The Westport and Bluford branches will be closed Wednesday, June 12 for staff training.
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Friday, March 29, 2024
Matt Stewart's "The Kansas City Royals: An Illustrated Timeline" was a chance to revisit forgotten stories about the team and get them in print for po...
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Thursday, February 8, 2024
The Kansas City Public Library’s local history archive, Missouri Valley Special Collections, continues a 14-year partnership with the Black Archives o...
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Friday, October 13, 2023
Have a delightfully spirited Halloween season with a monstrously good mashup of scary story recommendations, frightfully fun films, and other creepily...
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Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Ruiz died Saturday, September 3, 2023. She was 102 and leaves a legacy of devotion and service evidenced by far more than her name on a modest sign...
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Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Lucile Bluford – namesake of the Library's L.H. Bluford Branch – was a local civil rights leader and helped make...
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Monday, June 5, 2023
An educator, businessperson, and champion of reading and literacy, Marilou Joyner served on the Library’s board of trustees from 2014 to 2019, whe...
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Friday, February 24, 2023
The Library launches a new season of its popular classes for beginn...
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Friday, December 16, 2022
What books from the past year really resonated with our staff? From pop culture page-turners to mind-melting history reads, we’ve highlighted some...
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Wednesday, December 14, 2022
What FICTION books were winners with Library staff in 2022? Check out the favorites that lined our staff's shelves this past year....
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Thursday, August 25, 2022
The Veterans Writing Workshop is designed to help veterans, active military, and their family members develop writing and narrative skills t...