The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Thursday, June 27, due to water line repairs.
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Thursday, September 15, 2022
Kansas City culture wouldn’t be the same without fall fairs and festivals. But what’s celebrated and by whom has changed a great deal throughout th...
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Friday, September 2, 2022
After reading a recent article about the history of Municipal Stadium a...
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Friday, August 19, 2022
Opened in 2000, the Kauffman Memorial Garden and...
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Thursday, July 14, 2022
Some say the economic benefits a downtown baseball stadium would generate is a no-brainer. Others think the team should stay put and suggest that c...
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Tuesday, July 12, 2022
This week, KCQ dug into a bit of Hemingway’s connections to Kansas City. It is true that he wrote pages of his novel A Farewell to Arms wh...
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Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Lucile Bluford – namesake of the Library's L.H. Bluford Branch – was a local civil rights leader and helped make...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2022
It was 126 years ago that real estate tycoon Thomas H. Swope donated the land to the city. A follow-up KCQ questioner wonders: What inspired his ge...
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Friday, March 25, 2022
Following a recent viewing of “The Day After,” the 1983 film depicting the destruction of Kansas City by nuclear attack, a reader wondered if the city...
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Tuesday, March 1, 2022
During Women's History Month, we commemorate the lives and achievements of trailblazers throughout history and share experiences of t...
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Friday, February 25, 2022
A reader recalling her mother’s experience as a nurse during the integration of Kansas City’s hospital system in the 1950s, asked “What’s Your KCQ?” —...