The Plaza Branch will be closed until Monday, June 3, due to a water main break.
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Kansas City Public Library launches a new podcast, Power of Words, in partnership with Jewish Family Services....
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Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Since January, the Central Library's Stanley H. Durwood Vault has been screening daily movies....
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Thursday, February 8, 2024
The Kansas City Public Library’s local history archive, Missouri Valley Special Collections, continues a 14-year partnership with the Black Archives o...
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Monday, October 23, 2023
Throughout November, discover the rich history, ceremonies, and storytelling traditions of the Indigenous peoples of North America as part of...
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Friday, October 13, 2023
Have a delightfully spirited Halloween season with a monstrously good mashup of scary story recommendations, frightfully fun films, and other creepily...
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Monday, May 15, 2023
Stop by select Kansas City parks and visit with your Library for this year's Pop In at the Park summer series! We'll be popping up...
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Monday, May 1, 2023
Congress established Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month in 1992, corresponding its timing in May to two histor...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2023
As we commemorate Black History Month, there are many ways to discover stories celebrating African American experiences. Check out a...
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Friday, December 30, 2022
In the spirit of the service embodied by Dr. King, the Library’s AmeriCorps VISTA Project is collecting donations of travel size personal care item...
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Wednesday, December 14, 2022
No lie, our staff enjoyed a ton of top NONFICTION titles in 2022. See the collection of true stories that took our bookshelves by storm....