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“How Kalamazoo Had Fun” (1987) – Larry Massie and Lynn Houghton talk about what people did for entertainment in the…
Like many pioneers of southern Michigan, Titus Bronson was a New Englander. Born in Middlebury, Connecticut, in November 1788, Bronson…
The Earthwork Music Collective, a Michigan-based grassroots organization that seeks to foster both community and self-awareness through original music, presented…
Let’s get creative and paint some trees, in true Bob Ross fashion. Each month will feature a different theme but…
Mary Mace Spradling, Martin Cohen, Shirley Miller. Undated Photo from KPL Archives The following text is taken from a brochure…
Banned Books Week (September 26-October 2, 2021) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the…
Lynn Houghton continues Michigan’s colorful history with a session that continues the state from the growth of the automotive industry…
As part of our 20th-anniversary celebration, we have gone back and revisited the beginning of the Reading Together program. Enjoy…
The poem “Bright Kalamazoo” was written by English adventurer William Henry Woodhams and set to music in 1854 by James…
In 1836 the thriving village of Bronson, which would become Kalamazoo, had nearly 1,000 inhabitants. The Michigan Statesman listed it as containing…
Location: North side of East YZ Avenue, ¾ mile east of South 28th Street. Status: Inactive, private property
The building of fire stations throughout the city became common in the early 20th century as the city limits expanded…
The Kalamazoo Public Library was one of the first public libraries in the nation to recognize the need for a…
Kalamazoo’s own indie shoegaze acousticore group returns to Kalamazoo Public Library in support of the new album, “All Things Made…
The first Kalamazoo Public Library branch dedicated to serving the east side of the city opened in 1912 in the…
KPL TV: Writers’ Block: Local Authors
Kalamazoo Public Library presents Writers’ Block, a forum where independently published local writers can tell the world about their work.…
More than 27 million people — nearly half of the US population at the time — visited the 1893 World’s…
Acclarion, Canada’s premier accordion and clarinet ensemble (accordionist David Carovillano and clarinetist Becky Sajo-Carovillano), gave classical music a makeover in…
KPL TV: Writers’ Block: Local Authors
Kalamazoo Public Library presents Writers Block, a forum where independently published local writers can tell the world about their work.…
From the final decades of the nineteenth century into the midst of the “roaring twenties,” Grace Tyson, a child actress…
Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information and opinions on hundreds of…
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Containing many of the top-ranked biographical reference collections and magazines, this database offers a comprehensive collection of full-text biographies and…
Magazines and reference books for middle school students. Includes thousands of biographies and primary source documents. Subjects include history, current…