The Trails West branch closed early at 2 p.m. Monday, June 24 and will remained closed Tuesday, June 25, due to air conditioning issues.
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Friday, April 16, 2021
Vartan Gregorian, who died Thursday, April 15, left a towering legacy as a scholar and humanitarian, stretching from his presidencies...
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Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Passionate about pentameter? Really into rhyme and rhythm? Are you a stanza stan? The Library can help you get well-versed during Nation...
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Friday, March 19, 2021
A school dropout after eighth grade, Alvin Sykes became a fixture in local libraries and emerged as a self-taught human rights activi...
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Monday, March 8, 2021
The Library's Missouri Valley Special Collections has two coloring books available for free download that celebrate...
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Tuesday, February 9, 2021
The Kansas City Public Library partners with The Kansas City Star on the latest FYI Book Group discussion: Sarah Smars...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Nothing comes between readers and their books. Not even a pandemic. “One of the first things the Library did after closing our physical locations in r...
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Friday, August 28, 2020
We’re celebrating the 100th birthday of Kansas City jazz legend Charlie Parker. Known as “Yardbird,” or just “Bird,” he was born in K...
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Friday, August 14, 2020
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...
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Friday, July 3, 2020
Henry Perry, the man who first assumed the title of Barbecue King of Kansas City was born on March 16, 1874, in Shelby County, Tennes...
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Friday, May 29, 2020
For more than two decades, the Kansas City Landmarks Commission has donated hundreds of historical images to the Library’s Missouri Valley Speci...