News Item The Library Thanks Kansas City’s AmeriCorps Volunteers for a Job Well Done Monday, March 11, 2024 AmeriCorps Thank our community's volunteers. AmeriCorps Week is March 10-16, 2024.... Read More
News Item "Growing Together" With Kansas City Community Gardens Classes Tuesday, February 27, 2024 Library Services Library Locations The Kansas City Community Gardens offers basic gardening classes at Library locations in March and April 2024.... Read More
News Item 2024 Hygiene Kit Donation Drive Kicks off at the Library for Annual MLK Day of Service Thursday, November 30, 2023 AmeriCorps For the fifth year, the Kansas City Public Library’s AmeriCorps VISTA Project is collecting donations of travel-sized personal care items for a hygien... Read More
News Item Remembering the Namesake of the Irene H. Ruiz Biblioteca de las Americas Tuesday, September 5, 2023 In Memoriam Ruiz died Saturday, September 3, 2023. She was 102 and leaves a legacy of devotion and service evidenced by far more than her name on a modest sign... Read More
News Item Library Remembers Marilou Joyner, a ‘True, Strong, Compassionate Leader in Our Community’ Monday, June 5, 2023 In Memoriam An educator, businessperson, and champion of reading and literacy, Marilou Joyner served on the Library’s board of trustees from 2014 to 2019, whe... Read More
News Item Two Compelling Exhibitions Enter Final Weeks at Central Library Tuesday, February 14, 2023 Library Locations Two innovative art exhibitions at the Central Library are nearing their closing dates, but time to see them hasn’t entirely run out. He... Read More
News Item Property Purchase Sets the Stage for Enhanced, Expanded Services at Bluford Branch Thursday, January 26, 2023 Library Locations The Library is thrilled to announce the purchase of additional property near the Lucile H. Blu... Read More
News Item Impact of Library’s Annual Hygiene Product Drive: Help to an Estimated 1,500 People Wednesday, January 18, 2023 AmeriCorps Thanks, Kansas City, for stepping up. You responded in record numbers to the annual MLK Day of Service Hygiene Kit Drive conducted by... Read More
News Item 'A History Going Back More Than 200 Years': Writer Pays Lyrical Tribute to Library’s North-East Branch Tuesday, December 27, 2022 Library Locations 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... Read More
News Item The Pitch’s Best of Kansas City 2022: Best Library Branch: MO Tuesday, November 8, 2022 Library Locations We’re thrilled to be among the winners in The Pitch's Best of Kansas City 2022 for the category Best Library B... Read More