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KPL TV: Writers’ Block: Local Authors
Kalamazoo Public Library presents Writers Block, a forum where independently published local writers can tell the world about their work.…
Let’s get creative and paint some trees, in true Bob Ross fashion. Each month will feature a different theme but…
KPL TV: Teen Filmmaker Festival
The 13th Annual Teen Filmmaker Festival, held at Chenery Auditorium in Kalamazoo, MI, on Saturday, February 20, 2016, featured the…
Military service became something of a tradition in James Follett’s family. His paternal grandfather served in the Revolutionary War. James…
Sources and general information about the early schools in Kalamazoo Township (and the village of Kalamazoo), including an 1880 sketch…
Michael Zadoorian, author of The Leisure Seeker, visited KPL’s Central Library on July 22, 2009.
Historian Tom Buettner explains why 27 million people attended the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair (World’s Columbian Exposition) and describes Michigan’s…
Some feedback we’ve already heard from you all is the need for some non-coronavirus related training’s for nonprofit leaders that…
Have you ever wanted to know what happens behind the scenes at the library? Do you like to share your…
In addition to knowing who played when and where, it is perhaps equally interesting to discover exactly what was being played during the early performances by Kalamazoo’s…
Robert Burns graduated from Geneva College in New York as a civil engineer in 1851. After a period supervising railroad…
National Book Award finalist and local literary treasure Bonnie Jo Campbell read from her newly released story collection, “Mothers, Tell…
Nestled in the Vine Neighborhood is a little gem known as Rose Place Historic District. Local resident Julie DeLuca, owner…
The Grand Rapids band, The Crane Wives, performed at Kalamazoo Public Library, Wednesday, May 15, 2013, as part of KPL’s…
Two years before Kalamazoo’s devastating 1980 tornado, a storm of a different sort brought much of the Great Lakes and…
Kalamazoo Public Library and our community recently lost an instrumental figure in the history of KPL. Longtime, former director Saul…
“Women of Early Kalamazoo” (1987) – From the historic Ladies Library Association building, Larry Massie and Lynn Houghton describe the…
Four years before he became the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, then a representative from Illinois, came…
This music and poetry performance featured the artistry of four well-known Michigan musicians: Ken Morgan — woodwinds Carolyn Koebel —…
Whether by design, by location, or perhaps by pure chance, certain commercial structures are destined to become lifelong places where…
MasterFILE Complete offers the largest collection of popular full-text magazines, reference books and other highly-regarded sources from the world's leading…
This database offers a diverse array of full-text and indexed content covering the full spectrum of the applied sciences and…
Ancestry allows family researchers to search through a database comprised of an array of public records. Provided via ProQuest, includes…
Designed with public library patrons in mind, Explora provides easy-to-use features and reliable content from the world’s leading magazines and…
If you're doing genealogical research on ancestors from New England, this is a key resource. In Central Library only.