News Item You've Got Time to Read, Watch, and Listen … and We’ve Got Recommendations Friday, May 15, 2020 Shelf Help Readers Services Reading Lists Through Shelf Help, our librarians can guide you through these socially distanced times.... Read More
News Item A Colorful Centennial Commemoration of Women's Right to Vote Saturday, February 22, 2020 Women's History Local History Missouri Valley One hundred years ago the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, giving women in the U.S. the hard-won right to vote. In co... Read More
News Item Wanting Some Halloween Spirit? We Got You, Boo. Thursday, October 3, 2019 Halloween Reading Lists Events Signature Events Films Youth and Family Digital Services What's Your KCQ? KC History Local History It’s fall, y’all, and the Library is kicking off the Halloween season with a monstrously good mashup of haunted local history tales, scary story recom... Read More
News Item KCQ: Last Chance and State Line Tuesday, August 27, 2019 What's Your KCQ? Local History Missouri Valley Pendergast Years This installment of “What’s Your KCQ” is a story of gambling, gangsters, and geography. Reader William Renegar wanted to know, “Was t... Read More
News Item From Art to Artifacts: Remembering the 1976 Republican National Convention Friday, August 9, 2019 Exhibits KC History Local History Missouri Valley This week marks 43 years since Ralph Steadman visited a muggy Kansas City to cover the 1976 Republican National Convention for... Read More
News Item Shoot for the Stars with the Library's 2019 Summer Reading Program Wednesday, May 29, 2019 Summer Reading Books Films Events Reading Lists Readers Services Youth and Family The Library launches an out-of-this-world learning adventure for all ages in this year’s Summer Reading Program. As 2019 marks the 50... Read More
News Item Terminal Velocity: Kansas City's Airport History Wednesday, March 20, 2019 Missouri Valley Local History KC History As Kansas City International Airport breaks ground on a new terminal on March 25, 2019, the Library's Missouri Valley Special Collection... Read More
News Item The Paseo's Past Wednesday, February 27, 2019 Local History Missouri Valley Street signs along Kansas City's Paseo Boulevard began coming down in late February, replaced with new ones proclaiming the street’s... Read More
News Item "Praise the bridges that carried us over" - A Local Celebration of Black History Month Monday, January 28, 2019 Black History Local History Each year, the Library partners with the Local Investment Commission (LINC) and the Black Archives of Mid-America to... Read More
News Item How did Arrowhead Stadium get its name? We answer a reader’s KC Q Thursday, January 17, 2019 What's Your KCQ? Local History The excitement at Arrowhead Stadium during the divisional playoff game against the Indianapolis Colts got Tom Solon to wondering how the st... Read More