News Item Longtime NPR Host Meets ‘Best Strangers in the World,’ Our Latest Book Club Selection Monday, April 22, 2024 FYI Book Group 150th Anniversary NPR's Ari Shapiro is the author of this season's FYI Book Club selection.... Read More
News Item Memories of ‘The Wiz,’ and Coming of Age Inspire This Award-Winning Poetry Collection Thursday, February 29, 2024 FYI Book Group Book Discussion Book Group Maya Angelou Book Award Winter FYI Book Club: "I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times" by Taylor Byas, 2023 Maya Angelou Book Award winner.... Read More
News Item Mayukh Sen Spotlights the Stories, Struggles of Immigrant Women Who Helped Make American Food Cuisine What It Is Wednesday, February 23, 2022 FYI Book Group In his new book Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America, James Beard Award-winning food writer Mayukh Sen expl... Read More
News Item Vote for the Library in The Pitch's 'Best of KC 2021' Wednesday, September 1, 2021 Best of KC Voting is now open for The Pitch's Best of Kansas City 2021 and you're encouraged to cast a v... Read More
News Item Read and Learn with Pride: Celebrating LGBTQIA+ Stories Monday, June 7, 2021 Pride Month Reading Lists Book Group Films Youth and Family Pride Month in June commemorates the Stonewall riots in New York's Greenwich Village, which ignited the gay rights movement in the Un... Read More
News Item The Pitch’s Best of Kansas City 2020: Best Library Branch: MO Wednesday, November 4, 2020 Best of KC We’re thrilled to be among the winners in The Pitch’s Best of Kansas City 2020 – thanks to all who voted for the ... Read More
News Item Vote for the Library in The Pitch's 'Best of KC 2020' Monday, August 31, 2020 Best of KC Voting is now open for The Pitch's Best of Kansas City 2020 and you're encouraged t... Read More
News Item Pride Month Celebrates LGBTQIA+ Stories Monday, June 15, 2020 Pride Month LGBTQIA+ Reading Lists Digital Services LGBT Pride Month in June commemorates the Stonewall riots in New York's Greenwich Village, which ignited the gay rights movement in t... Read More
News Item Vote for the Library in The Pitch's 'Best of KC 2019' Friday, August 16, 2019 Best of KC Thanks to all who supported the Kansas City Public Library in the first round of voting for The Pitch's "Best of Kansas City 201... Read More
News Item Celebrating Pride Month 2019 Saturday, June 15, 2019 Pride Month LGBTQIA+ LGBT Pride Month in June commemorates the Stonewall riots in New York's Greenwich Village, which ignited the gay rights movement in t... Read More