The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Monday, July 1, due to water line repairs.
News Item
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Nobody talks trash like libraries. That’s too bad, really. Look at the gentle back-and-forth on Twitter between Los Angeles’ and Cincinnati’s pub...
News Item
Monday, February 14, 2022
Students asked The Star about the role youth played in Kansas City’s Civil Rights Movement. This Black History Month for KCQ, we look back to the stud...
News Item
Friday, February 4, 2022
Sometimes, “What’s Your KCQ?” gets more than one question on the same topic. That’s the case this week. A reader asked how “a small Black neighborhood...
News Item
Friday, January 28, 2022
A reader recently came across a Twitter post showing the evolution of Kansas City’s municipal seal over time. Two of the three emblems seemed self-exp...
News Item
Thursday, January 13, 2022
For nearly 30 years, the Library of Congress used the search term “illegal aliens” to describe undocumented noncitizens. Last year, the Kansas City Pu...
News Item
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
This week “What’s Your KCQ?”— our partnership between The Star and the Kansas City Public Library to answer your questions about our city’s past, pres...
News Item
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
With the beginning of a new year comes the renewed commitment to shake up our usual routines. We pledge to learn a new skill, take a class or two, acq...
News Item
Friday, December 17, 2021
The KCQ team answered your top coronavirus questions to make sure you have the information you need before gathering for the holidays....
News Item
Friday, December 17, 2021
The Kansas City Public Library has a long history – nearly 150 years – of showing up for our patrons through good times and difficult ones. We a...
News Item
Friday, December 3, 2021
The Kansas City Design Center wants to redevelop the old reservoir in Kessler Park into a new community space, but why was the reservoir forgotten in...