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Join Restorative Justice Trainers Molly Mechtenberg and Ruth Garcia (Gryphon Place) as they discuss the historical, cultural, and systemic policies…
David Curtis, an award-winning home brewer and manager of Bell’s General Store in Kalamazoo, MI, tells how to brew your…
A presentation and discussion about the history of redlining, racially restrictive covenants, and segregation in Kalamazoo. Learn how the federal…
When did O.H. Gibson arrive in Kalamazoo, and why? Volumes have been written about the Gibson Guitar company and its…
The Reading Race book group, co-sponsored by the Society for History and Racial Equity (SHARE) and KPL’s Antiracism Transformation Team…
We are very excited to have been given permission by the Library of Michigan to share the Michigan Notable Books…
Paulus denBleyker, his family and employees were among the first Dutch pioneers to settle in Kalamazoo. In 1846 Rev. Albertus…
Yolanda Neals, founder/visionary of The RED Panty Society, talks about her experiences as both a survivor and a writer. Neals…
During the 1870s, a local farmer named James Taylor hosted a fall event he called the Annual Harvest Home Festival…
State champion bluegrass fiddler Brad Phillips, national award-winning jazz percussionist Mike Shimmin, national champion soloist jazz bassist Andrew Kratzat, and…
“Kalamazoo in Literature” (1987) – Popular author and historian Larry Massie talks about early Kalamazoo poets and authors, and displays…
Detroit power pop quartet Chris Richards + the Subtractions rocked Kalamazoo Public Library, September 18, 2013
Location: Fractional District #11 – Section 25, east side of 22nd Street south of X Avenue. Kalamazoo County 1873. Published…
Dr. Sharon Carlson, historian and neighborhood resident, shares her extensive knowledge of the Stuart Neighborhood history and founding families. Presented…
During the years between the two World Wars, a sure sign that springtime had arrived in Kalamazoo was the appearance…
KPL’s Don’t Be Afraid Of The Libray series returns with more spooky/cooky stories read or acted out by KPL Librarians!…
The poem “Bright Kalamazoo” was written by English adventurer William Henry Woodhams and set to music in 1854 by James…
Today, the local airport hub is called The Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport (coined in 1989), but as with most institutions…
A building boom came to South Street at the beginning of the twentieth century. Near Westnedge fine new homes went…
In 1996, Kalamazoo Public Library celebrated the 100th anniversary of its Children’s Services Department. Mary Calletto Rife and others talk…
PebbleGo is a curricular content hub specifically designed for K-3 students. Packed with informational articles, ready-made activities, and literacy supports…
This full-text database provides a historically rich collection of hundreds of thousands of classic and contemporary poems, as well as…
If you're doing genealogical research on ancestors from New England, this is a key resource. In Central Library only.
Poetry index of 600,000 poems with 50,000 full text. Short Story Finder offers full text, explanations, biographies. Over 1,000 complete…
Magazines and reference books for middle school students. Includes thousands of biographies and primary source documents. Subjects include history, current…