KPL Videos: michigan — Kalamazoo Public Library

Teen Filmmaker Festival 2017

The 14th Annual Teen Filmmaker Festival, held at Chenery Auditorium in Kalamazoo, MI, on Saturday, March 4, 2017, featured the best teen-produced and directed films from this year’s competition. Films…

Recorded 03/04/2017

Categories: Teen; Teen Filmmaker Festival

Tags: education; film; michigan; teens

Embracing Forgiveness

Andrew Collins, a former Benton Harbor cop, falsified evidence in a case that sent Jameel McGee to prison for four years for a crime he didn’t commit. Collins’ misconduct later…

Recorded 10/25/2016

Categories: Information; Timely Topics

Tags: culture; forgiveness; michigan

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

Tags: culture; history; michigan; religion

A History of Coloma, Michigan: From ‘Shingle Diggins’ to Today

Chelsea Eskander from the North Berrien Historical Society and Michigan author Rick Rasmussen emphasize the unique characteristics of the community of Coloma, Michigan, with an overview of the history of…

Recorded 03/16/2016

Categories: Authors @ KPL; Michigan History

Tags: author; history; michigan

Teen Filmmaker Festival 2016

The 13th Annual Teen Filmmaker Festival, held at Chenery Auditorium in Kalamazoo, MI, on Saturday, February 20, 2016, featured the best teen-produced and directed films of the past year. Films…

Recorded 02/20/2016

Categories: Teen; Teen Filmmaker Festival

Tags: education; film; michigan; teens

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

Tags: author; culture; education; history; michigan

Mail Order Homes: Catalog and Kit Homes of Michigan

Kit houses were a type of housing that was largely developed in the state of Michigan throughout the first half of the 20th century. Michigan was home to the Aladdin…

Recorded 11/02/2015

Categories: Michigan History

Tags: architecture; history; michigan

Mark Sahlgren & Darcy Wilkin @ KPL

Rootsy Americana Music w/ WMUK’s Grassroots Hosts Mark Sahlgren and Darcy Wilkin. Mark Sahlgren has been playing locally and elsewhere around Michigan for years, and recently received a Community Medal…

Recorded 10/21/2015

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; michigan; music

The Nashon Holloway Band @ KPL

Award-winning independent artist Nashon Holloway brought her full band to the Kalamazoo Public Library on Wednesday, September 16, 2015, as part of the library’s ongoing live concert series. Joining Ms.…

Recorded 09/16/2015

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; michigan; music

The Beauty of Spoken Word @ KPL

Marcel “Fable the Poet” Price hosted a showcase of spoken word poets from around Michigan, featuring Siarra Freeman and Natasha T. Miller. Captured at Central Library on Wednesday, August 12,…

Recorded 08/12/2015

Categories: Entertainment

Tags: art; culture; michigan; poetry

In The Tradition: Jazz @ KPL

Called “the world’s foremost African centered jazz group,” Detroit-based ‘In The Tradition’ gave this performance at the Eastwood Branch Library (Kalamazoo, MI) on Tuesday, August 4, 2015.

Recorded 08/04/2015

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; michigan; music

Exploring “The Devil in the White City”

Historian Tom Buettner returns to Kalamazoo Public Library with a sequel to his popular program, “Michigan at the Exposition: The 1893 World’s Fair.” In his original program, Buettner explains why…

Recorded 06/01/2015

Categories: Information; Michigan History

Tags: history; michigan

The Moxie Strings @ KPL

Kalamazoo Public Library celebrated its 100th free live concert on Wednesday, May 27, 2015, with The Moxie Strings, the electrifying combination of fiddler, Diana Ladio, cellist, Alison Lynn, and drummer…

Recorded 05/27/2015

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; michigan; music

Relics from the Past

Wally Jung, a long-time postcard collector, dealer, and historian, focuses on the importance of covered bridges and grist mills in the development of towns and villages across Michigan. Wally collects…

Recorded 05/18/2015

Categories: Michigan History

Tags: architecture; history; michigan

Earth Day Celebration 2015 @ KPL

The Earthwork Music Collective, a Michigan-based grassroots organization that seeks to foster both community and self-awareness through original music, presented this family-friendly showcase of Michigan musicians in (albeit belated) celebration…

Recorded 04/25/2015

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: children; culture; michigan; music

A 1,000-Mile Great Lakes Walk

In 2009, Loreen Niewenhuis walked the perimeter of Lake Michigan and wrote the bestselling book, “A 1000-Mile Walk on the Beach.” In 2012, she took another long journey, covering 1000…

Recorded 04/02/2015

Categories: Authors @ KPL

Tags: author; michigan; reading together

Lost and Found: Legendary Lake Michigan Shipwrecks

Author and explorer Valerie van Heest takes us back in time to experience the careers and tragic sinkings of historic Lake Michigan ships, then beneath the lake to participate in…

Recorded 03/31/2015

Categories: Authors @ KPL

Tags: author; history; michigan; reading together

Whiskey Before Breakfast @ KPL

Music from the Celtic tradition including jigs, reels, hornpipes and all manner tunes and songs from Kalamazoo’s own Whiskey Before Breakfast. Their approach to the music is clear and simple—very…

Recorded 03/18/2015

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; kalamazoo; michigan; music

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

Lake Effect Nature

Nate Fuller of the Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy (SWMLC) explains how Michigan’s forests, wetlands, and other natural communities got to be where they are today and how they have changed…

Recorded 03/10/2015

Categories: Information

Tags: ecology; michigan; nature; reading together

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Teen Filmmaker Festival 2017

Embracing Forgiveness

History of the House of David

A History of Coloma, Michigan: From ‘Shingle Diggins’ to Today

Teen Filmmaker Festival 2016

Michigan County by County

Mail Order Homes: Catalog and Kit Homes of Michigan

Mark Sahlgren & Darcy Wilkin @ KPL

The Nashon Holloway Band @ KPL

The Beauty of Spoken Word @ KPL

In The Tradition: Jazz @ KPL

Exploring “The Devil in the White City”

The Moxie Strings @ KPL

Relics from the Past

Earth Day Celebration 2015 @ KPL

A 1,000-Mile Great Lakes Walk

Lost and Found: Legendary Lake Michigan Shipwrecks

Whiskey Before Breakfast @ KPL

Biological Threats to the Great Lakes

Lake Effect Nature