Due to flooding Mobile Services is canceling all Books to Go deliveries and all afternoon Bookmobile stops for the week of Monday, July 21st.
Signature Events
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Saturday, July 5, 2025
Sieglinde Othmer talks about her book, Joyous Longevity: The A-Z Field Guide, July 27 at 2 p.m. at the Waldo Branch....
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Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Come to the Central Library on July 9, 4:30-6:30 p.m. to imagine the future of the Library together....
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Friday, June 20, 2025
At 6 p.m. on June 25 at the Plaza Branch, Katherine Rose-Mockry talks about "Liberating Lawrence: Gay Activism in the 1970s at the University of Kansa...
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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Author Jamel Brinkley talks about his work and what it means to be a witness at 6 p.m., Thursday, April 17, 2025, at the Plaza Branch....
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Friday, February 28, 2025
Author Frances Levine discusses her new book on March 4....
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Thursday, September 19, 2024
In recognition of Banned Books Week, September 22-28, the Library hosts "That Librarian" author Amanda Jones on September 25....
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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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Monday, April 8, 2024
Author Gregg Colburn discusses his book "Homelessness is a Housing Problem: How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns" at 6 p.m., Wednesday, April...
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Monday, March 18, 2024
As the second of the four-part speaker series celebrating the Kansas City Public Library’s 150th anniversary – and timed to this year’s International...
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Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Amy Cousins and Ruben Castillo have been friends for five years. They are both artists and educators – Cousins in Ph...