The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Monday, July 1, due to water line repairs.
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Friday, November 8, 2019
The Library's series of signature events brings nationally known authors, loc...
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Friday, September 27, 2019
As information discovery has evolved, so has the Kansas City Public Library. We’ve launched a new Community Reference Team to help pa...
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Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Our doorway to knowledge has swung open a bit wider. As of September 6, 2019, the Kansas City Public Library is expanding ope...
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Friday, August 9, 2019
This week marks 43 years since Ralph Steadman visited a muggy Kansas City to cover the 1976 Republican National Convention for...
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Tuesday, July 16, 2019
The ink-splattered exhibit Ralph Steadman: A Retrosp...
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Thursday, May 30, 2019
Artist Ralph Steadman is known for his creative collaboration with writer Hunter S. Thompson, matching outrageous illustrations to Th...
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Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Is reading about art like dancing about architecture? If an artist sits in a vacant gallery, is it art? If an author writes a novel with a real...
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Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Several Library locations will undergo upgrades and improvements to public restrooms the first week of April 2019. Construction will impact branch ope...
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Thursday, January 24, 2019
Kansas City artist Benjamin Wills’ outreach to inmates began with letters of support to two acquaintances serving prison terms. Wills...
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Monday, November 19, 2018
Nearly 103,000 people visited eight exhibits in Central Library's first-floor Genevieve Guldner and second-floor Rocky and Gabriella Polony Mountain g...