KPL Videos: education — Kalamazoo Public Library

Chef Camp: Cooking is an Art with Chef K

Kalamazoo restaurant owner, chef, and author of “Cooking ‘N Heelz, Keneisha Darden (a.k.a. Chef K), helped students ages 10 and up identify, prepare, cook, challenge and consume a variety of tasty…

Recorded 07/16/2015

Categories: Instructional

Tags: author; children; culture; education; food; kalamazoo; teens

Organic Gypsy @ KPL

Bridgett Blough, Certified Natural Chef and owner and operator of The Organic Gypsy food truck in Kalamazoo presented a cooking demonstration with a spring inspired recipe at the Eastwood Branch…

Recorded 05/26/2015

Categories: Instructional

Tags: agriculture; culture; education; food; kalamazoo

Teen Filmmaker Festival 2015

The 12th Annual Teen Filmmaker Festival, held at Chenery Auditorium in Kalamazoo, MI, on Sunday, February 22, 2015, featured the best teen-produced and directed films of 2015. Films were produced…

Recorded 02/22/2015

Categories: Teen; Teen Filmmaker Festival

Tags: education; film; michigan; teens

Meet the Brewmasters from Arcadia Ales

Arcadia Brewing Company was established in 1996 as a microbrewery specializing in handcrafted, British-style ales. In 2014, Arcadia opened a new facility in the River’s Edge area of Kalamazoo, which…

Recorded 10/21/2014

Categories: Instructional

Tags: beer; culture; education; kalamazoo; overdue brew

Home Brewing with Bell’s Brewery

David Curtis, an award-winning home brewer and manager of Bell’s General Store in Kalamazoo, MI, tells how to brew your own beer at home the Bell’s way. Presented at Kalamazoo…

Recorded 09/24/2014

Categories: Information; Instructional

Tags: beer; business; culture; education; kalamazoo

Teen Filmmaker Festival 2014

The 11th Annual Teen Filmmaker Festival, held at the State Theatre in Kalamazoo, MI, on Sunday, February 23, 2014, featured the best teen-produced and directed films of 2014. Films were…

Recorded 02/23/2014

Categories: Teen; Teen Filmmaker Festival

Tags: education; film; michigan; teens

Valerie van Heest: Fatal Crossing

Valerie van Heest, director of the Michigan Shipwreck Research Associates and award-winning author, shares discoveries from Fatal Crossing, her new book about the 1950 crash of NWA flight 2501 into…

Recorded 09/11/2013

Categories: Authors @ KPL; Michigan History

Tags: author; education; history; michigan

Walter Dean Myers @ Powell Branch Library

The late Walter Dean Myers, National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, talked about his work and answered questions. Powell Branch Library, Kalamazoo, MI, Wednesday, August 7, 2013.

Recorded 08/07/2013

Categories: Authors @ KPL

Tags: author; education; teens; writing

Walter Dean Myers @ Central Library

The late Walter Dean Myers, National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, talked about his work and answered questions. Kalamazoo Public Library, Kalamazoo, MI, Tuesday, August 6, 2013.

Recorded 08/06/2013

Categories: Authors @ KPL

Tags: author; education; teens; writing

Teen Filmmaker Festival 2013

The 10th Annual Teen Filmmaker Festival, held at the State Theatre in Kalamazoo, MI, on February 24, 2013, featured the best teen-produced and directed films of 2013. Films were produced…

Recorded 02/24/2013

Categories: Teen; Teen Filmmaker Festival

Tags: education; film; michigan; teens

African American Newspapers in Genealogical Research

Family historian and lecturer Tim Pinnick, whose 25 years experience includes work in all the major U.S. repositories, explains how to find and effectively use African American newspapers in genealogical…

Recorded 05/06/2012

Categories: Information; Instructional; Michigan History

Tags: black history; education; genealogy; history

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

Lord of the Gourd @ KPL

Watch a professional pumpkin sculptor play with his food! Lord of the Gourd, Pat Harrison, specializes in carving completely edible meals – fruits and vegetables that are carved into whimsical…

Recorded 10/20/2011

Categories: Entertainment

Tags: art; education; food; michigan

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

Cartooning with Kenjji @ KPL

Comics master Kenjji Jumanne-Marshall at Kalamazoo Public Library, Thursday, June 16, 2011 (5 videos).

Recorded 06/16/2011

Categories: Instructional

Tags: culture; education; illustrator; kalamazoo

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

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

Teen Filmmaker Festival 2011

The winning films in all categories from the 8th Annual Teen Filmmaker Festival (7 videos)

Recorded 03/01/2011

Categories: Teen; Teen Filmmaker Festival

Tags: education; michigan

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Chef Camp: Cooking is an Art with Chef K

Organic Gypsy @ KPL

Teen Filmmaker Festival 2015

Meet the Brewmasters from Arcadia Ales

Home Brewing with Bell’s Brewery

Teen Filmmaker Festival 2014

Valerie van Heest: Fatal Crossing

Walter Dean Myers @ Powell Branch Library

Walter Dean Myers @ Central Library

Teen Filmmaker Festival 2013

African American Newspapers in Genealogical Research

Youth Literature Seminar 2011

Lord of the Gourd @ KPL

Chemical Kim @ KPL

Cartooning with Kenjji @ KPL

Moving Beyond Tragedy

Rebuilding Burundi

Medicine, Here and Abroad

History of Burundi and Rwanda

Teen Filmmaker Festival 2011