Portage District Library

The Portage District Library is closed until early May, 2021. It's moving to a temporary location while its building is expanded.Colin Whitehurst is the…

This Sunday, African-American history scholar Michelle Johnson, who’s also the executive director of the FIRE Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative,…

They served their nation honorably, but many combat veterans have had, or may still have, difficulty actually talking about their experiences. A special…

Poet and psychologist Gail Martin will hold a reading Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. at Portage District Library for her new book Begin Empty-Handed, which…

What do combat trauma, male coming-of-age, family, racial identity and out-of-race adoption have in common? They’re the central themes of Hold It ‘til It…

In the fall of 2009, Kalamazoo writer Margaret von Steinen started a Combat Veterans Writing Group that meets twice a month at the Portage District…