The Trails West branch closed early at 2 p.m. Monday, June 24 and will remained closed Tuesday, June 25, due to air conditioning issues.
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Thursday, September 23, 2021
The Library and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation present a series of online community conversations centered around the book...
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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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Thursday, July 22, 2021
The Library and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation present a series of online community conversations centered around the book Pushout:...
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Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Henry Perry, the man who first assumed the title of Barbecue King of Kansas City, was born on March 16, 1874, in Shelby County, Tenne...
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Monday, June 14, 2021
The Library’s annual summer skyline film series returns with a fresh lineup of FREE outdoor movies! This year we’re shifting our location to the to...
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Friday, May 28, 2021
Rebecca Solnit is, in her words, “a person who lives by books, in books, for books, who makes books, who searches for the words, stories, meanings,...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Throughout March, the Library commemorates Women's History Month by lifting up stories, achievements, and experiences past and presen...
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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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Friday, February 5, 2021
Check out our latest roundup of signature event videos from the past month.
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Monday, February 1, 2021
Each year, the Library partners with the Local Investment Commission (LINC) and the Black Archives of Mid-America to...