Ready When You Are

The start of a new year means different things to different people. For some it feels like a clean slate. For others, it provides the mental space to try something new. But we all know it's resolutions that get the most attention: read more, exercise, declutter, travel, generally do better...

In 2025, the Library is here to help with whatever you hope to achieve – or maybe just dabble in.

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Robert Feuer & Trey Hock

'The Taste of Things'
Sunday, January 19, 2025 1:30pm
Plaza Branch
The 2025 Searching the Psyche Through Cinema film series explores our relationship with food as a way of understanding ourselves. Food is the language of love in The...
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Kids
A Few of Our Favorite Things: Rock Painting
Plaza Branch |
January 17 |
5:30pm
Seniors
Winter Diamond Painting
Trails West Branch |
January 18 |
10:00am
Adults
Creative Wellness and Recovery Group
Central Library |
January 18 |
11:00am
Teens
Saturday Afternoon Cartoons
Lucile H. Bluford Branch |
January 18 |
12:00pm
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KC-1940

In 1940, over a period of eight months, more than 58,000 images of Kansas City structures were photographed and assembled as the 1940 Tax Assessment Photograph Collection. View bui...
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Library Catalog

Find and place holds on books, DVDs, CDs, and more! You can also use the Library's catalog to discover reading lists and staff picks, and rate and review the things you read, watch...
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