The Westport and Bluford branches will be closed Wednesday, June 12 for staff training.
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Monday, June 3, 2024
The Library offers nutritious meals through Kids Café year-round – at library branches during the school year and at Pop In at the Park summer sites i...
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Thursday, May 16, 2024
Stop by select Kansas City-area parks between June 4 - Aug. 15, 2024, visit with your Library, and receive a FREE BOOK!...
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Thursday, February 8, 2024
The Kansas City Public Library’s local history archive, Missouri Valley Special Collections, continues a 14-year partnership with the Black Archives o...
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Thursday, October 19, 2023
An important chronicle of African American history in Kansas City – and beyond – is now available through the Library’s website, offering more than 70...
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Friday, October 13, 2023
Have a delightfully spirited Halloween season with a monstrously good mashup of scary story recommendations, frightfully fun films, and other creepily...
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Wednesday, August 16, 2023
You read. You ... rule.
Participation in the Library’s Summer Reading program, which wrapped...
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Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Lucile Bluford – namesake of the Library's L.H. Bluford Branch – was a local civil rights leader and helped make...
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Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Notice to all eBook and audiobook fans: On May 1, 2023, the original OverDrive mobile app will no longer work – it’s being discontinu...
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Monday, February 6, 2023
Kansas City Public Library cardholders living in the Library’s service area can now earn a high school diploma at no cost through...
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Tuesday, September 13, 2022
If you like following music trends, reading artist interviews, and deep-diving into archives of popular music publications, get amped up for the lates...