The Library has launched a new regional history collection called Speaking of Kansas City, with more than 270 audio and video recordings from 1970 to...

An important chronicle of African American history in Kansas City – and beyond – is now available through the Library’s website, offering more than 70...

Have a delightfully spirited Halloween season with a monstrously good mashup of scary story recommendations, frightfully fun films, and other creepily...

Notice to all eBook and audiobook fans: On May 1, 2023, the original OverDrive mobile app will no longer work – it’s being discontinu...

If you like following music trends, reading artist interviews, and deep-diving into archives of popular music publications, get amped up for the lates...

To mark Library Card Sign-up Month in September, we asked Kansas City Public Library staffers to share the favorite ways they use...

The pop culture pipeline regularly feeds cinema screens and streaming services with characters and stories from the pages of comics and graphic nov...

If you’re on a creative kick as part of our Summer Reading Program, Art Starts at Your Library, one of the most powerful tools at you...

As the Library’s Big Read 2022 continues, we’re highlighting a number of films from and about Indigenous communities. Attend upcoming...