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Getting to Know: Audio Visual Specialist Leslie Case

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Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Come to a Library event, big or small, and it’s skillfully set up. The sound and other technical details are ironed out. All easy peasy. Often, that’s the handiwork of Leslie Case.

Early Baseball “Cranks” and “Fans” - KCQ Touches All the Bases in This Investigation

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Friday, April 9, 2021

With the Major League Baseball season underway and the Royals faithful cheering on their boys in blue, it is fitting for What’s Your KCQ? to get a curveball about a possible KC connection regarding the origin of baseball “fans.”

How Do Libraries Make an Impact? Let Us Catalog the Ways.

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Thursday, April 8, 2021

Libraries are essential civic and cultural institutions in our society. They're gathering places, service providers, and hubs of learning, growth, and discovery. What makes a library a transformative presence in communities? As this year's National Library Week draws to a close, we're taking a moment to recognize the many ways the Library — and specifically, our staff — strive to support and serve our city and its people.

April 2021 Central Youth Services Zine

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Thursday, April 1, 2021

The April 2021 CYS kids zine is now available! It is hopping with great new books for Spring and Poetry Month and much more!

KCQ remembers jazz star Julia Lee, who found national fame staying put in Kansas City

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Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Julia Lee was the queen of Kansas City blues when the city was a center of the jazz and blues universe. A pianist and singer in the first half of the 20th century, she was a major star — even if her name has since been largely forgotten except among music historians and jazz/blues aficionados.