All Library locations will be closed Wednesday, December 24 and Thursday, December 25, for Christmas.
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Friday, August 1, 2025
For August, we've got a colorful "Color Our World" Summer Reading/Back to School issue of the Central Youth Services zine! Get your copy at the Centra...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
There's an open call for stories about Kansas City social movements from the mid- to late-20th century....
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Sunday, July 27, 2025
What's Your KCQ? What do you want to know about our community? The Library and The Kansas City Star combine resources to answer questions about region...
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Friday, July 18, 2025
Throughout July, sparked by Independence Day celebrations, the Library considers what it means to have creative freedom....
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Wednesday, July 16, 2025
The Rosin Preservation Collection documents the firm's projects from 1998 to 2018. Thanks to their efforts, hundreds of buildings and historic sites w...
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Friday, July 11, 2025
The Library will house 'The CALL''s more than 70,000 photographs and mixed files containing research material, clippings, and ephemera....
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Friday, July 11, 2025
Derrick Barnes returns to his hometown on July 15 to discuss his new picture book “I Got You” at the Library's Plaza Branch at 6 p.m....
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Thursday, July 10, 2025
'Cadejo: Collaborations of Francisco Gabuardy and Fredy Gabuardy' runs through September 21 at the Central Library....
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Monday, July 7, 2025
Nearly 500 Library patrons attended free writing classes during the 2024-2025 school year. Those classes are back in August....
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Saturday, July 5, 2025
Sieglinde Othmer talks about her book, Joyous Longevity: The A-Z Field Guide, July 27 at 2 p.m. at the Waldo Branch....