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Join Bernard Norcott-Mahany as he recounts “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” (the movie Mitty is not the real Mit...

In the 1950s and ‘60s, Kansas City was a heavily segregated town. African-Americans were limited even in which city facilities they could use. For ins...

Named for a prominent turn-of-the-century business mogul, the area around Jacob Loose Park is still one of Kansas City’s most beautiful areas large...

LaDene Morton, author of The Waldo Story: The Home of Friendly Merchants, traces the history of the district from the Civ...

You’re never too old to begin a literary career. At the age of 75 retired pastor Cy Robinson began writing his first novel. Not just...

Author Wade Sisson discusses the Titanic’s sister ship, the R.M.S. Olympic, which steamed 300 miles in a desperate...

Former Kansas City School District teacher James P. Wilcox discusses Sex, Lies, and the Classroom – a novel...

One of the staples of Kansas City’s Westside community, the Irene H. Ruiz Branch of the Kansas City Public Library c...

The Kansas City Public Library continues its centennial commemoration of the 1910 Mexican Revolution with a special presentatio...