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It's National Library Week!

National Library Week (April 3 – 9, 2022) is a time to celebrate our nation’s libraries, library workers’ contributions and promote…

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World Read Aloud Day.

World Read Aloud Day!

We believe that everyone should have the chance to share stories. LitWorld founded World Read Aloud Day in 2010 in celebration of the…

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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

A special edition of KPL's Read Along!

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Vine Neighborhood

The Vine Area Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places on 16 August 1983. The district is roughly bounded by S.…

Books

Books

More than 6,000 volumes relating to the history of Kalamazoo, the state of Michigan, and genealogical research are housed in the Local History…

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Japan Twang: Tsugaru-jamisen with Sato Michiyoshi

Japan Twang

An entertaining and educational concert with shamisen virtuoso Sato Michiyoshi. Sato is an award-winning performer of Tsugaru-jamisen, a dynamic style…

Buildings

Marlborough Building

The Marlborough Building at 471 W. South Street was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 27, 1983.…

Religion

First Methodist Church

The First United Methodist Church of Kalamazoo is the oldest congregation in the city. The church traces its origins to…

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Endowment Spending Policy

Print Version (PDF) Pursuant to the Fund Development Committee responsibilities of providing strategic and policy direction to Kalamazoo Public Library…

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Brothers Kalamazov @ KPL

The Brothers Kalamazov brought their eclectic range of original and traditional songs to the Kalamazoo Public Library on March 24,…

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AGRICOLA

Containing bibliographic records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library, AGRICOLA provides millions of citations relating to the…

Ancestry Library

Ancestry allows family researchers to search through a database comprised of an array of public records. Provided via ProQuest, includes…

Home Improvement Reference Center

Through a collection of comprehensive full-text content, this database provides users with detailed, user-friendly “how-to” information covering a variety of…

Biography Resource Center

Containing many of the top-ranked biographical reference collections and magazines, this database offers a comprehensive collection of full-text biographies and…

LitFINDER

Poetry index of 600,000 poems with 50,000 full text. Short Story Finder offers full text, explanations, biographies. Over 1,000 complete…

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