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 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 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
News Item Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Friday, May 7, 2021 Asian - Pacific Islander Heritage Readers Services Reading Lists May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and the Library is celebrating the history, culture, and achievements of AAPI... Read More
News Item Celebrating Storytelling With Poet Laureate Joy Harjo Wednesday, April 28, 2021 Library Staff National Poetry Month Reading Lists The Library's Director of Branch Operations Cindy Hohl joined U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo in an online conversation... Read More
News Item Feed the Meter: National Poetry Month at the Library Wednesday, April 14, 2021 National Poetry Month Reading Lists Book Group Passionate about pentameter? Really into rhyme and rhythm? Are you a stanza stan? The Library can help you get well-versed during Nation... Read More
News Item Live Your Best Life in 2020 with Library Resources Monday, December 30, 2019 Digital Services Tech Access Books Book Group Health and Wellness Business and Entrepreneurship Friends of the Library Signature Events Education Resources With the beginning of a new year comes the renewed commitment to shake up our usual routines. We tell ourselves we’re going to learn a new skill, take... Read More
News Item Celebrating Friends of Libraries Week - Oct. 20-26, 2019 Thursday, October 17, 2019 Friends of the Library Since organizing in 1984, the Friends of the Kansas City Public Library have supported your Library through advocacy, outreach, and f... Read More