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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Monday, March 11, 2024
Thank our community's volunteers. AmeriCorps Week is March 10-16, 2024....
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Wednesday, February 28, 2024
John Beasley, winner of two Grammys, will teach a master class at the Plaza Branch on March 8, 2024....
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Thursday, November 30, 2023
For the fifth year, the Kansas City Public Library’s AmeriCorps VISTA Project is collecting donations of travel-sized personal care items for a hygien...
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Tuesday, November 14, 2023
The north side of the Central Library’s third floor – an area that once housed a reference desk and row after row of books – has just reopened as the...
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Thursday, October 19, 2023
An important chronicle of African American history in Kansas City – and beyond – is now available through the Library’s website, offering more than 70...
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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, July 24, 2023
The Street Sheet is often used by unhoused Kansas Citians looking for clothing, food, shelter, and financial assistance....
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Tuesday, July 18, 2023
Since September 2019, thousands of people have attended Science Matters, a monthly brown bag lunch series co-hosted by the Kansas...
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Thursday, April 6, 2023
The Library is excited to offer resources and a month of activities in commemoration of Earth Day 2023 on Saturday, April 22. Since A...