The Westport and Bluford branches will be closed Wednesday, June 12 for staff training.
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Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Since January, the Central Library's Stanley H. Durwood Vault has been screening daily movies....
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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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Monday, May 1, 2023
Congress established Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month in 1992, corresponding its timing in May to two histor...
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Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Every day, AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers act on their values to make a difference in communities, focusing on where the need...
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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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Wednesday, January 25, 2023
As we commemorate Black History Month, there are many ways to discover stories celebrating African American experiences. Check out a...
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Monday, January 16, 2023
Rolling Stone magazine has taken some bold stances lately – its list of best singers of all time naturally led to intense discussions among f...
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Monday, October 24, 2022
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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Tuesday, July 19, 2022
The Kansas City Public Library is gearing up for the city’s starring role in the new streamed Peacock series The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cl...
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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...