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Celebrate 125 Years of "Lift Every Voice and Sing"!

Kalamazoo Public Library, the Helen L. Fox Gospel Music Center, and the SW Michigan Chapter of the NAACP lead a powerful celebration of Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice…

Recorded 02/19/2025

Categories: Children; Entertainment; Family; Information; Instructional; Timely Topics

Reading Together 2024 | Cultural Appropriation vs Cultural Appreciation | Panel Discussion

Check out this insightful panel discussion on “Cultural Appropriation vs Cultural Appreciation” from Reading Together 2024! Featuring Denise Miller, Nathan Nguyen, and Namita Sharma, this recorded video explores themes central…

Recorded 02/28/2024

Categories: Information; Timely Topics

Found Family: A Defining Documentary

A film by Laura Barrett, produced by Karen Trout, Farrell Howe, and Kalamazoo Public Library for Reading Together 2016. Inspired by the 2016 Reading Together selection, Orphan Train by Christina Baker…

Recorded 03/21/2016

Categories: Information; Timely Topics

Tags: culture; education; film; kalamazoo; reading together

A Woman’s Journey to Find Healing

Yolanda Neals, founder/visionary of The RED Panty Society, talks about her experiences as both a survivor and a writer. Neals co-authored “Dear Yvette: Shattered Fairytales,” a nonfiction story about a…

Recorded 11/10/2015

Categories: Authors @ KPL; Timely Topics

Tags: author; women

How to Write Your Own Obituary (or anyone else's)

Obituaries should honor the past, preserve it for the future, and give comfort in the present – but they’re tough to write at the last minute. Kalamazoo Public Library Information…

Recorded 10/15/2015

Categories: Information; Timely Topics

Tags: history; writing

"Love Will Steer Me True": A Mother/Daughter Relationship

Kalamazoo authors Jane and Ellen Knuth discussed their newest book, “Love Will Steer Me True,” and how their mother/daughter relationship grew. Jane Knuth has been volunteering at the St. Vincent…

Recorded 04/21/2015

Categories: Authors @ KPL; Timely Topics

Tags: author; culture; women

Biological Threats to the Great Lakes

Jay Wesley from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources talks about the history of threats to the Great Lakes (pollution, habitat destruction, and over-harvest of fish) as well as new…

Recorded 03/17/2015

Categories: Information; Timely Topics

Tags: ecology; michigan; reading together; science

African American Quilts

Quilters Bette Boulding and Vicki Fischer talk about who and what inspires their quilting designs, and share their techniques at Oshtemo Branch Library, March 24, 2012.

Recorded 03/24/2012

Categories: Information; Michigan History; Timely Topics

Tags: art; black history; culture

Aerial Angels @ KPL

Kalamazoo’s own high-flying circus artists, the Aerial Angels, performing feats of grace, strength, and beauty suspended between floors of the library rotunda, Wednesday, December 28, 2011 (2 videos).

Recorded 12/28/2011

Categories: Timely Topics

Tags: kalamazoo

Siblings and Autism: Stories Spanning Generations and Cultures

Author Bruce Mills reads from Siblings and Autism: Stories Spanning Generations and Cultures, an essay collection he co-edited with Debra Cumberland. Kalamazoo Public Library, November 9, 2011.

Recorded 11/09/2011

Categories: Authors @ KPL; Information; Timely Topics

Tags: author; culture

Youth Literature Seminar 2011

Eli Neiburger, associate director for IT & Production at Ann Arbor District Library and author of Gamers…in the Library? and youth literary agent Barry Goldblatt spoke at the 34th annual…

Recorded 11/04/2011

Categories: Information; Timely Topics

Tags: author; children; culture; education; michigan; writing

Author Wade Rouse @ KPL

Critically acclaimed memoirist Wade Rouse reads and discusses his books, I’m Not The Biggest Bitch In This Relationship and It’s All Relative at Kalamazoo Public Library, October 5, 2011.

