All Library locations will be closed Friday, July 4, for Independence Day.
Summer Reading
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Wednesday, June 18, 2025
The Library’s popular free summer Young Actors Workshop returns July 14-18 for a streamlined audience, ages 7 to 12, and with a new focus: improv clas...
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Tuesday, June 10, 2025
The Library is ramping up its creative and crafty offerings with weekly, bi-monthly, or monthly sessions for all ages....
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Wednesday, May 21, 2025
The Library's annual Summer Reading program kicks off on May 30 and runs through August 15....
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Friday, May 16, 2025
Stop by select Kansas City-area parks between June 3 - August 8, 2025, visit with your Library, and receive a FREE BOOK!...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2024
The Library's Summer Reading program ran from June 1 - August 15, and surpassed last year's numbers with a total of 15,056 registrations....
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Monday, June 3, 2024
The Library offers nutritious meals through Kids Café year-round – at library branches during the school year and at Pop In at the Park summer sites i...
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Wednesday, August 16, 2023
You read. You ... rule.
Participation in the Library’s Summer Reading program, which wrapped...
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Friday, August 19, 2022
As part of the Library’s invaluable team of teen volunteers and interns over the summer, 17-year-old Brayden Lyons drew up and directed a Workshop...
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Tuesday, August 16, 2022
By the time our 2022 Summer Reading Program, Art Starts at Your Library, wrapped up on August 15, our patrons had shattered records a...
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Monday, August 9, 2021
Two hundred years ago, on August 10, 1821, Missouri officially became the 24th state. From this year’s Homegrown Stories Summer Reading Prog...