The Westport and Bluford branches will be closed Wednesday, June 12 for staff training.
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Thursday, October 19, 2023
Through one-on-one interactions, equitable tech access, and programming, the Kansas City Public Library has a long-standing commitment to helping patr...
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Monday, May 15, 2023
Stop by select Kansas City parks and visit with your Library for this year's Pop In at the Park summer series! We'll be popping up...
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Friday, February 24, 2023
The Library launches a new season of its popular classes for beginn...
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Monday, February 6, 2023
The system’s first branch – the oldest in Kansas City – is marking its 125th birthday with a week of remembrances, appearances, and othe...
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Friday, December 30, 2022
In the spirit of the service embodied by Dr. King, the Library’s AmeriCorps VISTA Project is collecting donations of travel size personal care item...
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Monday, October 24, 2022
Media literacy is about accessing, analyzing, evaluating, creating, and engaging with information. Whether news comes from a print newspaper, an on...
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Thursday, August 25, 2022
The Veterans Writing Workshop is designed to help veterans, active military, and their family members develop writing and narrative skills t...
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Friday, April 22, 2022
David Izzard recently discovered two record albums he’d checked out in 1961 – they were 22,276 days overdue. In 1961, late fees were 2 cents a day, wh...
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Tuesday, April 12, 2022
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in spring of 2020, the Library had just received our shipment of materials for the Book Rich Environment...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2022
Does your online streaming experience feature more mattress ads than actual music? Tired of shelling out for a Spotify subscription or feeling boxed i...