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 Live Your Best Life in 2020 with Library Resources Monday, December 30, 2019 Digital Services Tech Access Books Book Group Health and Wellness Business and Entrepreneurship Friends of the Library Signature Events Education Resources With the beginning of a new year comes the renewed commitment to shake up our usual routines. We tell ourselves we’re going to learn a new skill, take... Read More
News Item Celebrating Friends of Libraries Week - Oct. 20-26, 2019 Thursday, October 17, 2019 Friends of the Library Since organizing in 1984, the Friends of the Kansas City Public Library have supported your Library through advocacy, outreach, and f... Read More
News Item Dedication and Perseverance! English for Citizenship Classes Help Manufacturing Job Worker Pass Naturalization Interview Monday, July 23, 2018 Citizenship Refugee and Immigrant Services Marcos Balam toiled through two English for Citizenship courses – each taking 12 weeks – and multiple one-to-one meetings with... Read More
News Item With Library Classes, Practice Sessions, One of America’s Newest Citizens Sailed Through Naturalization Test Tuesday, May 15, 2018 Refugee and Immigrant Services Citizenship Fausto Montero prepared for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' naturalization test with the help of the Kansas City Public Library's En... Read More
News Item Hard Work and Long Hours Pay Off: Working Mother Completes Library’s English for Citizenship Program, Passes Naturalization Interview Wednesday, March 7, 2018 Citizenship Refugee and Immigrant Services Maria Hodge was part of the Kansas City Public Library's pilot program, English for Citizenship. For 12 weeks, she studied with her classmates in p... Read More