On Saturday, October 11, the Central Library is open to registered Heartland Book Festival attendees only. Regular services, such as hold pickups, public computers and phones, and public meeting rooms, will not be available.
Monday, October 6, 2025
Author Adib Khorram talks about the best fries in town and his upcoming interview with novelist Taylor Jenkins Reid at the Heartland Book Festival....
Saturday, October 4, 2025
This year's Banned Books Week theme, "Censorship is So 1984. Read for Your Rights,” echoes extreme censorship of an oppressive regime in '1984.'...
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
What did the librarian say to the ghost? Here's your boo-k! And here's your spooky/kooky October Central Youth Services Zine!...
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
The Library leans into Halloween with a monstrously good mashup of scary story recommendations, frightful films, and other creepily cool Library resou...
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
The annual spooky zine written by Library staff, 'Phantoms of the Library,' is available at the Central Library. ...
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
The Southeast Branch is home to the Digital Media Lab and hosts two summer camps each year....
Monday, September 15, 2025
The World Languages Collection on the third floor of the Central Library stocks materials in 17 languages and will travel in the coming months. ...
Sunday, September 14, 2025
What's Your KCQ? What do you want to know about our community? The Library and The Kansas City Star combine resources to find answers to questions abo...
Friday, September 12, 2025
For more than a decade, Library AmeriCorps VISTA members made a significant impact on the community....