All Library locations will be close early Wednesday, November 27, at 5 p.m. & will be closed Thursday, November 28, for Thanksgiving.
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Tuesday, January 2, 2024
Happy New Year! We're reading in the New Year with the January Central Youth Services zine! Huzzah!...
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Monday, January 1, 2024
Kansas City Public Library Director and Chief Executive John Herron has announced his resignation, effective December 31, 2023....
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Tuesday, December 19, 2023
The Library has many programs that go beyond its core services and require funds beyond its base of public support. We are so grateful for the generos...
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Monday, December 18, 2023
Graduate students in the Master of Fine Arts creative writing program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City are offering a wide variety of writing...
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Friday, December 15, 2023
A college professor with Kansas City roots speaks during a Missouri Valley Sundays event about the city's influence in LGBTQ+ history and the national...
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Friday, December 8, 2023
Owl bet you're glad the December Central Youth Services zine is now available! This one's a hoot!...
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Thursday, November 30, 2023
For the fifth year, the Kansas City Public Library’s AmeriCorps VISTA Project is collecting donations of travel-sized personal care items for a hygien...
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Friday, November 17, 2023
The Library is taking its 150th birthday celebration on the road – or more precisely, the rails. One of Kansas City's downtown streetcar...
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Tuesday, November 14, 2023
The north side of the Central Library’s third floor – an area that once housed a reference desk and row after row of books – has just reopened as the...
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Thursday, November 2, 2023
Feast your eyes on the unbe-leaf-ably nutty November Central Youth Services zine, available for pick up at CYS....