The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Thursday, June 27, due to water line repairs.
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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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Saturday, January 2, 2021
We're all glad to have 2020 behind us. How can you make the most of the blank slate that is 2021? Let the Library help you turn your New Year’s resolu...
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Thursday, September 10, 2020
The start of the 2020 school year finds parents, educators, and students in new territory due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As always, the Library offers...
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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...
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Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Though our physical locations have recently opened, we want you to know that the Library remains an online source of information about what’s happe...
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Saturday, February 22, 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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Monday, December 30, 2019
With the beginning of a new year comes the renewed commitment to shake up our usual routines. We tell ourselves we’re going to learn a new skill, take...