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Annette Conti takes us on a tour of the Delano farmhouse and talks about life on an early Kalamazoo area…
Local author Gary L. Gibson shares his thoughtful presentation about what was happening in Kalamazoo County during the Civil War…
After playing concerts as a double bill, two of KPLs past performers, Rachael Davis and the boys from Steppin’ In…
A noisy mob marched down South Street in the middle of one January night in 1861. Stopping abruptly in John…
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A 1998 made-for-video documentary about Kalamazoo Public Library.
“Michigan’s Underground Railroad” (1987) – Local historian Mary Jane Swartz tours the underground railroad house in Schoolcraft, and tells how…
Kalamazoo Valley Museum, 2006.39.3 Luna “Lou” Henshaw (later Zwisler) holds the distinction of being the first woman elected to sit…
Artist(s): Waylon Jennings & Jessie Colter w/ Tompall (Glaser) & His Outlaw Band (w/ Mel Brown) Date: 6 December 1975…
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Author and explorer Valerie van Heest takes us back in time to experience the careers and tragic sinkings of historic…
Margaret Minott was the first African American elected to the Kalamazoo Board of Education. She was instrumental in the effort…
Location: Now (1982) Masonic Lodge, 151 S Main Street in Climax. Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by Wm. C. Sauer. Local History…
Kalamazoo, MI journalist and author Mark Wedel spent the month of May 2017 pedaling his cheap cruiser-type bicycle from Pittsburgh,…
Authors Jaye Beeler and Dianne Carroll Burdick discuss their new book Tasting and Touring Michigan’s Homegrown Food: A Culinary Road…
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Holland, Michigan’s Olivia Mainville brought her eclectic blend of indie-folk sounds to Kalamazoo Public Library, Wednesday, February 18, 2015, as…
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