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 Join the Library for Community Conversations about The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together Thursday, September 23, 2021 Book Discussion Signature Events The Library and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation present a series of online community conversations centered around the book... Read More
News Item Join the Community Conversation of 'Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools' Thursday, July 22, 2021 Book Discussion Signature Events The Library and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation present a series of online community conversations centered around the book Pushout:... Read More
News Item From Art to Aviation, Library Exhibits Highlight History and Community Tuesday, July 6, 2021 Exhibits Lucile Bluford Missouri Valley With Library buildings open, one of the experiences patrons can once again enjoy in person is viewing exhibits in our galleries and spaces. Check out... Read More
News Item The Legacy of Lucile Bluford Lives On Monday, June 28, 2021 Lucile Bluford Local History Lucile Bluford – namesake of the Library's L.H. Bluford Branch – was a local civil rights leader and helped make... Read More
News Item Libraries, Literacy KC Celebrate 2019 Career Online High School Graduates Friday, May 10, 2019 Career Online High School The second class of Career Online High School graduates enthusiastically collected their diplomas during a recent celebration. The pr... Read More
News Item Library Commemorates Legacy of Lucile Bluford Tuesday, June 26, 2018 Lucile Bluford Library Locations Lucile Bluford – namesake of the Library's L.H. Bluford Branch – was a local civil rights leader and helped make... Read More