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 Vote for the Library in The Pitch's 'Best of KC 2021' Wednesday, September 1, 2021 Best of KC Voting is now open for The Pitch's Best of Kansas City 2021 and you're encouraged to cast a v... Read More
News Item The Pitch’s Best of Kansas City 2020: Best Library Branch: MO Wednesday, November 4, 2020 Best of KC We’re thrilled to be among the winners in The Pitch’s Best of Kansas City 2020 – thanks to all who voted for the ... Read More
News Item Connections to Make? The Library Has a Place for That Tuesday, October 27, 2020 Library Services Community Reference COVID-19 Patrons now can reserve private or distanced work areas – computer-equipped Community Connec... Read More
News Item Vote for the Library in The Pitch's 'Best of KC 2020' Monday, August 31, 2020 Best of KC Voting is now open for The Pitch's Best of Kansas City 2020 and you're encouraged t... Read More
News Item Library Offers Array of Nonprofit Resources – Including Upcoming Webinar Thursday, January 9, 2020 Digital Services Community Reference 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.&... Read More
News Item Need Direction? The Library's Community Reference Team Can Help. Friday, September 27, 2019 Community Reference Job and Career Health and Wellness Personal Finance Legal and Government Next Chapter Business and Entrepreneurship As information discovery has evolved, so has the Kansas City Public Library. We’ve launched a new Community Reference Team to help pa... Read More
News Item Vote for the Library in The Pitch's 'Best of KC 2019' Friday, August 16, 2019 Best of KC Thanks to all who supported the Kansas City Public Library in the first round of voting for The Pitch's "Best of Kansas City 201... Read More