The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Thursday, June 27, due to water line repairs.
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Friday, December 3, 2021
What books from the past year really resonated with our staff? From pop culture page-turners to mind-melting history reads, we’ve highlighted some...
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Wednesday, November 10, 2021
Want a read on the progress women are making in society, on where they once stood or stand now in their centuries-long struggle for equal access and o...
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Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Have a delightfully wicked Halloween season with a monstrously good mashup of scary story recommendations, frightfully fun films, and other creepily c...
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Wednesday, October 13, 2021
The Missouri Valley Room at the Central Library is home to more than 200 special collections of archival materials documenting the history and develop...
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Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Finding a beach during the dog days of summer can be a real problem for landlocked Kansas Citians. The quest often requires long-distance travel and c...
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Monday, August 9, 2021
Two hundred years ago, on August 10, 1821, Missouri officially became the 24th state. From this year’s Homegrown Stories Summer Reading Prog...
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Monday, July 26, 2021
Stanley Banks' Blue Beat Syncopation: Selected Poems 1977-2002 is a frank meditation on the Black experience in Kansas City at t...
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Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Henry Perry, the man who first assumed the title of Barbecue King of Kansas City, was born on March 16, 1874, in Shelby County, Tenne...
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Monday, June 28, 2021
Lucile Bluford – namesake of the Library's L.H. Bluford Branch – was a local civil rights leader and helped make...
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Thursday, June 17, 2021
Established as a general holiday in 2021, Juneteenth marks the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans on June 19, 1865, following...