The Westport and Bluford branches will be closed Wednesday, June 12 for staff training.
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Monday, April 22, 2024
NPR's Ari Shapiro is the author of this season's FYI Book Club selection....
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Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Notable entries in Central Library's fan fiction contest about Carrie Westlake Whitney, the Library's first full-time director, will be revealed on Fr...
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Monday, March 18, 2024
As the second of the four-part speaker series celebrating the Kansas City Public Library’s 150th anniversary – and timed to this year’s International...
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Tuesday, January 2, 2024
What better way to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the library than by celebrating its first head librarian, Carrie Westlake Whitney...
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Friday, November 17, 2023
The Library is taking its 150th birthday celebration on the road – or more precisely, the rails. One of Kansas City's downtown streetcar...
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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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Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Nobody talks trash like libraries. That’s too bad, really. Look at the gentle back-and-forth on Twitter between Los Angeles’ and Cincinnati’s pub...
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Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Patrons now can reserve private or distanced work areas – computer-equipped Community Connec...
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Thursday, January 9, 2020
You have a worthy cause, a mission, and you’ve formed a nonprofit to pursue it. Now, you need funding.
Start that search at the Library.&...
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Monday, December 30, 2019
With the beginning of a new year comes the renewed commitment to shake up our usual routines. We tell ourselves we’re going to learn a new skill, take...