The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Monday, July 1, due to water line repairs.
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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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Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Staying informed about what’s happening in your community, nation, and world is now easier than ever, thanks to PressReader, the late...
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Thursday, October 3, 2019
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...
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Tuesday, August 27, 2019
This installment of “What’s Your KCQ” is a story of gambling, gangsters, and geography. Reader William Renegar wanted to know, “Was t...
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Friday, August 16, 2019
Thanks to all who supported the Kansas City Public Library in the first round of voting for The Pitch's "Best of Kansas City 201...
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Friday, August 9, 2019
This week marks 43 years since Ralph Steadman visited a muggy Kansas City to cover the 1976 Republican National Convention for...
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Wednesday, April 24, 2019
The Kansas City Star Image Edition service provides readers with free access to digital versions of the full paper, with an...
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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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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, January 28, 2019
Each year, the Library partners with the Local Investment Commission (LINC) and the Black Archives of Mid-America to...