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 Voter Resources for the Nov. 8 General Election Monday, October 24, 2022 Election Election Day is Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Searching for what's on the ballot? Need to find where to vote? The Library has you... 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 Absentee, Mail-In Voters: Library Notaries Are Here for You Tuesday, September 29, 2020 Library Services Election Voting absentee this year? Or by mail? The Kansas City Public Library is now providing free ballot notarization services, offered during scheduled dro... Read More
News Item Registered and Ready to Vote? Join the Library for National Voter Registration Day on Sept. 22, 2020 Tuesday, September 8, 2020 Election Tuesday, September 22, 2020 is National Voter Registration Day, when we ensure participation in our country’s democr... Read More
News Item Library Helping Make KC Count in 2020 Census Thursday, August 6, 2020 Census Outreach Election The Library is taking part in local education and outreach efforts to have everyone in our metropolitan area represented in the 2020 Census,... Read More
News Item U.S. Senate Confirms: Kansas City’s Crosby Kemper III Will Head National Library Agency Thursday, January 9, 2020 Crosby Kemper Library News Kansas City Public Library Director Crosby Kemper III is assuming leadership of the Washington, D.C.-based Institute of Museum and Librar... Read More
News Item Need Direction? The Library's Community Reference Team Can Help. Friday, September 27, 2019 Community Reference Job and Career Health and Wellness Personal Finance Legal and Government Next Chapter Business and Entrepreneurship As information discovery has evolved, so has the Kansas City Public Library. We’ve launched a new Community Reference Team to help pa... Read More
News Item Registered and Ready to Vote? Join the Library for National Voter Registration Day on Sept. 24, 2019 Wednesday, September 18, 2019 Election Tuesday, September 24, 2019 is National Voter Registration Day, is National Voter Registration Day,... Read More