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, August 6, 2024
The Central Library’s café closed in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic. On August 7, it’s re-opening as The Nook....
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Friday, August 2, 2024
What's Your KCQ? What do you want to know about our community? The Library and The Kansas City Star combine resources to find answers to questions abo...
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Friday, August 2, 2024
Hickory dickory dock, the August Central Youth Services Zine is now in stock!...
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Thursday, August 1, 2024
The Library is pleased to announce a new season of writing classes taught by graduate students in the Master of Fine Arts c...
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Friday, July 26, 2024
Ebony Reed's “Fifteen Cents on the Dollar: How Americans Made the Black-White Wealth Gap,” co-written by Louise Story, follows the lives of seven Blac...
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Friday, July 19, 2024
Longtime board of trustees member Dave Mayta passed away on July 16, 2024....
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Monday, July 15, 2024
Louisiana school librarian Amanda Jones is the summer FYI Book Club pick....
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Friday, July 12, 2024
An exhibition featuring Andrea Burgay's “Fictions” series opened June 1 at the Central Library’s Genevieve Guldner Gallery and runs through Aug. 17....
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Monday, July 8, 2024
Pedro Martín visits on Friday, July 12, at 1 p.m. for a behind-the-scenes look at his creative process....
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Wednesday, July 3, 2024
We felt you should know the Summer Reading Party is still happening in the July Central Youth Services Zine, available online or at the Library!...