Kansas City Public Library

April 10, 2025

Maya Angelou Book Award Winner to Speak at the Kansas City Public Library

The presence of a ghost means that the past is speaking to you, author Jamel Brinkley says. “You can’t ignore the past.”

Arts Consortium

March 24, 2025

‘Sitting Pretty’ Where We Live: The Library celebrates Big Read 2025

Rebekah Taussig, who lost the use of her legs as a toddler, didn’t grow up seeing her everyday reality or identity reflected in TV shows, ads, books or movies.

January 7, 2025

Gentry Mullen is satisfying his own creativity in library exhibition

Gentry Mullen has wanted to paint since he was 14 years old. Now, after 35 years in graphic design, he’s launching that career.

December 3, 2024

‘Disney100: The Exhibition’ at Union Station showcases local ties to Walt Disney

Although Walt Disney made it big in California, his roots were in the Midwest.

November 4, 2024

See Hear: Steve Paul on Rambling Around the Arts | How the Story of an Artist, a Painting and a Poet Unexpectedly Intertwines

Jenny Molberg with de Kooning books (photo by Jonny Ulasien) In gathering material and sifting archival sands for the book project I’m currently immersed in,..

September 19, 2024

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.

September 10, 2024

Arts News: Art in the Loop offers art that moves for KC Streetcar riders

Urban adventurers and KC Streetcar commuters will encounter Art in the Loop productions along the streetcar line through November 2024.

September 9, 2024

See Hear: Steve Paul on Rambling Around the Arts | An Omaha Museum Grows Again in Vibrant New Directions

An intriguing sense of historical continuity slowly emerges in the newly expanded Joslyn Art Museum.

July 16, 2024

Collage artist Andrea Burgay repurposes discarded paperback books at the Kansas City Public Library

A passion for collage started early for Andrea Burgay. When she was 4 or 5 in Syracuse, New York, she had what she described as a “seminal experience” with a stack of magazines and catalogues.

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