KPL Videos: culture — Kalamazoo Public Library

Shout Sister Shout @ KPL

After playing concerts as a double bill, two of KPLs past performers, Rachael Davis and the boys from Steppin’ In It, found a common love for Jazz music of the…

Recorded 06/17/2009

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; michigan; music

Joe Nolan @ KPL

Award-winning Nashville-based Michigan native Joe Nolan performed on the Central Library portico as part of Art Hop, June 5, 2009 (2 videos)

Recorded 06/05/2009

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; michigan; music

State champion bluegrass fiddler Brad Phillips, national award-winning jazz percussionist Mike Shimmin, national champion soloist jazz bassist Andrew Kratzat, and title-defying-creative-mastermind-insert-adjective-here guitarist Jesse Lee Mason share an active interest in…

Recorded 05/13/2009

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; michigan; music

Who Hit John? @ KPL

Performing, jamming, and busking in SW Michigan since 2006, Who Hit John? has shared their energetic, original, old-time sound in bars, basements, street corners, concert halls anywhere they can get…

Recorded 04/29/2009

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; kalamazoo; michigan; music

Rick Bragg in Kalamazoo

On the evening of April 24, 2009, Kalamazoo Public Library hosted author Rick Bragg, the highlight of the library’s 2009 Reading Together program. This Pulitzer Prize winning reporter and bestselling…

Recorded 04/24/2009

Categories: Authors @ KPL

Tags: author; culture; education; reading together

Rick Bragg @ KPL

On April 24 2009, Kalamazoo Public Library hosted Rick Bragg, the 2009 Reading Together author. Before his public appearance, Pulitzer Prize winning reporter and bestselling author Rick Bragg stopped by…

Recorded 04/24/2009

Categories: Authors @ KPL

Tags: author; culture; reading together

Art Hop @ KPL - March 2009

For the March 6, 2009, Art Hop, KPL featured an exhibition of mixed art from local artist Eana Agopian, the Kalamazoo Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra, and Boston-based acoustic folk singer…

Recorded 03/06/2009

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: art; culture; kalamazoo; music

Mark Sahlgren @ KPL

On March 1, 2009, musician and co-host of WMUK’s Grassroots Mark Sahlgren joined friends Lorraine Caron and Darcy Wilkin at Kalamazoo Public Library in this special celebration of music from the…

Recorded 03/01/2009

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: author; culture; music; reading together

Peter Mulvey @ KPL

Singer-songwriter Peter Mulvey’s performance at Kalamazoo Public Library, February 18, 2009 (2 videos)

Recorded 02/18/2009

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; michigan; music

Greater Kalamazoo Dixieland Society Jazz Band @ KPL

The five-piece band treated those in attendance to over an hour of traditional New Orleans Dixieland interspersed with information about the historical tunes. It was truly an entertaining evening that…

Recorded 01/21/2009

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; kalamazoo; michigan; music

glowfriends @ KPL

With three albums and one EP to their credit, plus tour dates throughout the US and UK, glowfriends (April Morris, Mark Morris, Holly Klutts-Morris) returned to Kalamazoo Public Library for…

Recorded 11/19/2008

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; michigan; music

The Corn Fed Girls @ KPL

The Corn Fed Girls played to a packed house at Kalamazoo Public Library on October 22nd, 2008 (12 videos). The band’s acoustic set was filled with songs from their 2006…

Recorded 10/22/2008

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; michigan; music

Michael Beauchamp @ KPL

Michael Beauchamp with special guests Ian Gorman (bass) and Brandon Foote (mandolin) at Kalamazoo Public Library, September 17, 2008 (11 videos)

Recorded 09/17/2008

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; michigan; music

Rachael Davis @ KPL

Rachael Davis and guitarist Jesse Lee Mason (from Millish) at Kalamazoo Public Library, August 12, 2008 (9 videos)

Recorded 08/12/2008

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; michigan; music

Steppin' In It @ KPL

A very special acoustic show in-the-round at Kalamazoo Public Library, June 17, 2008 (6 videos) Joshua Davis: Guitar player, singer, and songwriter. Joe Wilson: Steel guitar, Trombone, and Dobro player.…

Recorded 06/17/2008

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; michigan; music

Black History, Local Voices

A series of interviews by the Kalamazoo Gazette for Black History Month 2008 (7 videos).

Recorded 02/06/2008

Categories: Kalamazoo History

Tags: black history; culture; history; kalamazoo

Kalamazoo County. So Much, So Near.

Promotional video produced by Maxwell Advertising, Inc. and Lawrence Productions, Inc. for the Kalamazoo County Convention and Visitors Bureau c.1980s. Features a video montage of the Kalamazoo community and surrounding…

Recorded 01/01/1990

Categories: Archival Films & Video; Kalamazoo History

Tags: agriculture; architecture; art; culture; history; kalamazoo; music; nature

Early Kalamazoo: The History of Bronson Park

“The History of Bronson Park” (1987) – From Bronson Park, Lynn Houghton tells about the park’s history and its role as the “heart” of the community over the years. These…

Recorded 01/01/1987

Categories: Archival Films & Video; Kalamazoo History

Tags: culture; history; kalamazoo

Early Kalamazoo: Southern Roots in the Urban North

“Southern Roots in the Urban North” (1987) – Dr. Ben Wilson describes the migration of southern blacks to Michigan during the early part of the 20th century. These programs were…

Recorded 01/01/1987

Categories: Archival Films & Video; Kalamazoo History; Michigan History

Tags: black history; culture; history; kalamazoo

Early Kalamazoo: Michigan's Underground Railroad

“Michigan’s Underground Railroad” (1987) – Local historian Mary Jane Swartz tours the underground railroad house in Schoolcraft, and tells how its occupants helped escaping slaves. These programs were made possible…

Recorded 01/01/1987

Categories: Archival Films & Video; Kalamazoo History; Michigan History

Tags: black history; culture; kalamazoo; michigan; underground railroad

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Shout Sister Shout @ KPL

Joe Nolan @ KPL

Millish @ KPL

Who Hit John? @ KPL

Rick Bragg in Kalamazoo

Rick Bragg @ KPL

Art Hop @ KPL - March 2009

Mark Sahlgren @ KPL

Peter Mulvey @ KPL

Greater Kalamazoo Dixieland Society Jazz Band @ KPL

glowfriends @ KPL

The Corn Fed Girls @ KPL

Michael Beauchamp @ KPL

Rachael Davis @ KPL

Steppin' In It @ KPL

Black History, Local Voices

Kalamazoo County. So Much, So Near.

Early Kalamazoo: The History of Bronson Park

Early Kalamazoo: Southern Roots in the Urban North

Early Kalamazoo: Michigan's Underground Railroad