Kansas City Public Library

150 Years of Discovery

Join us throughout the year to celebrate the Kansas City Public Library’s 150^th anniversary!

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Library's New Podcast Explores Mental Health Journeys through 'Power of Words'

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Kansas City Public Library launches a new podcast, Power of Words, in partnership with Jewish Family Services.

Longtime NPR Host Meets ‘Best Strangers in the World,’ Our Latest Book Club Selection

Monday, April 22, 2024

NPR's Ari Shapiro is the author of this season's FYI Book Club selection.

Belvidere Hollow: KCQ Unearths Kansas City's Lost Black Neighborhood

Thursday, April 18, 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 about regional topics.

Transformations: New Perspecti...

Thursday, May 9, 2024 6:00pm

Plaza Branch

Four contemporary artists who incorporate miniature art in narrative videos, paintings, and photographs discuss their work on view in Transformations: New Perspectives on the Art o...

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Adults

¿Qué tan listo estoy para ser un emprendedor? Meto...

North-East Branch |

April 30 |

9:30am

Kids

Family Storytime

Central Library |

April 30 |

9:30am

Kids

Baby Storytime

Plaza Branch |

April 30 |

9:30am

Adults

English Basics

North-East Branch |

April 30 |

10:00am

Teen Opportunities

The Library is looking for teens between the ages of 12 and 18 for internships. Teen Leaders of Today (TLoT) are accepting applications through May 5.

Apply to be a TLoT member!

Eikonographia Radicale: Reimagining Cultural Icons

Kansas City’s Chico Salvador Sierra looks to magnify overlooked historical narratives and illuminate current social issues in his art, fusing pre-Colonial imagery with contemporary Chicano Movement aesthetics.