The North-East branch will close early at 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 16, due to staff shortages.
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Friday, May 7, 2021
May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and the Library is celebrating the history, culture, and achievements of AAPI...
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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...
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Monday, April 19, 2021
The latest pick of the Library's FYI Book Group, in partnership with the Kansas City Star, is Hanif Abdurraqib...
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Friday, April 16, 2021
It was a hot June night in 1943, and Frances Angermayer could not sleep. So, she arose after midnight, went to her typewriter, and—in twenty minutes—w...
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Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Passionate about pentameter? Really into rhyme and rhythm? Are you a stanza stan? The Library can help you get well-versed during Nation...
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Thursday, April 8, 2021
With the Major League Baseball season underway and the Royals faithful cheering on their boys in blue, it is fitting for What’s Your KCQ? to get a cur...
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Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Julia Lee was the queen of Kansas City blues when the city was a center of the jazz and blues universe. A pianist and singer in the first half of the...
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Thursday, March 25, 2021
Both Kansas and Missouri have opened up the COVID-19 vaccine to hundreds of thousands more residents. And though more doses are flowing into the Kansa...