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

CEN/Teen Studio

Author Talk–20 Years of Dragon-Riding in YA Fantasy with International Bestselling Author Christopher Paolini

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

KPL Online Events

15

Readers are Leaders–Take the Challenge with Oliver James

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Eclipse Glasses Giveaway!

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Baby Time!

9:30 am – 10:00 am

CEN/Children’s Room

Family Storytime at Central

10:30 am – 11:00 am

CEN/Children’s Room

Cozy Coffee Club

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

CEN/Teen Studio

Music Production for Beginners

Registration Required

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

CEN/Idea Lab

16

Readers are Leaders–Take the Challenge with Oliver James

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Eclipse Glasses Giveaway!

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

KPL Tech Days

10:00 am – 2:00 pm

CEN/Second Floor Rotunda

2024 Celery City Chapbooks

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

CEN/Van Deusen Room

17

Readers are Leaders–Take the Challenge with Oliver James

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Eclipse Glasses Giveaway!

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

18

Readers are Leaders–Take the Challenge with Oliver James

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Eclipse Glasses Giveaway!

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

KPL Tech Days

10:00 am – 2:00 pm

CEN/Second Floor Rotunda

Mobile Library – Douglass Apartments

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Douglass Apartments

19

Readers are Leaders–Take the Challenge with Oliver James

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Eclipse Glasses Giveaway!

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Move & Groove

10:00 am – 10:45 am

CEN/Children’s Room

Mobile Library – Interfaith Homes

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Interfaith Homes

Dog Man Release Party

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

CEN/Children’s Room

Ready Readers Creature Club

Registration Required

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

EAS/Community Room

The Subtlety of Satire

6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

CEN/Van Deusen Room

20

Readers are Leaders–Take the Challenge with Oliver James

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Eclipse Glasses Giveaway!

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

New Life Head Start Outreach Event–Non-public event

9:30 am – 11:30 am

New Life Head Start

Anime in the Afternoon

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

CEN/Teen Studio

Mobile Library – Douglass Community Association

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Outside/Douglass Community Association

Build It!

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

CEN/Children’s Room

Community Visioning on a County-Wide Climate Action and Climate Justice Plan

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

WSQ

21

Readers are Leaders–Take the Challenge with Oliver James

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Eclipse Glasses Giveaway!

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Family Storytime at Eastwood

10:30 am – 11:00 am

EAS/Play to Learn Center

Talk, Read, Sing Playgroup

10:30 am – 12:00 pm

WSQ

Family Storytime at Oshtemo

10:30 am – 11:30 am

OSH/Community Room

Western Michigan Low Income Taxpayer Clinic

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

OSH

Classics Revisited

Registration Required

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

CEN/Boardroom

Pinecone Succulents

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

EAS

Creation Lab

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

CEN/Children’s Room

Yellowface Through an Ethics Lens

6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

WMU Fetzer Center

Author Talk–On Retelling Greek Classics: An Exploration of the Modern Epics with Madeline Miller

7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

KPL Online Events

22

Readers are Leaders–Take the Challenge with Oliver James

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Eclipse Glasses Giveaway!

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Baby Time!

9:30 am – 10:00 am

CEN/Children’s Room

Senior Citizen Breakfast

10:30 am – 12:00 pm

EAS/Community Room

Family Storytime at Central

10:30 am – 11:00 am

CEN/Children’s Room

23

Readers are Leaders–Take the Challenge with Oliver James

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Eclipse Glasses Giveaway!

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

KPL Tech Days

10:00 am – 2:00 pm

CEN/Second Floor Rotunda

Bujo and Chill

10:30 am – 12:00 pm

OSH/Community Room

Meet the Author: R.F. Kuang

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Chenery Auditorium

24

Readers are Leaders–Take the Challenge with Oliver James

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Eclipse Glasses Giveaway!

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

25

Readers are Leaders–Take the Challenge with Oliver James

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Eclipse Glasses Giveaway!

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Coffee & Connections

9:00 am – 11:00 am

CEN/Van Deusen Room

KPL Tech Days

10:00 am – 2:00 pm

CEN/Second Floor Rotunda

Spring Break Extravaganza!

10:00 am – 3:00 pm

CEN/Children’s Room

Northside Early Learning Center YMCA Storytime

11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Northside Early Learning Center YMCA

Mini Bookshelf Dioramas

Registration Required

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

OSH/Community Room

Confections with Convictions

Registration Required

6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

EAS/Community Room

26

Readers are Leaders–Take the Challenge with Oliver James

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Eclipse Glasses Giveaway!

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Mobile Library – Lodge House

10:00 am – 11:00 am

Lodge House

Spring Break Extravaganza!

10:00 am – 3:00 pm

CEN/Children’s Room

Move & Groove

10:00 am – 10:45 am

CEN/Children’s Room

Mobile Library – Maple Grove

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Maple Grove

27

Readers are Leaders–Take the Challenge with Oliver James

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Eclipse Glasses Giveaway!

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Spring Break Extravaganza!

10:00 am – 3:00 pm

CEN/Children’s Room

New Genesis Preschool Outreach Event–Non-public event

10:00 am – 11:00 am

New Genesis Preschool

North Park Head Start Outreach Event–Non-public event

11:30 am – 12:30 pm

North Park Head Start

Dino Dig

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

OSH/Community Room

Just For Fun Magic Show!

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

EAS/Community Room

Anime in the Afternoon

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

CEN/Teen Studio

28

Readers are Leaders–Take the Challenge with Oliver James

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Eclipse Glasses Giveaway!

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

LEGO® Dinosaur Display March 28-30

OPEN HOURS

OSH/Community Room

Spring Break Extravaganza!

10:00 am – 3:00 pm

CEN/Children’s Room

Family Storytime at Eastwood

10:30 am – 11:00 am

EAS/Play to Learn Center

Talk, Read, Sing Playgroup

10:30 am – 12:00 pm

WSQ

Family Storytime at Oshtemo

10:30 am – 11:30 am

OSH/Community Room

Mobile Library – Interfaith Homes

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Interfaith Homes

Pinecone Succulents

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

WSQ

Creation Lab

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

CEN/Children’s Room

29

Readers are Leaders–Take the Challenge with Oliver James

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Eclipse Glasses Giveaway!

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

LEGO® Dinosaur Display March 28-30

OPEN HOURS

OSH/Community Room

Baby Time!

9:30 am – 10:00 am

CEN/Children’s Room

Spring Break Extravaganza!

10:00 am – 3:00 pm

CEN/Children’s Room

Family Storytime at Central

10:30 am – 11:00 am

CEN/Children’s Room

Future Veterinarian Career Exploration with Dr. Turnera Croom

Registration Required

12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

EAS/Community Room

30

Readers are Leaders–Take the Challenge with Oliver James

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Eclipse Glasses Giveaway!

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

LEGO® Dinosaur Display March 28-30

OPEN HOURS

OSH/Community Room

KPL Tech Days

10:00 am – 2:00 pm

CEN/Second Floor Rotunda

31

Readers are Leaders–Take the Challenge with Oliver James

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

Eclipse Glasses Giveaway!

OPEN HOURS

All KPL Branches

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