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KC History
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Friday, November 29, 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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Monday, November 25, 2024
On December 2, 1905, Kansas City lost its lead proponent of the park and boulevard movement, August Meyer....
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Monday, November 18, 2024
On the evening of November 24, 1927, the Pla-Mor Ballroom opened at 3142 Main Street to a crowd of 4,100 who reveled at its unprecedented size and mod...
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Tuesday, November 12, 2024
In 1838, the town of Westport stood near the western edge of the American frontier. To reach Westport from the east, traders traveled by river to a ro...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2024
On November 8, 1917, Mary Tiera Farrow and 20 other female lawyers formed the Women's Bar Association of Kansas City....
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Saturday, October 5, 2024
On Oct. 12, the Heartland Book Festival celebrates the written word – and continues a Library tradition. ...
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Thursday, August 29, 2024
Continuing with the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Kansas City Public Library, the Missouri Valley Special Collections highlights the car...
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Friday, May 24, 2024
A gallery space near the entrance to 'Disney100: The Exhibition' at Union Station, which opened May 24, highlights items from the Library's Missouri V...
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Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Since January, the Central Library's Stanley H. Durwood Vault has been screening daily movies....
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Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Over a century after his birth and nearly 70 years after his death, jazz saxophonist Charlie “Bird” Parker remains one of Kansas City’s favorite so...