The Westport and Bluford branches will be closed Wednesday, June 12 for staff training.
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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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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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Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Ruiz died Saturday, September 3, 2023. She was 102 and leaves a legacy of devotion and service evidenced by far more than her name on a modest sign...
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Monday, June 5, 2023
An educator, businessperson, and champion of reading and literacy, Marilou Joyner served on the Library’s board of trustees from 2014 to 2019, whe...
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Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Every day, AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers act on their values to make a difference in communities, focusing on where the need...
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Monday, August 8, 2022
David McCullough, the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize award-winning author of 14 books, including presidential biographies on...
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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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Wednesday, January 19, 2022
In keeping with the civil rights leader’s spirit of service, the Kansas City Public Library’s AmeriCorps VISTA Project is collecting...
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Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Two decades ago – on September 11, 2001 – nearly 3,000 people lost their lives in the deadliest terrorist attacks in history. This year, thousand...