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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Tuesday, February 27, 2024
The Kansas City Community Gardens offers basic gardening classes at Library locations in March and April 2024....
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Thursday, October 19, 2023
An important chronicle of African American history in Kansas City – and beyond – is now available through the Library’s website, offering more than 70...
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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 28, 2023
Notice to all eBook and audiobook fans: On May 1, 2023, the original OverDrive mobile app will no longer work – it’s being discontinu...
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Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Two innovative art exhibitions at the Central Library are nearing their closing dates, but time to see them hasn’t entirely run out. He...
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Thursday, January 26, 2023
The Library is thrilled to announce the purchase of additional property near the Lucile H. Blu...
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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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Tuesday, December 27, 2022
All Kansas City Public Library locations see patrons of every interest, need, and want in search of not only materials like books and magazines but...