The Westport and Bluford branches will be closed Wednesday, June 12 for staff training.
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Thursday, June 6, 2024
The Library commemorates Pride Month with LGBTQIA+ book recommendations, highlights from past programs, film offerings, and other resources....
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Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Since January, the Central Library's Stanley H. Durwood Vault has been screening daily movies....
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Thursday, February 8, 2024
The Kansas City Public Library’s local history archive, Missouri Valley Special Collections, continues a 14-year partnership with the Black Archives o...
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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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Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Lucile Bluford – namesake of the Library's L.H. Bluford Branch – was a local civil rights leader and helped make...
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Monday, May 1, 2023
Congress established Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month in 1992, corresponding its timing in May to two histor...
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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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Wednesday, January 25, 2023
As we commemorate Black History Month, there are many ways to discover stories celebrating African American experiences. Check out a...
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Monday, October 24, 2022
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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Friday, October 7, 2022
In celebration of KC Oktoberfest, the Library's Missouri Valley Special Collections highlights the city’s German Ame...