All Library locations will be closed Monday, May 27, for Memorial Day.
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Monday, October 16, 2023
The Kansas City Public Library again is partnering with Charlie Hustle as part of the apparel company’s popular Communi-Tees program,...
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Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Ruiz died Saturday, September 3, 2023. She was 102 and leaves a legacy of devotion and service evidenced by far more than her name on a modest sign...
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Monday, June 5, 2023
An educator, businessperson, and champion of reading and literacy, Marilou Joyner served on the Library’s board of trustees from 2014 to 2019, whe...
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Thursday, October 20, 2022
The Library and local nonprofit Strawberry Week join for this year's Flowvember donation drive, collecting menstruation products ...
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Monday, August 8, 2022
David McCullough, the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize award-winning author of 14 books, including presidential biographies on...
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Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Nobody talks trash like libraries. That’s too bad, really. Look at the gentle back-and-forth on Twitter between Los Angeles’ and Cincinnati’s pub...
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Wednesday, November 10, 2021
The Library began a partnership in October with Barrier Babes, a local nonprofit that will deliver 1,...
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Friday, April 16, 2021
Vartan Gregorian, who died Thursday, April 15, left a towering legacy as a scholar and humanitarian, stretching from his presidencies...
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Friday, March 19, 2021
A school dropout after eighth grade, Alvin Sykes became a fixture in local libraries and emerged as a self-taught human rights activi...
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Friday, May 22, 2020
Gabriella Polony Mountain was passionate, expressive, indelible. And so was the art created by the namesake of the Rocky and Ga...