Recorded 10/05/2011

Categories: Authors @ KPL; Timely Topics

Tags: author; culture; writing

On the Street

Author Marianne Novak Houston and photographer Anthony B. Graves discuss “On the Street,” a collection of poems and prose, which tells the histories, dreams, and realities of individuals living on…

Recorded 09/28/2011

Categories: Authors @ KPL; Timely Topics

Tags: author; culture; poetry; writing

Chemical Kim @ KPL

Kim De Clercq, aka “Chemical Kim,” resident scientist on “Take Five & Company” from ABC affiliate WZZM 13, visits Kalamazoo Public Library, July 18, 2011 (2 videos).

Recorded 07/18/2011

Categories: Information; Timely Topics

Tags: children; education

Joel Tacey @ KPL

Joel Tacey’s One-derful World of Comedy at Oshtemo Branch Library, Monday June 20, 2011 (4 videos).

Recorded 06/20/2011

Categories: Timely Topics

Tags: children

Solar Em-Power-ment

Panelists describe the experiences that inspired their commitment to the development of solar lighting, the challenges facing organizations working in Africa, and the human connections made through their work. The…

Recorded 04/14/2011

Categories: Information; Timely Topics

Tour of World Literature

Elizabeth Amidon, English professor at Western Michigan University, guides a world tour of authors and books that capture what’s going on in other parts of the globe, or stories told…

Recorded 04/05/2011

Categories: Information; Timely Topics

Tags: culture; history; reading together; writing

Moving Beyond Tragedy

Fr. Kenneth Schmidt, Sharon Froom and Olga Bonfiglio talk about their varied experiences in Rwanda, the ongoing efforts to heal after the genocide and other traumas, and their personal reflections.…

Recorded 04/04/2011

Categories: Information; Timely Topics

Tags: culture; education; reading together

Art of Creative Nonfiction

Gail Griffin, author and professor at Kalamazoo College; Katherine Joslin, author and professor of English, Western Michigan University; and Kathy Jennings, journalist, writer, and editor, Second Wave Media, IMG Publications,…

Recorded 03/31/2011

Categories: Information; Instructional; Timely Topics

Tags: culture; writing

Rebuilding Burundi

Former U.S. Congressman and Kalamazoo City Commissioner Dr. Howard Wolpe, the Clinton and Obama administrations’ special envoy to Africa’s Great Lakes region, discusses his work at the Woodrow Wilson Center’s…

Recorded 03/29/2011

Categories: Information; Timely Topics

Tags: culture; education; history

Medicine, Here and Abroad

A panel discussion about the challenges of providing medical care in developing countries, Western Michigan University College of Health and Human Services, Wednesday, March 16, 2011. A Reading Together 2011…

Recorded 03/16/2011

Categories: Information; Timely Topics

Tags: culture; education; reading together

History of Burundi and Rwanda

Kalamazoo College African studies professor Joseph Bangura presents a geopolitical survey of Burundi and Rwanda, including pre-colonial and colonial history, civil wars and current events. A Reading Together event at…

Recorded 03/14/2011

Categories: Information; Timely Topics

Tags: culture; education; history; reading together

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Celebrate 125 Years of "Lift Every Voice and Sing"!

Reading Together 2024 | Cultural Appropriation vs Cultural Appreciation | Panel Discussion

Found Family: A Defining Documentary

A Woman’s Journey to Find Healing

How to Write Your Own Obituary (or anyone else's)

"Love Will Steer Me True": A Mother/Daughter Relationship

Biological Threats to the Great Lakes

African American Quilts

Aerial Angels @ KPL

Siblings and Autism: Stories Spanning Generations and Cultures

Youth Literature Seminar 2011

Author Wade Rouse @ KPL

On the Street

Chemical Kim @ KPL

Joel Tacey @ KPL

Solar Em-Power-ment

Tour of World Literature

Moving Beyond Tragedy

Art of Creative Nonfiction

Rebuilding Burundi

Medicine, Here and Abroad

History of Burundi and Rwanda