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 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 Connections to Make? The Library Has a Place for That Tuesday, October 27, 2020 Library Services Community Reference COVID-19 Patrons now can reserve private or distanced work areas – computer-equipped Community Connec... Read More
News Item Library Offers Array of Nonprofit Resources – Including Upcoming Webinar Thursday, January 9, 2020 Digital Services Community Reference You have a worthy cause, a mission, and you’ve formed a nonprofit to pursue it. Now, you need funding. Start that search at the Library.&... Read More
News Item Need Direction? The Library's Community Reference Team Can Help. Friday, September 27, 2019 Community Reference Job and Career Health and Wellness Personal Finance Legal and Government Next Chapter Business and Entrepreneurship As information discovery has evolved, so has the Kansas City Public Library. We’ve launched a new Community Reference Team to help pa... 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