All Library locations will be closed Monday, May 27, for Memorial Day.
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Monday, April 22, 2024
NPR's Ari Shapiro is the author of this season's FYI Book Club selection....
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Thursday, February 29, 2024
Winter FYI Book Club: "I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times" by Taylor Byas, 2023 Maya Angelou Book Award winner....
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Thursday, September 14, 2023
This year’s celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month carries particular poignance for the Kansas City Public Library. In conjunction with the monthlong...
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Wednesday, February 23, 2022
In his new book Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America, James Beard Award-winning food writer Mayukh Sen expl...
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Friday, September 17, 2021
The Library celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 – October 15) with a collection of book recommendations, film offerings,...
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Sunday, March 25, 2018
A Central Library barista started offering coffee tastings a year ago as a way to share her knowledge of the coffee world, but they have turned into s...