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In 2010, the Kansas City Public Library, Black Archives of Mid-America, and Local Investment Commission (LINC) started the Kansas City Black History P...

Work on a collaborative artwork or create your own collage on Saturdays in February at the Central Library. ...

The decades-old FYI Book Club is now the KC Pop-Up Book Group....

On February 9, 1920, the City Council approved ambitious plans for the construction of Liberty Memorial south of Union Station....

The Missouri Valley Special Collections staff will guide patrons through the art of house history research and introduce digital tools....

The Library hosts a city-wide Big Read from March 29 - May 23, 2025....

Have a woof-ly Valentine's Day! The February Central Youth Services zine of 2025 is now available online or at the Library....

The Library continues a 15-year partnership with the Black Archives of Mid-America and LINC in celebration of Black History Month....

On January 31, 1901, the Coates Opera House, Kansas City’s original first-class theater, met a fate common among nineteenth-century theaters when it b...

In December, The Kansas City Star launched Reel Rare, a five-part series exploring early 20th-century Kansas City home movies and the stories they rev...