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 Mayukh Sen Spotlights the Stories, Struggles of Immigrant Women Who Helped Make American Food Cuisine What It Is Wednesday, February 23, 2022 FYI Book Group In his new book Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America, James Beard Award-winning food writer Mayukh Sen expl... Read More
News Item From Art to Aviation, Library Exhibits Highlight History and Community Tuesday, July 6, 2021 Exhibits Lucile Bluford Missouri Valley With Library buildings open, one of the experiences patrons can once again enjoy in person is viewing exhibits in our galleries and spaces. Check out... Read More
News Item The Legacy of Lucile Bluford Lives On Monday, June 28, 2021 Lucile Bluford Local History Lucile Bluford – namesake of the Library's L.H. Bluford Branch – was a local civil rights leader and helped make... Read More
News Item Pride Month Celebrates LGBTQIA+ Stories Monday, June 15, 2020 Pride Month LGBTQIA+ Reading Lists Digital Services LGBT Pride Month in June commemorates the Stonewall riots in New York's Greenwich Village, which ignited the gay rights movement in t... Read More
News Item Celebrating Pride Month 2019 Saturday, June 15, 2019 Pride Month LGBTQIA+ LGBT Pride Month in June commemorates the Stonewall riots in New York's Greenwich Village, which ignited the gay rights movement in t... Read More
News Item Library Commemorates Legacy of Lucile Bluford Tuesday, June 26, 2018 Lucile Bluford Library Locations Lucile Bluford – namesake of the Library's L.H. Bluford Branch – was a local civil rights leader and helped make... Read More
News Item FYI Book Club Spotlights C.J. Janovy’s No Place Like Home and LGBT Advances in Kansas (Yes, Kansas) Tuesday, June 26, 2018 Books Signature Events LGBTQIA+ Book Group Local History Kansas has seen advances in... Read More
News Item For Pride Month, Kansas City Public Library Highlights LGBTQIA+ Readings, Programs and Resources Wednesday, June 13, 2018 LGBTQIA+ Pride Month LGBT Pride Month, celebrated in June, commemorates the Stonewall riots in New York's Greenwich Village, which ignited the gay rights... Read More