All Library locations will be closed Friday, July 4, for Independence Day.
Friday, November 29, 2024
What's Your KCQ? What do you want to know about our community? The Library and The Kansas City Star combine resources to find answers to questions abo...
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
The Library and UMKC offer dozens of free writing classes in 2025....
Monday, November 25, 2024
The Dial-A-Story service is simple but enduring: listen to a story when you call 816.701.3456....
Monday, November 25, 2024
On December 2, 1905, Kansas City lost its lead proponent of the park and boulevard movement, August Meyer....
Thursday, November 21, 2024
The Library announces this year's Maya Angelou Book Award winner....
Monday, November 18, 2024
On the evening of November 24, 1927, the Pla-Mor Ballroom opened at 3142 Main Street to a crowd of 4,100 who reveled at its unprecedented size and mod...
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
A new Monday series at noon at the Bluford Branch in November and December focuses on mindfulness and the senses, providing an opportunity to feel mor...
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
"Gone Girl" author is the featured guest at the 2024 Writers for Readers fundraiser on November 21....
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
In 1838, the town of Westport stood near the western edge of the American frontier. To reach Westport from the east, traders traveled by river to a ro...
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
On November 8, 1917, Mary Tiera Farrow and 20 other female lawyers formed the Women's Bar Association of Kansas City....