Library and Missouri Humanities Partner to Bring Book Festival to Kansas City for Second Year
Along with Missouri Humanities and the Missouri Center for the Book, the Kansas City Public Library hosts a day filled with all-ages panel discussions, author talks, activities, workshops and vendors.
Representing More Voices and Connecting Patrons with a Second Zine Collection
Ideally, libraries house materials that reflect their patrons’ lives and experiences. The Kansas City Public Library’s more than 800,000-item collection is one of the most diverse and inclusive in the nation.
KCPL Upgrades Extensive Catalog of Orchestral Music Sets
Over James Murray's decades-long career, the Kansas City-area orchestra conductor has almost accidentally amassed more music than he knows what to do with.
“Peripheral Visions” Exhibition at Kansas City Public Library Aims to Expand Exposure to Talented KC Artists
Ryan Sikes has been making art ever since he could hold a pencil. But by his mid-20s, what started as a hobby had morphed into what looked more like a career.
The Traveling Exhibition “Young at Art” Comes to the Library
Chris Van Allsburg’s black and white illustrations of two siblings watching their home slowly fill with large game animals and natural disasters are not Hollywood flashy, but they’re riveting.
If archival items can be called juicy, the Folly Theater Collection, now housed in the Kansas City Public Library’s Missouri Valley Room, contains quite a few.
Ninety-eight years apart, almost to the day, the marble-columned building at 14 W. 10th Street in Kansas City, Missouri, hosted grand openings. The first was the First National Bank ribbon cutting on April 15, 1906.
Arts News: Pembroke Hill School Unveils Massive “After Nature” Artwork
In the bend where Shawnee Mission Parkway becomes Ward Parkway at State Line, drivers paying close attention will notice some new art just up the hill at the Pembroke Hill School.
