The Westport and Bluford branches will be closed Wednesday, June 12 for staff training.
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Thursday, February 29, 2024
Winter FYI Book Club: "I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times" by Taylor Byas, 2023 Maya Angelou Book Award winner....
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Thursday, September 14, 2023
This year’s celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month carries particular poignance for the Kansas City Public Library. In conjunction with the monthlong...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Quindaro only lasted for six years—but one hundred sixty years later, it still fascinates people for its links to the Underground Railroad....
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Friday, March 4, 2022
Jack Johnson was one of the most famous people in the world in February 1912, having pummeled Jim Jeffries 19 months earlier in the “Fight of the Cent...
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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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Friday, September 17, 2021
The Library celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 – October 15) with a collection of book recommendations, film offerings,...
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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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Monday, November 12, 2018
The Library is currently migrating its large collection of digital historic images to a new software platform. An unfortunate consequence of our da...
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Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Five years ago, the Kansas City Public Library and its archival partners announced the launch of the website Civil War on the Western Border: The Miss...