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Missouri poet laureate David Harrison and Kansas poet laureate Traci Brimhall talk about their work and their respective roles as leading poets in the...

The party never stops at the Library, particularly during the 2024 Off the Wall rooftop film series, Party Central, which continues with Crazy Rich As...

Blending tradition and history with commentary and aesthetics, the exhibition Going Home is at turns political, personal, satirical, and poignant. Art...

Suppressed and Sabotaged: The Fight to Vote is a film for every American concerned about voter suppression and election subversion ahead of the 2024 p...

It’s last call. The Library wraps up the 2024 Off the Wall rooftop film series, Party Central, with Happy Death Day (PG-13, 96 min.). When a college s...

Just weeks after the inauguration of former President Donald Trump in February 2017, Adam Purinton walked into a bar in Olathe, Kansas, and shot and k...

Drawing from her thesis A Kansas City Founder “Proud of His Position:” Race, Exploitation, and the Rise of William Gilliss, local historian and educa...

Margaret Atwood’s writing spans more than five decades and includes poetry, essays, nonfiction, short stories, children’s books, and other genres. In...

School librarian Amanda Jones’ anti-censorship speech at a meeting caught the attention of a pro-censorship group. The group changed her life by attac...

Stacey Abrams leads a special storytime about making a difference with the latest picture book in her “Stacey’s Stories” series, Stacey Speaks Up. The...