Mizzou sociologist Chris Conner speaks at the Plaza Branch on Thursday, Dec. 11, at 6 p.m....

Attend the Reading Roundup at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Central Library, to close out 2025 with some page-turning picks....

Get ready to grab the claw-some new December Central Youth Services Zine for kids! Available online or at the Library....

In times of extreme weather, here's where to find shelter night and day....

This December, whether you stay indoors by the fireplace or bundle up for brisk walks in the cold, you can count on the Library for reading lists and...

In 1951, local musician, amateur songwriter, and sound engineer, Roger C. Webb, composed a song titled "Plaza Lights."...

'Black Bell' is announced as fifth winner at the Writers for Readers fundraiser dinner on November 20....

Kansas City social worker, educator, and Library partner, Alice Kitchen, died on Friday at 83....

The Library takes a look back at KU-MU football games that began in the 1890s, which were played on Thanksgiving Day....

The "Mask of the Deer Woman" author event takes place on Nov. 18, and the KC Pop-Up Book Group on Dec. 3 at the Plaza Branch....