Parking Lot Construction: As part of our ongoing work to maintain and improve Central Library, the parking lot will be closed for construction from Tuesday, July 28, to Saturday, August 1. Visit the Central Library page for more details. 

Notice of Public Meeting: Kalamazoo Public Library Board of Trustees | July 27 | 5:30 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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Japan Twang

An entertaining and educational concert with shamisen virtuoso Sato Michiyoshi. Sato is an award-winning performer of Tsugaru-jamisen, a dynamic style of music played on a three-stringed Japanese instrument called a…

Recorded 03/10/2018

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; music

Welcome to Kalamazoo, 1917

What was Kalamazoo like 100 years ago, and what was going on around town? With the Kalamazoo Gazette for our time machine, Kalamazoo librarian Ruth Wilson leads the audience through…

Recorded 12/12/2017

Categories: Kalamazoo History

Tags: culture; history

I Remember Kalamazoo

Kalamazoo’s Historic Preservation Coordinator, Sharon Ferraro, working with her 95-year-old dad, retired professional photographer, Lance Ferraro, walk us inside Kalamazoo’s historic facades and sites, with remembrances from the 1920s to…

Recorded 02/23/2017

Categories: Kalamazoo History

Tags: culture; history; kalamazoo