Recorded Programs
Concert on the Steps: Ramble Tamble
July 23, 2026
Live from PWPL Front Street Steps. Wednesday, July 22, 2026. ust off your lawn chairs and unpack your picnic blankets--Concert on the Steps is back! This summer, enjoy an all-star lineup of incredible performances right on the library historical steps.
Kulisheck Speaker Series: Dr. Barbara McQuade
July 16, 2026
Live from PWPL Community Room. Thursday, July 16, 2026. PWPL welcomes Dr. Barbara McQuade, faculty member of the University of Michigan Law School, former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, and legal analyst for NBC and MSNBC. McQuade will discuss her recently published book "The Fix: Saving America from the Corruption of a Mob-Style Government", focusing on elections and election law.
Concert on the “Steps”: Bluegrass Throwdown
July 15, 2026
Live from PWPL Community Room. Wednesday, July 15, 2026. Dust off your lawn chairs and unpack your picnic blankets--Concert on the Steps is back! This summer, enjoy an all-star lineup of incredible performances right on the library historical steps.
James McCommons Lecture: “The Feather Wars”
July 8, 2026
Live fro PWPL Community Room. Tuesday, July 7, 2026. James McCommons, acclaimed author of The Feather Wars: And the Great Crusade to Save America’s Birds, discusses the complex history of the political, social, and environmental forces that shaped American bird-conservation and protection.
Book Launch Reading: Alex Gubbins & “Decoding the Hill of Dead Kings”
July 3, 2026
Live from PWPL Community Room. Thursday, July 2, 2026. Poet Alex Gubbins reads from his recently published collection, Decoding the Hill of Dead Kings, from Wayne State University’s Made in Michigan Series. Gubbins’ poems celebrate and elegize a life lived in two homelands—Michigan and Armenia—transforming sadness and longing into hope and wonder.