News Item Our Favorite Books of 2017 Thursday, January 4, 2018 Staff Picks Reading Lists Books What books were winners... Read More
News Item We Know What Love Is - Romance Reads Friday, January 5, 2018 Readers Services Books Reading Lists On a recent segment for KCUR’s Central Standard, the Bibliofiles gathered to talk about romance novels and the fan outrage t... Read More
News Item The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures by Aaron Mahnke Thursday, January 18, 2018 Books When I heard Aaron Mahnke had written a book about The World of Lore, I hoped he would use the freedom of this different format to dive more... Read More
News Item KC Q needs your vote: Which Kansas City-centric question should we answer? Tuesday, June 25, 2019 What's Your KCQ? Since The Kansas City Public Library launched "What’s your KCQ?" last October in partnership with the Kansas City Star ,... Read More
News Item How do Kansas City’s downtown buildings coordinate their lights? A KC Q gets answered Tuesday, July 2, 2019 What's Your KCQ? Every once in a while, the Kansas City skyline lights up in brilliant, seemingly coordinated hues — like everyone got together to make the city shi... Read More
News Item Yes, an amusement park electrified Kansas City’s Brush Creek in 1900s. A KC Q answered Wednesday, July 10, 2019 What's Your KCQ? Conceived as a ploy to bring customers to visit the Heim Brewing Company in 1899, the original Electric Park at Chestnut and Guinotte streets grew int... Read More
News Item An Ever-Expanding Universe of Summer Reading Stories Wednesday, July 10, 2019 Summer Reading Reading Lists Books As you power through your Summer Reading to log your books and earn your prize, there's a constellation of space-and science-themed t... Read More
News Item Why Were There Egyptian-Style Decorations at Union Station in the 1920s? A KC Q Answered Monday, July 15, 2019 What's Your KCQ? In this week’s installment of “What’s Your KCQ?” — a series in which we partner with the Kansas City Star to answer reader questions — we dive into... Read More
News Item Steadman Retrospective Still Going Gonzo at the Library Tuesday, July 16, 2019 Exhibits The ink-splattered exhibit Ralph Steadman: A Retrosp... Read More
News Item KC Q Explores Westport’s Transformation from "Sleepy Neighborhood" to Social Hub Wednesday, July 24, 2019 What's Your KCQ? In June we asked readers which Kansas City-centric question we should answer in our series “What’s your KCQ?” in partnership with the Kansas Cit... Read More