The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Monday, July 1, due to water line repairs.
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Thursday, June 27, 2019
As of July 1, 2019, the Library will no longer charge fines on overdue materials. Bonus: we’ve also cleared existing late fines from...
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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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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...
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Friday, August 3, 2018
Cartooning pioneer Will Eisner helped develop a new style of visual storytelling: the graphic novel. Eisner's work is the focus of a...
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Friday, March 16, 2018
Overdue items. Damaged materials. Late fees and fines. The Library knows that sometimes life gets crazy, and the things you borrow from us get returne...
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Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Too many people, it seems, aren't quite sure what life at a 21st-century library is all about. The Missouri Library Association ha...
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Friday, January 12, 2018
Memories are made at the Library each day. Our staff members reminisced about some of the moments from the past year that stood out as unique and nota...