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Explore Our Site
Explore random selections from the deep library of content on kpl.gov…
Paint Some Happy Trees!
Let’s get creative and paint some trees, in true Bob Ross fashion. Each month will feature a different theme but…
PRISM
[priz-uh m] Optics : A transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting…
PSLF
Student loan forgiveness – no, not the campaign promises but Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) created in 2007. PSLF provides…
Mas Que Nada: Latin Jazz @ KPL
Mas Que Nada, Western Michigan University’s award winning Latin Jazz ensemble, represents a decade-long project created by its director, Tom…
Section Sixteen School
Location: District #8 – Section 16, west side of 5th Street at VW Avenue. Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by Wm.…
Reading Together Returns in 2024
Kalamazoo Public Library plans to resume its community reading program, Reading Together, in 2024, beginning with the official public suggestion…
Don't Be Afraid Of The Library! | Episode 3
Don’t Be Afraid of the Library! is back with a hauntingly chilling tale! KPL Teen Librarian Miss Amanda reads the…
Books and Bellies | Episode 1
Join Healthy Babies, Healthy Start and Kalamazoo Public Library for a reading circle for expecting parents. Receive books for baby…
KPL 150th Anniversary - 150 Years of Providing Access to Information
From its beginnings as a school library that was open just one hour a week to a showplace deemed “Library…
Nazareth Academy Bus Line
With streetcar service lacking along Gull Road, investors formed the Nazareth Academy Bus Line in April 1905 and purchased a…
Kaitlin Rose @ KPL
Kaitlin Rose is a singer songwriter currently residing in Kalamazoo, MI. She began playing the guitar in 2001 at the…
Sandra Farag - Where You Were When: Remembering 9/11 Twenty Years Later.
Natalie Isham - Where You Were When: Remembering 9/11 Twenty Years Later.
Christine Hann - Where You Were When: Remembering 9/11 Twenty Years Later.
Farrell Howe - Where You Were When: Remembering 9/11 Twenty Years Later.
Ryan Gage - Where You Were When: Remembering 9/11 Twenty Years Later.
Amy Alcenius-Hoisington - Where You Were When: Remembering 9/11 Twenty Years Later.
Where You Were When - Remembering 9/11
Today’s teens have only lived in a post-September 11th world. Now we will connect the past to the present by…
Millish @ KPL
State champion bluegrass fiddler Brad Phillips, national award-winning jazz percussionist Mike Shimmin, national champion soloist jazz bassist Andrew Kratzat, and…
Chester Z. Bronson
From an early age, Chester Z. Bronson was at the forefront of American popular entertainment during its most formative years.…
Child Welfare League
Although a weak economy and high unemployment marked the beginning of 1914, an air of hope was spreading across the…
Found Family: A Defining Documentary
A film by Laura Barrett, produced by Karen Trout, Farrell Howe, and Kalamazoo Public Library for Reading Together 2016. Inspired by…
Michigan, My Michigan: History of this State IV
The history of Michigan is interesting, fascinating and filled with twists and turns. Join Lynn Houghton for a multi-session journey…
Johnson, Pauline Byrd
Pauline Byrd Johnson was many things: an outspoken critic of forced desegregation policies, an active member of the Kalamazoo Republican…
Oakland Pharmacy
Whether by design, by location, or perhaps by pure chance, certain commercial structures are destined to become lifelong places where…
Famous Visitors
Ralph Waldo Emerson came to Kalamazoo in February of 1860 Over the course of almost two hundred years, a wide…
Databases
Health Source: Nursing and Academic Edition
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition is a trusted full-text database covering nursing and allied health topics, including pediatric nursing, critical care,…
Literary Reference Center
This rich full-text database provides a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines…
Foundation Directory Online (Foundation Center)
Information on foundations, corporate givers, and grantmaking public charities. In library use only.
Grants to Individuals (Foundation Center)
Learn how to best approach your search for a grant as an individual. In library use only.
PebbleGo
PebbleGo is a curricular content hub specifically designed for K-3 students. Packed with informational articles, ready-made activities, and literacy supports…
