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 Look (and Do) Good: Get a Library-Themed Charlie Hustle Tee Monday, October 16, 2023 Partnerships The Kansas City Public Library again is partnering with Charlie Hustle as part of the apparel company’s popular Communi-Tees program,... Read More
News Item Library Offers New High School Diploma Completion Program Monday, February 6, 2023 Education Kansas City Public Library cardholders living in the Library’s service area can now earn a high school diploma at no cost through... Read More
News Item Library, Nonprofit Strawberry Week Partner on Flowvember Donation Drive Thursday, October 20, 2022 Partnerships The Library and local nonprofit Strawberry Week join for this year's Flowvember donation drive, collecting menstruation products ... 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 Library Partners with Barrier Babes for 'Flowvember' Wednesday, November 10, 2021 Library Services Partnerships The Library began a partnership in October with Barrier Babes, a local nonprofit that will deliver 1,... Read More
News Item Library Continues Support of City School Fair Wednesday, November 11, 2020 Youth and Family COVID-19 Education For parents trying to navigate Kansas City’s many public, charter, and private school options, the City School Fair is an invaluable... Read More
News Item Coronavirus (COVID-19) Community Resources Tuesday, March 17, 2020 Resources Patron Notice COVID-19 Though our physical locations have recently opened, we want you to know that the Library remains an online source of information about what’s happe... Read More
News Item Kansas City Public Library Temporarily Closes in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic Sunday, March 15, 2020 Library News Patron Notice COVID-19 With Kansas City’s stay-at-home order due to expire May 15, 2020, the Library is working out the details of a careful, phased-in reopeni... Read More