News Item Longtime NPR Host Meets ‘Best Strangers in the World,’ Our Latest Book Club Selection Monday, April 22, 2024 FYI Book Group 150th Anniversary NPR's Ari Shapiro is the author of this season's FYI Book Club selection.... Read More
News Item Step Inside Central Library’s Film Vault to Scratch Your Movie Itch Wednesday, March 20, 2024 Films KC History Since January, the Central Library's Stanley H. Durwood Vault has been screening daily movies.... Read More
News Item What’s Your House History? Let the Missouri Valley Special Collections Help You Find Out Tuesday, March 12, 2024 Missouri Valley KC History The Missouri Valley Special Collections staff will guide patrons through the art of house history research and introduce digital tools.... Read More
News Item Memories of ‘The Wiz,’ and Coming of Age Inspire This Award-Winning Poetry Collection Thursday, February 29, 2024 FYI Book Group Book Discussion Book Group Maya Angelou Book Award Winter FYI Book Club: "I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times" by Taylor Byas, 2023 Maya Angelou Book Award winner.... Read More
News Item Byas Wins Maya Angelou Book Award for Her Debut Poetry Collection, 'I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times' Friday, October 6, 2023 Maya Angelou Book Award Taylor Byas is the winner of the third annual Maya Angelou Book Award for her debut poetry collection I... Read More
News Item Library, Universities Name Finalists for Maya Angelou Book Award Thursday, August 24, 2023 Maya Angelou Book Award The Maya Angelou Book Award reading committee has selected five finalists for the third annual national award, which is presented by... Read More
News Item Four Finalists Announced for Second Maya Angelou Book Award Tuesday, October 11, 2022 Maya Angelou Book Award The Maya Angelou Book Award reading committee has selected four finalists for the second annual award, which is presented by the Kansas City Public... Read More
News Item Happy Birthday, ‘Bird;’ Library Website Celebrates a KC Legend Tuesday, August 16, 2022 KC History Over a century after his birth and nearly 70 years after his death, jazz saxophonist Charlie “Bird” Parker remains one of Kansas City’s favorite so... Read More
News Item Library Celebrates Women’s History Month Tuesday, March 1, 2022 Women's History Reading Lists Missouri Valley KC History Teens Throughout March, the Library commemorates Women's History Month by lifting up stories, achievements, and experiences past and present. Explore book r... Read More
News Item Mayukh Sen Spotlights the Stories, Struggles of Immigrant Women Who Helped Make American Food Cuisine What It Is Wednesday, February 23, 2022 FYI Book Group In his new book Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America, James Beard Award-winning food writer Mayukh Sen expl... Read More