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KC History
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Friday, July 4, 2025
What's Your KCQ is a collaboration between The Star and the Kansas City Public Library series that answers your questions about the history, people, p...
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Saturday, June 7, 2025
What's Your KCQ? What do you want to know about our community? The Library and The Kansas City Star combine resources to find answers to questions abo...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2025
The Library has partnered with Urban Hikes KC on a series of guided tours. Now, there’s one focused on the Library District....
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Sunday, May 18, 2025
What's Your KCQ? What do you want to know about our community? The Library and The Kansas City Star combine resources to find answers to questions abo...
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Monday, April 14, 2025
What's Your KCQ? What do you want to know about our community? The Library and The Kansas City Star combine resources to find answers to questions abo...
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Monday, March 10, 2025
What's Your KCQ? What do you want to know about our community? The Library and The Kansas City Star combine resources to find answers to questions abo...
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Friday, February 28, 2025
What's Your KCQ? What do you want to know about our community? The Library and The Kansas City Star combine resources to find answers to questions abo...
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Friday, February 28, 2025
Each March, the Library observes Women’s History Month with a variety of activities, including films, speakers, spoken word, and a suggested reading l...
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Friday, February 21, 2025
What's Your KCQ? What do you want to know about our community? The Library and The Kansas City Star combine resources to find answers to questions abo...
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Monday, February 17, 2025
On February 22, 1901, future Supreme Court justice Charles Evans Whittaker was born near Troy, Kansas....