The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Monday, July 1, due to water line repairs.
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Tuesday, August 3, 2021
The August 2021 Central Youth Services kids zine is now available! This end-of-summer, back-to-school issue includes a special g...
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Monday, July 26, 2021
Stanley Banks' Blue Beat Syncopation: Selected Poems 1977-2002 is a frank meditation on the Black experience in Kansas City at t...
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Thursday, July 1, 2021
The July 2021 CYS kids zine is now available!This is an all-fun Summer Reading specular with hot new books, a F...
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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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Monday, June 7, 2021
Pride Month in June commemorates the Stonewall riots in New York's Greenwich Village, which ignited the gay rights movement in the Un...
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Wednesday, June 2, 2021
The June 2021 CYS kids zine is now available! It is full of fun Summer Reading books & activities, including a Missouri puzzler, Gateway Arch how-to,...
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Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Dig into this year's Summer Reading Program with a bounty of HOMEGROWN STORIES that celebrate regional roots and cul...
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Sunday, May 16, 2021
The Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City Parks and Recreation, and Kansas City Public Schools pr...
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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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Friday, April 30, 2021
The May 2021 CYS kids zine is now available! It is full of dino-mite May goodies: wonderful new books, a tricky jellybean puzzler, an amazing ostrich...