The Westport and Bluford branches will be closed Wednesday, June 12 for staff training.
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Monday, August 9, 2021
Two hundred years ago, on August 10, 1821, Missouri officially became the 24th state. From this year’s Homegrown Stories Summer Reading Prog...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Tune in to online Library events that explore the role of women in our culture from the history of Westward Expansion through cont...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2021
The Library commemorates Black History Month with a collection of speaker events, activities, and book discussions. Tune in to watch...
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Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Voting absentee this year? Or by mail? The Kansas City Public Library is now providing free ballot notarization services, offered during scheduled dro...
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Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Tuesday, September 22, 2020 is National Voter Registration Day, when we ensure participation in our country’s democr...
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Thursday, August 6, 2020
The Library is taking part in local education and outreach efforts to have everyone in our metropolitan area represented in the 2020 Census,...
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Wednesday, June 3, 2020
As our community and our country lean into the conversations and responsive actions arising from the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, libraries...
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Thursday, October 3, 2019
It’s fall, y’all, and the Library is kicking off the Halloween season with a monstrously good mashup of haunted local history tales, scary story recom...
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Friday, September 27, 2019
As information discovery has evolved, so has the Kansas City Public Library. We’ve launched a new Community Reference Team to help pa...
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Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Tuesday, September 24, 2019 is National Voter Registration Day, is National Voter Registration Day,...