News Item Longtime NPR Host Meets ‘Best Strangers in the World,’ Our Latest Book Club Selection Monday, April 22, 2024 FYI Book Group 150th Anniversary NPR's Ari Shapiro is the author of this season's FYI Book Club selection.... Read More
News Item Memories of ‘The Wiz,’ and Coming of Age Inspire This Award-Winning Poetry Collection Thursday, February 29, 2024 FYI Book Group Book Discussion Book Group Maya Angelou Book Award Winter FYI Book Club: "I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times" by Taylor Byas, 2023 Maya Angelou Book Award winner.... Read More
News Item KC Black History: Do you know the town that was a stop on the underground railroad? Wednesday, March 9, 2022 What's Your KC Q? Quindaro only lasted for six years—but one hundred sixty years later, it still fascinates people for its links to the Underground Railroad.... Read More
News Item KCQ: Amid a tide of racism, a legendary boxer celebrated a triumphant week in Kansas City Friday, March 4, 2022 What's Your KC Q? Jack Johnson was one of the most famous people in the world in February 1912, having pummeled Jim Jeffries 19 months earlier in the “Fight of the Cent... Read More
News Item Mayukh Sen Spotlights the Stories, Struggles of Immigrant Women Who Helped Make American Food Cuisine What It Is Wednesday, February 23, 2022 FYI Book Group In his new book Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America, James Beard Award-winning food writer Mayukh Sen expl... Read More
News Item Library Invites Patrons to Connect Through Conversation During National Week of Conversation Tuesday, April 17, 2018 Politics Religion Race Immigration The Library invites patrons to sit down and connect through conversation during the first National Week of Conversation, April 20-28, 2018.... Read More