News Item Longtime NPR Host Meets ‘Best Strangers in the World,’ Our Latest Book Club Selection Monday, April 22, 2024 FYI Book Group 150th Anniversary NPR's Ari Shapiro is the author of this season's FYI Book Club selection.... Read More
News Item Memories of ‘The Wiz,’ and Coming of Age Inspire This Award-Winning Poetry Collection Thursday, February 29, 2024 FYI Book Group Book Discussion Book Group Maya Angelou Book Award Winter FYI Book Club: "I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times" by Taylor Byas, 2023 Maya Angelou Book Award winner.... Read More
News Item "Growing Together" With Kansas City Community Gardens Classes Tuesday, February 27, 2024 Library Services Library Locations The Kansas City Community Gardens offers basic gardening classes at Library locations in March and April 2024.... Read More
News Item Two Compelling Exhibitions Enter Final Weeks at Central Library Tuesday, February 14, 2023 Library Locations Two innovative art exhibitions at the Central Library are nearing their closing dates, but time to see them hasn’t entirely run out. He... Read More
News Item Terminal Velocity: The History of Kansas City's Airport Monday, January 30, 2023 Local History With Kansas City International Airport's new single terminal now scheduled to open on February 28, 2023, the Library's Missouri Valley Special C... Read More
News Item Property Purchase Sets the Stage for Enhanced, Expanded Services at Bluford Branch Thursday, January 26, 2023 Library Locations The Library is thrilled to announce the purchase of additional property near the Lucile H. Blu... Read More
News Item 'A History Going Back More Than 200 Years': Writer Pays Lyrical Tribute to Library’s North-East Branch Tuesday, December 27, 2022 Library Locations All Kansas City Public Library locations see patrons of every interest, need, and want in search of not only materials like books and magazines but... Read More
News Item The Pitch’s Best of Kansas City 2022: Best Library Branch: MO Tuesday, November 8, 2022 Library Locations We’re thrilled to be among the winners in The Pitch's Best of Kansas City 2022 for the category Best Library B... Read More
News Item Hoppy History: Oktoberfest and KC's German American Beer Brewing Background Friday, October 7, 2022 Local History In celebration of KC Oktoberfest, the Library's Missouri Valley Special Collections highlights the city’s German Ame... Read More
News Item Vote for the Library in next round of The Pitch's 'Best of KC 2022' Saturday, September 10, 2022 Library Locations Voting is now open for The Pitch's Best of Kansas City 2022 and you're encouraged to cast a vote for our locations in... Read More