#culture Videos
Author Drew Philp: A $500 House in Detroit
In 2009, journalist and screenwriter Drew Philp bought a ruined house in Detroit for $500. In the years that followed, as he gutted the interior and removed the heaps of…Recorded 11/13/2018
Categories: Authors @ KPL
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
Ordinary Men: Perpetrators, Bystanders, and Victims in the Holocaust
Our stereotypical image of the Holocaust is of villainous Nazi soldiers killing Jewish victims in gas chambers. However, historical research has shown that much of the killing was perpetrated by…Recorded 01/29/2018
Categories: Timely Topics
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
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
History of the House of David
Archivist and historian David Kohrman traces the development, faith, and business pursuits of the Israelite House of David from their arrival in Benton Harbor (MI) in 1903 to the present…Recorded 09/29/2016
Categories: Authors @ KPL; Michigan History
The Library Ladies of Kalamazoo
Authors of the new book “The Library Ladies of Kalamazoo: Their Home and History” tell how they collaborated to create a beautifully designed 220-page pictorial guide of the oldest women’s…Recorded 09/22/2016
Categories: Kalamazoo History
The Library Ladies of Kalamazoo
Authors of the new book The Library Ladies of Kalamazoo: Their Home and History tell how they collaborated to create a beautifully designed 220-page pictorial guide of the oldest women’s…Recorded 09/22/2016
Categories: Kalamazoo History
Hidden in Plain Sight: The Story of the Orphan Trains
Hidden in Plain Sight: The Story of the Orphan Trains & the Making of the Novel. Reading Together 2016 author Christina Baker Kline is the author of the #1 New…Recorded 03/07/2016
Categories: Authors @ KPL
Fascinating Kalamazoo Women
There are many women in Kalamazoo who have played a role in our history. Lynn Houghton, Regional History Curator at the Western Michigan University Archives and Regional History Collections, and…Recorded 02/25/2016
Categories: Authors @ KPL; Kalamazoo History
"Benjamin Losford and His Handy Dandy Clippers"
Author and self-publisher Sonya Hollins co-wrote with her husband Sean (and illustrated by Kenjji), a children’s book about an African American barber, “Benjamin Losford and His Handy Dandy Clippers.” As…Recorded 02/09/2016
Categories: Authors @ KPL
Michigan County by County
Barbara VanderMolen, author of “Discovering Michigan County by County,” shares fun filled facts and stories about every county in the state of Michigan.Recorded 01/19/2016
Categories: Authors @ KPL; Michigan History
How to Write Your Own Obituary
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: Instructional
"Mothers, Tell Your Daughters" Book Release Event
National Book Award finalist and local literary treasure Bonnie Jo Campbell read from her newly released story collection, “Mothers, Tell Your Daughters.”Recorded 10/15/2015
Categories: Authors @ KPL
"Louder Than a Bomb" Poetry Workshop
Kevin Coval, co-founder of “Louder Than a Bomb: The Chicago Youth Poetry Festival” and called “the voice of the new Chicago” by the Chicago Tribune, returned to Kalamazoo Public Library…Recorded 06/22/2015
Categories: Authors @ KPL
Westnedge Hill Neighborhood: Everyman’s House
Former homeowner Wendy Mutch presents the story of the five-room Everyman’s House on Westnedge Hill, designed by civic leader Caroline Bartlett Crane, which won the 1924 “Better Homes in America”…Recorded 05/04/2015
Categories: Kalamazoo History
Westnedge Hill Neighborhood: Crane Park History and Transformation
Natalie Patchell examines of the history and transformation of Crane Park in the Westnedge Hill neighborhood from an 1880s gravel pit to the park it is today with beautifully designed…Recorded 04/30/2015
Categories: Kalamazoo History
"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
Women's work and employment in Michigan during the 19th century
Susan Nenadic, author of “A Purse of Her Own,” discusses women’s work and employment in Michigan during the nineteenth century, as told through stories of women who endured the many…Recorded 10/23/2014
Categories: Michigan History
The Kalamazoo Mall
How did the Kalamazoo Mall come to be — whose idea was it, how did it evolve from its original island oasis design to what it is today? Explore the…Recorded 05/08/2014
Categories: Kalamazoo History
