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 Vote for the Library in The Pitch's 'Best of KC 2021' Wednesday, September 1, 2021 Best of KC Voting is now open for The Pitch's Best of Kansas City 2021 and you're encouraged to cast a v... Read More
News Item The Pitch’s Best of Kansas City 2020: Best Library Branch: MO Wednesday, November 4, 2020 Best of KC We’re thrilled to be among the winners in The Pitch’s Best of Kansas City 2020 – thanks to all who voted for the ... Read More
News Item Vote for the Library in The Pitch's 'Best of KC 2020' Monday, August 31, 2020 Best of KC Voting is now open for The Pitch's Best of Kansas City 2020 and you're encouraged t... Read More
News Item Coronavirus (COVID-19) Community Resources Tuesday, March 17, 2020 Resources Patron Notice COVID-19 Though our physical locations have recently opened, we want you to know that the Library remains an online source of information about what’s happe... Read More
News Item Kansas City Public Library Temporarily Closes in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic Sunday, March 15, 2020 Library News Patron Notice COVID-19 With Kansas City’s stay-at-home order due to expire May 15, 2020, the Library is working out the details of a careful, phased-in reopeni... Read More
News Item Kansas City Public Library Response to Coronavirus (COVID-19) Thursday, March 12, 2020 Patron Notice Library News The Kansas City Public Library is paying close attention to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in our country and to recommendations from local, stat... Read More
News Item North-East Branch Undergoing Renovations Through 2020 Thursday, December 19, 2019 Next Chapter Patron Notice The Library’s North-East Branch has TEMPORARILY RELOCATED as it begins a... Read More