All Library locations will be closed Monday, May 27, for Memorial Day.
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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, October 16, 2023
The Kansas City Public Library again is partnering with Charlie Hustle as part of the apparel company’s popular Communi-Tees program,...
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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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Thursday, October 20, 2022
The Library and local nonprofit Strawberry Week join for this year's Flowvember donation drive, collecting menstruation products ...
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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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Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Quindaro only lasted for six years—but one hundred sixty years later, it still fascinates people for its links to the Underground Railroad....
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Friday, March 4, 2022
Jack Johnson was one of the most famous people in the world in February 1912, having pummeled Jim Jeffries 19 months earlier in the “Fight of the Cent...
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Wednesday, November 10, 2021
The Library began a partnership in October with Barrier Babes, a local nonprofit that will deliver 1,...
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Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Just before Christmas, a young woman – pregnant and accompanied by her mother – sought out the Library’s...