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 From Art to Artifacts: Remembering the 1976 Republican National Convention Friday, August 9, 2019 Exhibits KC History Local History Missouri Valley This week marks 43 years since Ralph Steadman visited a muggy Kansas City to cover the 1976 Republican National Convention for... 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 Special Library Exhibit Spotlights Ralph Steadman’s Distinctive, Gonzo-esque Artwork Thursday, May 30, 2019 Exhibits Artist Ralph Steadman is known for his creative collaboration with writer Hunter S. Thompson, matching outrageous illustrations to Th... Read More
News Item Remembering Gabriella Polony Mountain: Art ‘Was My Passion’ Friday, May 22, 2020 Exhibits In Memoriam Gabriella Polony Mountain was passionate, expressive, indelible. And so was the art created by the namesake of the Rocky and Ga... Read More
News Item Library’s VISTA Project honors legacy of MLK with 2020 Hygiene Kit Donation Drive Thursday, December 26, 2019 VISTA Martin Luther King Jr. Outreach In the spirit of service embodied by the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. the Library’s... 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 Community Partnerships Fuel Relationship with Housing Authority Tuesday, April 12, 2022 Outreach When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in spring of 2020, the Library had just received our shipment of materials for the Book Rich Environment... Read More
News Item Library’s VISTA Project and Digital Corps Honor Legacy of MLK with 2023 Hygiene Kit Donation Drive Friday, December 30, 2022 Outreach In the spirit of the service embodied by Dr. King, the Library’s AmeriCorps VISTA Project is collecting donations of travel size personal care item... Read More
News Item Art Exhibit Examines Indigenous Experiences Wednesday, May 11, 2022 Exhibits As part of the Library’s Big Read 2022, the exhibition The Heart Is a Fist: Contemporary Art from Haskell Indian Nations... Read More