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 Celebrate AmeriCorps Members and Their Service During AmeriCorps Week This March Tuesday, March 7, 2023 VISTA Every day, AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers act on their values to make a difference in communities, focusing on where the need... Read More
News Item National News Literacy Week 2023 Wednesday, January 18, 2023 News Literacy The Kansas City Public Library wants to help the community get and stay informed with its participation in... 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 Library’s VISTA Project Honors Legacy of MLK with Hygiene Kit Donation Drive Wednesday, January 19, 2022 VISTA Martin Luther King Jr. Outreach In keeping with the civil rights leader’s spirit of service, the Kansas City Public Library’s AmeriCorps VISTA Project is collecting... Read More
News Item National News Literacy Week Wednesday, January 12, 2022 Events News Literacy How do you thoughtfully consume news and information? As part of National News Literacy Week (January 24-28, 2022), the Library hosts... Read More
News Item Library VISTA Project Helps Coordinate 9/11 Day of Service Wednesday, September 1, 2021 VISTA Two decades ago – on September 11, 2001 – nearly 3,000 people lost their lives in the deadliest terrorist attacks in history. This year, thousand... Read More
News Item Consider the Source: NewsGuard Browser Extension Offers Context for Online Information Monday, March 23, 2020 Digital Services News COVID-19 News Literacy A resource implemented earlier this year by the Library on its computers is temporarily available for you to use at home for free. NewsG... Read More
News Item Library’s VISTA Project honors legacy of MLK with 2020 Hygiene Kit Donation Drive Thursday, December 26, 2019 VISTA Martin Luther King Jr. Outreach In the spirit of service embodied by the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. the Library’s... Read More