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 Look (and Do) Good: Get a Library-Themed Charlie Hustle Tee Monday, October 16, 2023 Partnerships The Kansas City Public Library again is partnering with Charlie Hustle as part of the apparel company’s popular Communi-Tees program,... Read More
News Item Library, Nonprofit Strawberry Week Partner on Flowvember Donation Drive Thursday, October 20, 2022 Partnerships The Library and local nonprofit Strawberry Week join for this year's Flowvember donation drive, collecting menstruation products ... Read More
News Item Summer Reading Enters Final Stretch Thursday, August 4, 2022 Staff Picks This year's Summer Reading Program has been a celebration of making, dreaming, and doing – over 10,000 readers have read more than 11... 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 Our Favorite Fiction Books of 2021 Friday, December 3, 2021 Staff Picks Readers Services Reading Lists Books What fiction books were winners with Library staff in 2021? From pop culture potboilers to heavy-hitting history reads, check o... Read More
News Item Our Favorite Books of 2021 Friday, December 3, 2021 Staff Picks Readers Services Reading Lists Books 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... Read More
News Item Library Partners with Barrier Babes for 'Flowvember' Wednesday, November 10, 2021 Library Services Partnerships The Library began a partnership in October with Barrier Babes, a local nonprofit that will deliver 1,... Read More
News Item Celebrate Welcoming Week, Sept. 10-19, 2021 Monday, September 13, 2021 Refugee and Immigrant Services During Welcoming Week, September 10-19, organizations and communities across the U.S. bring together people of all backgrounds to bui... Read More