All Library locations will be closed Monday, May 27, for Memorial Day.
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Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Death Cafés are scheduled the second Wednesday of each month at the Plaza Branch. Related programming about advance directives will take place on Apri...
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Friday, February 23, 2024
Chico Salvador Sierra's "Eikonographia Radicale: Reimagining Cultural Icons," Feb. 24 - May 11, 2024, Central Library....
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Thursday, September 21, 2023
Do you know your numbers? The numbers of your blood pressure reading, that...
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Wednesday, May 11, 2022
As part of the Library’s Big Read 2022, the exhibition The Heart Is a Fist: Contemporary Art from Haskell Indian Nations...
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Wednesday, December 29, 2021
With the beginning of a new year comes the renewed commitment to shake up our usual routines. We pledge to learn a new skill, take a class or two, acq...
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Wednesday, November 17, 2021
In 1956, Thomas Hart Benton invited young photographer Michael Mardikes into his Kansas City studio and home. In their time together, Mardikes took 1,...
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Tuesday, July 6, 2021
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...
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Monday, July 5, 2021
Colorful murals and other public art have become a distinguishing feature of the richly diverse Northeast area of Kansas City. Some 40-45 paintings no...
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Monday, June 28, 2021
Lucile Bluford – namesake of the Library's L.H. Bluford Branch – was a local civil rights leader and helped make...
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Wednesday, June 23, 2021
As construction of a new $1.5 billion, single-terminal Kansas City International Airport moves toward completion in March 2023, a new Library exhibit...