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 Join the Library for Community Conversations about The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together Thursday, September 23, 2021 Book Discussion Signature Events The Library and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation present a series of online community conversations centered around the book... Read More
News Item Join the Community Conversation of 'Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools' Thursday, July 22, 2021 Book Discussion Signature Events The Library and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation present a series of online community conversations centered around the book Pushout:... Read More
News Item Black History Live Museum Celebrates Changemakers Then and Now Tuesday, February 16, 2021 Black History Digital Media Lab During Black History Month, we celebrate the African American experience and the legacies of those who have shaped our nation. The Li... Read More
News Item Community Open House Celebrates Southeast Branch Renovations, New Media Center Monday, April 23, 2018 Digital Media Lab Library Locations The Kansas City Public Library is celebrating the makeover of its Southeast Branch, 6242 Swope Parkway, with a community open house on Saturda... Read More