The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Thursday, June 27, due to water line repairs.
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Friday, May 3, 2019
Children's Book Week, an annual celebration of books for youth and the joy of reading, was launched in 1919 and is currently the long...
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Thursday, March 28, 2019
Is Kansas City the home of baseball's original fans? The almanac On This Day in America credits a local newspaper, presumably T...
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Wednesday, March 20, 2019
As Kansas City International Airport breaks ground on a new terminal on March 25, 2019, the Library's Missouri Valley Special Collection...
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Friday, March 8, 2019
March is Women's History Month, and there are many ways to commemorate the lives and achievements of women throughout history and sha...
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Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Street signs along Kansas City's Paseo Boulevard began coming down in late February, replaced with new ones proclaiming the street’s...
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Monday, November 12, 2018
The Library is currently migrating its large collection of digital historic images to a new software platform. An unfortunate consequence of our da...
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Friday, September 28, 2018
What do you want to know about our community? Beginning October 3, the Library and The Kansas City Star are combining resources to fi...
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Wednesday, June 13, 2018
LGBT Pride Month, celebrated in June, commemorates the Stonewall riots in New York's Greenwich Village, which ignited the gay rights...
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Monday, April 23, 2018
The Kansas City Public Library is celebrating the makeover of its Southeast Branch, 6242 Swope Parkway, with a community open house on Saturda...
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Thursday, March 8, 2018
In celebration of Women’s History Month, the Library showcases several remarkable women who have left their mark on the Kansas Cit...