The North-East branch will close early at 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 16, due to staff shortages.
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Friday, June 18, 2021
For this installment of “What’s Your KCQ?,” the joint project of the Kansas City Public Library and The Kansas City Star, Missouri Valley Special Coll...
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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...
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Thursday, June 3, 2021
At the turn of the 20th century, Kansas Citians seeking respite from urban life had only to travel a short distance east to enjoy camping, floating, a...
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Thursday, May 27, 2021
Troost Avenue has become known as Kansas City’s dividing line — and its roots run deep in the city’s history of racial segregation and slavery....
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Wednesday, May 19, 2021
When is the last time you remember hearing the Giralda Tower bells? Do you know someone who played them or performed maintenance on them? Have you eve...
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Thursday, May 13, 2021
When Barbara Haar worked as a therapist and social worker at the Florence Home for Colored Girls in the late ’60s and early ‘70s, she would tell the r...
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Friday, May 7, 2021
In 1946, Kansas City found itself at a crossroads. The rise of the suburbs and decentralization posed a threat to downtown, creating a postwar existen...
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Thursday, April 29, 2021
At one time, this Kansas City entertainment complex had a 14,000-square-foot dance floor, a pool, ice skating and roller skating rinks. But then came...
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Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Earth Day 2021 is here, which often renews people’s interest in finding ways to help out the environment. It is only fitting for “What’s Your KCQ?” to...
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Wednesday, April 21, 2021
“What’s Your KCQ?” — a partnership between The Star and the Kansas City Public Library — wants to know: What questions do you have about police reform...