The North-East branch will be closed Monday, September 23, for staff training.
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Bluestem. Beignet. Poi-O. The Rieger. The toll of the COVID-19 pandemic extends all too sadly to some of Kansas City’s most adored restaurants, fro...
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Yes, masks are effective in protecting both yourself and others from the spread of COVID-19. No, those who wear them aren’t risking oxygen deficien...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the pervasive and pernicious impact that the digital divide – the economic, educational, and social inequity be...
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The Library begins a series of programs exploring issues related to COVID-19 with an examination of the immediate and long-term effects that the pa...
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Tuesday, March 3, 2020
6:30pm
In Person
Kansas City has an infrastructure problem. Simply put, it can’t afford what it needs. Dennis Strait of the Kansas City studio of Gould Evans, an archi...
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Tuesday, December 3, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Adam Arredondo, executive director of the KC Startup Foundation, and Maria Meyers, executive director of the UMKC In...
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Thursday, November 14, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Some 38 million people, nearly one in eight, live in poverty in today’s America as liberals and conservatives spar over solutions. Researcher and w...
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Tuesday, November 12, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
In conjunction with the opening of the new Library exhibit UpStart, a panel of Kansas City’s foremost entrepreneurs and business e...
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Saturday, April 27, 2019
12:00pm
In Person
Celebrate your favorite books, movies, comics, and all things geeky at the afternoon-long Plaza PopCon.Come dressed as your...
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Saturday, March 30, 2019
2:00pm
In Person
Artist Benjamin Wills has come to understand what a few lines in a letter – or just the arrival of mail – can mean to someone behind...