All Library locations will be closed Monday, May 27, for Memorial Day.
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Thursday, February 8, 2024
The Kansas City Public Library’s local history archive, Missouri Valley Special Collections, continues a 14-year partnership with the Black Archives o...
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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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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, June 27, 2023
Lucile Bluford – namesake of the Library's L.H. Bluford Branch – was a local civil rights leader and helped make...
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Monday, January 16, 2023
Rolling Stone magazine has taken some bold stances lately – its list of best singers of all time naturally led to intense discussions among f...
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Tuesday, July 19, 2022
The Kansas City Public Library is gearing up for the city’s starring role in the new streamed Peacock series The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cl...
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Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Lucile Bluford – namesake of the Library's L.H. Bluford Branch – was a local civil rights leader and helped make...
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Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Through photographs, video storytelling, and spatial elements, Evicted is an immersive exhibition illuminates the harrowing experience of evi...
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Tuesday, February 1, 2022
The Library's Dial-A-Story service features several books that celebrate Black stories and voices as part of Black History Mo...
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Tuesday, February 1, 2022
Kansas City Black History is a new website spotlighting the contributions of Black Kansas Citians who blazed trails, broke barriers,...