Post Date: Tue, April 10, 2018
If you’re reading this right there’s a good chance the Kansas City Public Library, and libraries in general, are an important part of your life. Congratulations. You’ve made a very good decision. What better time to celebrate than now? It’s National Library Week from April 8 – 14, 2018.
Post Date: Fri, November 8, 2019
The Library's series of
signature events brings nationally known authors, local historians, civic voices, political leaders, and others to Kansas City audiences. Now you have another way to access the ideas and topics covered in the Library's programs: We're creating a larger collection of
archived online event videos available to the public. Miss a presentation? Watch anywhere, on your own time, for free.
Post Date: Mon, November 1, 2021
Throughout November, discover the rich history, ceremonies, and storytelling traditions of the Indigenous peoples of North America as part of Native American Heritage Month. Explore Library reading recommendations, films, resources, and more.
Post Date: Wed, December 29, 2021
With the beginning of a new year comes the renewed commitment to shake up our usual routines. We pledge to learn a new skill, take a class or two, acquaint ourselves with different and diverse ideas, make healthier choices, take risks in our personal and professional lives … an ambitious list of life-changing activities. Luckily, the Library can help you turn your New Year’s resolutions into real results.
Post Date: Mon, November 23, 2020
Check out our latest roundup of signature event videos from the past month.
Post Date: Thu, October 1, 2020
2020 October Signature Event Recap
Post Date: Wed, December 14, 2022
Buki Papillon is the winner of the second annual Maya Angelou Book Award for her acclaimed first novel An Ordinary Wonder. The award reading committee selected Papillon from four finalists who emerged from a field of more than 100 submissions. Learn more about the author and her award-winning book.
Post Date: Sat, January 2, 2021
We're all glad to have 2020 behind us. How can you make the most of the blank slate that is 2021? Let the Library help you turn your New Year’s resolutions into real results.
Post Date: Thu, January 7, 2021
In a three-part lunchtime series coinciding with Restaurant Week, restaurant critic Liz Cook of The Pitch visits with restaurateurs and industry workers across the spectrum to assess what has been lost, how surviving kitchens are adapting today, and what the future might hold.
Post Date: Wed, June 3, 2020
As our community and our country lean into the conversations and responsive actions arising from the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, libraries are in a position to both serve and lead through their services, resources, and programs. The Kansas City Public Library looks to facilitate open-mindedness and receptiveness to a variety of viewpoints and experiences — including voices often unheard or overlooked. Here, we offer videos and/or audio recordings of several programs over the past two years that touched on or confronted pressing issues of race, inequity, and injustice.
Post Date: Thu, October 3, 2019
It’s fall, y’all, and the Library is kicking off the Halloween season with a monstrously good mashup of haunted local history tales, scary story recommendations, spooky special events, and frightfully fun family festivities.
Post Date: Thu, February 24, 2022
It’s great to have you here with us … We’ve waited two years to deliver those words of welcome, to reopen our auditorium doors and gather again – in person – for the Library’s award-winning signature programming.
Post Date: Wed, December 14, 2022
This popular annual screening-and-discussion series continues after a big, pandemic break with romantic comedies that’ll prompt swooning, hilarity, and – psychoanalytic analysis. Join experts in pondering big relationship questions and even bigger questions about their Hollywood representations.
Post Date: Tue, March 1, 2022
Tune in to online Library events that explore the role of women in our culture from the history of Westward Expansion through contemporary technology and society. You can also watch video presentations from past programs from the Library’s 19th Amendment Centennial series during 2020.
Post Date: Tue, March 9, 2021
Tune in to online Library events that explore the role of women in our culture from the history of Westward Expansion through contemporary technology and society. You can also watch video presentations from past programs from the Library’s 19th Amendment Centennial series during 2020.
Post Date: Fri, December 23, 2022
With the beginning of a new year comes the renewed commitment to shake up our usual routines. We pledge to learn a new skill, take a class or two, acquaint ourselves with different and diverse ideas, make healthier choices, take risks in our personal and professional lives … an ambitious list of life-changing activities. Luckily, the Library can help you turn your New Year’s resolutions into real results.
