The Westport and Bluford branches will be closed Wednesday, June 12 for staff training.
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Friday, May 24, 2024
A gallery space near the entrance to 'Disney100: The Exhibition' at Union Station, which opened May 24, highlights items from the Library's Missouri V...
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Thursday, April 4, 2024
The Kansas City Public Library celebrates National Library Week, April 7 - 13. Highlights include recognizing the valuable contributions of Library wo...
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Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Since January, the Central Library's Stanley H. Durwood Vault has been screening daily movies....
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
The Missouri Valley Special Collections staff will guide patrons through the art of house history research and introduce digital tools....
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Tuesday, February 27, 2024
The Kansas City Public Library and the San Francisco Public Library teamed up to tackle censorship with a friendly Super Bowl wager....
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Friday, January 12, 2024
The Kansas City Public Library has a new, circulating zine collection. It's one of the only in the area that offers zines people can check out as they...
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Sunday, October 1, 2023
Running through Saturday, October 7, Banned Books Week annually celebrates our freedom to read, our long-held right to seek and express ideas. While c...
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Tuesday, August 15, 2023
The Kansas City Public Library has added and modified a number of its policies in response to a new state rule regarding the age appropriateness of ma...
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Monday, January 16, 2023
Rolling Stone magazine has taken some bold stances lately – its list of best singers of all time naturally led to intense discussions among f...
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Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Citing concerns about “unintended adverse consequences,” the Kansas City Public Library Board of Trustees is calling for the rejection or revision...