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 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 Live Your Best Life in 2020 with Library Resources Monday, December 30, 2019 Digital Services Tech Access Books Book Group Health and Wellness Business and Entrepreneurship Friends of the Library Signature Events Education Resources 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... Read More
News Item Celebrating Friends of Libraries Week - Oct. 20-26, 2019 Thursday, October 17, 2019 Friends of the Library Since organizing in 1984, the Friends of the Kansas City Public Library have supported your Library through advocacy, outreach, and f... 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
News Item Best of KC: Thank You for Voting Friday, October 5, 2018 Best of KC The Kansas City Public Library wants to extend a huge thank you to everyone who voted for us in... Read More