KPL Videos: michigan — Kalamazoo Public Library

The Great Lakes in Our Lives

Author Jerry Dennis shared his adventures and misadventures while writing The Living Great Lakes, Kalamazoo Public Library’s 2015 Reading Together title. Dennis discussed the impact of the lakes on the…

Recorded 03/03/2015

Categories: Authors @ KPL

Tags: author; michigan; reading together; writing

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

Olivia Mainville @ KPL

Holland, Michigan’s Olivia Mainville brought her eclectic blend of indie-folk sounds to Kalamazoo Public Library, Wednesday, February 18, 2015, as part of KPL’s ongoing Live Concert series

Recorded 02/18/2015

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; michigan; music

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

Tags: author; culture; history; michigan; women

From a Pathway to a Highway

A journey down the Michigan portion of US 12 (the “Old Sauk Trail”) from Detroit to New Buffalo with visits to historic sites, buildings, railroad stations, Irish hills, a WWII…

Recorded 04/23/2014

Categories: Michigan History

Tags: culture; history; michigan

Rev. Robert B. Jones, Sr., @ KPL

Reverend Robert Jones, Sr. is a singer, storyteller and self taught multi-instrumentalist. He uses folk, blues, spirituals and other American Roots music to champion the beauty and power of our…

Recorded 03/19/2014

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; michigan; music

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

Mustard's Retreat @ KPL

Mustard’s Retreat (David Tamulevich and Michael Hough) performed at Kalamazoo Public Library on January 15, 2014, as part of KPL’s ongoing live concert series.

Recorded 01/15/2014

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; michigan; music

Sons of the Three Fires @ KPL

Native American group Sons of the Three Fires (Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi) demonstrate their music and heritage at Central Library, Saturday, November 9, 2013. Co-sponsored by the 2013 Michigan Festival…

Recorded 11/09/2013

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; dance; history; michigan; music

Andru Bemis @ KPL

West Michigan-based folk musician Andru Bemis brought along his collection of well-worn instruments: banjo, guitar, fiddle, banjo-ukulele for a solo acoustic performance at Kalamazoo Public Library, Wednesday, October 16, 2013.

Recorded 10/16/2013

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; michigan; music

Chris Richards + the Subtractions @ KPL

Detroit power pop quartet Chris Richards + the Subtractions rocked Kalamazoo Public Library, September 18, 2013

Recorded 09/18/2013

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; michigan; music

Poet Robert Haight @ KPL

Poet Robert Haight presents his latest collection of poems, “Feeding Wild Birds.” The poems are rooted in the Michigan landscape, as seasons and lives undergo their seamless and subtle transformations.…

Recorded 09/17/2013

Categories: Authors @ KPL; Entertainment

Tags: culture; michigan; poetry

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

Gifts or Creatures Return to KPL

Brandon and Bethany Foote (Gifts or Creatures) return to Central Library for show #81 in the Kalamazoo Public Library concert series.

Recorded 08/21/2013

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; michigan; music

The Crane Wives @ KPL

The Grand Rapids band, The Crane Wives, performed at Kalamazoo Public Library, Wednesday, May 15, 2013, as part of KPL’s ongoing Live Concert series.

Recorded 05/15/2013

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; michigan; music

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

Keith Hall and Mike Jellick @ KPL

Detroit-based pianist Mike Jellick joins drummer extraordinaire and Western Michigan University jazz instructor Keith Hall for an evening of great live jazz at KPL.

Recorded 02/20/2013

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; michigan; music

Michigan at the Exposition

Historian Tom Buettner explains why 27 million people attended the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair (World’s Columbian Exposition) and describes Michigan’s exhibits in his slide show. Presented Wednesday, May 9, 2012,…

Recorded 05/09/2012

Categories: Information; Michigan History

Tags: history; michigan

Tasting and Touring Michigan's Homegrown Food

Authors Jaye Beeler and Dianne Carroll Burdick discuss their new book Tasting and Touring Michigan’s Homegrown Food: A Culinary Road Trip at Kalamazoo Public Library, Wednesday, April 25, 2012.

Recorded 04/25/2012

Categories: Authors @ KPL; Information

Tags: agriculture; author; culture; food; michigan; nature

Earth Day Concert 2012 @ KPL

The Earthwork Music collective presented a family-friendly showcase of Michigan-based musicians in celebratio of Earth Day at Oshtemo Branch Library, Saturday, April 21, 2012 (11 videos).

Recorded 04/21/2012

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; michigan; music

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The Great Lakes in Our Lives

Teen Filmmaker Festival 2015

Olivia Mainville @ KPL

Women's work and employment in Michigan during the 19th century

From a Pathway to a Highway

Rev. Robert B. Jones, Sr., @ KPL

Teen Filmmaker Festival 2014

Mustard's Retreat @ KPL

Sons of the Three Fires @ KPL

Andru Bemis @ KPL

Chris Richards + the Subtractions @ KPL

Poet Robert Haight @ KPL

Valerie van Heest: Fatal Crossing

Gifts or Creatures Return to KPL

The Crane Wives @ KPL

Teen Filmmaker Festival 2013

Keith Hall and Mike Jellick @ KPL

Michigan at the Exposition

Tasting and Touring Michigan's Homegrown Food

Earth Day Concert 2012 @ KPL