The North-East branch will be closed Monday, September 23, for staff training.
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Monday, September 13, 2021
The Library's Amanda Barnhart, manager of the North-East Branch, participated in an online conversation with author Chri...
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Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Two decades ago – on September 11, 2001 – nearly 3,000 people lost their lives in the deadliest terrorist attacks in history. This year, thousand...
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Monday, August 9, 2021
Two hundred years ago, on August 10, 1821, Missouri officially became the 24th state. From this year’s Homegrown Stories Summer Reading Prog...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Tune in to online Library events that explore the role of women in our culture from the history of Westward Expansion through cont...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2021
The Library commemorates Black History Month with a collection of speaker events, activities, and book discussions. Tune in to watch...
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Wednesday, June 3, 2020
As our community and our country lean into the conversations and responsive actions arising from the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, libraries...
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Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Though our physical locations have recently opened, we want you to know that the Library remains an online source of information about what’s happe...
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Sunday, March 15, 2020
With Kansas City’s stay-at-home order due to expire May 15, 2020, the Library is working out the details of a careful, phased-in reopeni...
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Thursday, March 12, 2020
The Kansas City Public Library is paying close attention to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in our country and to recommendations from local, stat...
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Thursday, December 26, 2019
In the spirit of service embodied by the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. the Library’s...