The Westport and Bluford branches will be closed Wednesday, June 12 for staff training.
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Friday, March 29, 2024
Matt Stewart's "The Kansas City Royals: An Illustrated Timeline" was a chance to revisit forgotten stories about the team and get them in print for po...
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Tuesday, December 19, 2023
The Library has many programs that go beyond its core services and require funds beyond its base of public support. We are so grateful for the generos...
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Friday, October 13, 2023
Have a delightfully spirited Halloween season with a monstrously good mashup of scary story recommendations, frightfully fun films, and other creepily...
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Monday, January 30, 2023
With Kansas City International Airport's new single terminal now scheduled to open on February 28, 2023, the Library's Missouri Valley Special C...
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Friday, December 16, 2022
What books from the past year really resonated with our staff? From pop culture page-turners to mind-melting history reads, we’ve highlighted some...
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Wednesday, December 14, 2022
What FICTION books were winners with Library staff in 2022? Check out the favorites that lined our staff's shelves this past year....
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Monday, December 5, 2022
Thanks to you, the Library experienced a remarkable year in 2022. We returned to in-person events and programming, found new ways to enga...
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Friday, October 7, 2022
In celebration of KC Oktoberfest, the Library's Missouri Valley Special Collections highlights the city’s German Ame...
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Friday, August 5, 2022
What’s Your KCQ?, on which the Kansas City Public Library and The Kansas City Star collaborate to answer reader-submitted questi...
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Wednesday, June 15, 2022
The Library and two institutional partners – the Local Investment Commission (LINC) and the Black Archives of Mid-America – are being ho...