Plaza Branch and Central Library will open late at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17 due to the Kansas City Marathon.
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Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Explore stories at your own pace or try out early literacy activities at Gillham Park and Budd Park.
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Friday, August 23, 2024
Books to Go began in 1994 and is still serving local children 30 years later.
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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, offering a distinctive Library-themed T-shirt for sale through the...
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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 — liners, pads, tampons, and cups — to be distributed free throughout the community and available to patrons visiting Library restrooms. Boxes of supplies or indiv...
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Tuesday, April 12, 2022
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in spring of 2020, the Library had just received our shipment of materials for the Book Rich Environment initiative, which brings books and other literacy tools to children and their families who live in HUD-assisted housing. We worried how we would serve these communitie...
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Wednesday, November 10, 2021
The Library began a partnership in October with Barrier Babes, a local nonprofit that will deliver 1,500 menstruation products for distribution to the Library’s 10 locations. Through Tuesday, November 30, patrons have the opportunity to donate tampons, pads, a...
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Thursday, August 6, 2020
The Library is taking part in local education and outreach efforts to have everyone in our metropolitan area represented in the 2020 Census, helping to ensure Kansas City receives its fair share of federal funding in the years to come. How have the Library's Census outreach efforts changed due to the p...