Free wellness classes are starting up for a winter session! ❄️ From December 7 to January 18, enjoy Tai Chi and Qi Gong at the Plaza Library on Sundays. We hope to see you there! Find more free fitness classes at kclibrary.org/calendar #ThingsToDoInKC #KCLibrary #KCMO #KansasCity

If you're looking for a book group to join, the Kansas City Public Library has you covered with both in-person and online options. ☕📚 Stop by any of these discussions in December. For more information, visit kclibrary.org/book-groups #BookGroups #ThingsToDoInKC #KCLibrary #KCMO #KCBookstagram

This week, we hosted two United States Naturalization Ceremonies. Wednesday morning, 100 applicants from 40 countries became U.S. citizens. Wednesday afternoon, 74 applicants from 40 countries became U.S. citizens. (1/2)

Congratulations to this year's Maya Angelou Book Award recipient, Alison C. Rollins! 🎉 Her collection of poetry, 'Black Bell', published by @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social, ruminates on themes of history, resistance, and liberation with ambitious, inventive imagery, and sound. (1/2)

As the holidays approach, we want to remind you that the Library has a vast collection of cookbooks to help you prepare for the gathering of friends and family. 🧑‍🍳📖 (1/3)

Social worker, educator, and Library supporter and partner Alice Kitchen was a tireless advocate throughout her career and after retiring, standing up for the most vulnerable members of society. Kitchen died on Friday at the age of 83. (1/2)

Today's 'The Rise and Fall of the New Chinese Empire' event is live on YouTube. Join us! www.youtube.com/live/p7Xg3At...

Today's 'Mask of the Deer Woman' event with author Laurie Dove is live on YouTube. Join us! www.youtube.com/live/o8nLy0L...

Are you going to @planetanimekc.bsky.social this weekend? 🌙 Check out your favorite manga from the Library ahead of time! We have a huge selection to choose from. #PlanetAnime #Anime #KCMO #Manga

You all packed the room for our 'Kansas City’s Little Italy Neighborhood: How the North End Became Columbus Park' event last Sunday! In case you missed it, or want to share with a friend, here is a link to the event recording.

Gone are the days of horses, cattle, and marching bands parading through downtown Kansas City for the American Royal parade. For 90 years, this parade took over the streets of KC, but why did it end? Find out in our latest KCQ collaboration with @kansascity.com at kchistory.org

Don’t miss an opportunity to hear Kansas City author Candice Millard on Thursday at our annual Writers for Readers fundraiser. Your donation will help provide free writing classes at the Library. (1/3)

Today's 'Homes We Need, Barriers We Build' event is live on YouTube. Join us!

Last week, our staff had a great time at our annual Staff Party! 🥳 Library employees from all over the system spent time together playing games, making crafts, meeting therapy dogs, and singing karaoke. #LibraryLove #KansasCity #KCMO (1/2)

Congratulations to our Central Library for winning 'Best Library Branch: MO' by @thepitch.bsky.social! Also, congratulations to our Plaza Branch for being a runner-up! We think all of our incredible locations are winners. ❤️ #LibraryLove #KCMO #KansasCity #KCLibrary

BOOK GIVEAWAY! 📚 To celebrate Native American Heritage Month, we are giving away a copy of the next KC Pop-Up Book group book 'Mask of the Deer Woman'! Follow the instructions below to enter. ⬇️ 📖 LIKE this post. 📖 TAG a friend. 📖 FOLLOW us. (1/3)

This Veterans Day, we honor and thank all those who have served our country. 🇺🇸 (1/2)

For thousands of years, Native Americans have called the Kansas City region home, shaping its story long before the city was founded. (1/2)

Today's 'Kansas City’s Little Italy Neighborhood: How the North End Became Columbus Park' event is live on YouTube. Join us!

You might not be able to catch Travis Kelce on your television this weekend, but you can learn about his look-alike, Alexander Majors, at the Kansas City Public Library. Majors made his fortune shipping freight on the Santa Fe Trail before helping find the Pony Express in 1860.  (1/2)

Times are tough - no one should have to worry about where their next meal is coming from. Our Bluford, North-East, Southeast, Trails West, and Waldo Branches host a Kids Café four times a week to provide free food for children up to 18 years old. (1/2)

In 1916, the first woman was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Jeannette Rankin introduced legislation that helped secure women’s voting rights, protect workers, and boost aid for children in poverty. (1/3)

Today's 'Bridging the Divide: Talking, Listening, and Finding Common Ground' event, co-sponsored by the Kinder Institute for Constitutional Democracy, is live on YouTube. Join us!

Are you a veteran and looking for new work? Visit our Veterans Job Fair this Wednesday at the Central Library in the 3N Resource Center, co-hosted by the Kansas City VA Medical Center.

¡Feliz Día de los Muertos! 💀🕯️🏵️🎉 Our branches created the most beautiful ofrendas, altars to honor the deceased and welcome their spirits back to the world.  Featured are our Bluford, Waldo, and Trails West locations. #DíaDeLosMuertos #DayOfTheDead #KCMO #KansasCity

A guide to free meals and pantries around downtown Kansas City. ❤️ More information: tinyurl.com/9vpvhwxc

Happy Halloween from the Kansas City Public Library! 🎃 From Trunk-or-Treat to a children's parade to autumn crafts, our locations have been getting the community in a spooky mood! 🍂 #Halloween #SpookySeason #KansasCity #KCMO

Today's 'Redistricting: What You Need to Know' event, co-presented by @kcur.org, is live on YouTube. Join us! www.youtube.com/live/WtqBy4-...

Who says local history isn’t hip? Check out these late-1960s Sears ads from Young America Today, a magazine for the youth of greater Kansas City. Local teens showed off the era’s coolest fashions. (1/2)

You can now travel to three of our Library locations using the @kcstreetcar.org! We are so excited, we made custom stickers for the opening day. Before the extension, riders could only access the Central Library via the Streetcar. Now they can ride to our Westport and Plaza Branches too!

Plaza Branch's Fall Festival this past weekend was a success! 👻🎃 Keep an eye on kclibrary.org/calendar for upcoming happenings at all of our Library locations. 🙌 #SpookySeason #FallFestival #KCEvents #ThingsToDoInKC #KCMO

Are you looking for educational, free things to do in Kansas City this November? 📆 Join us for the following events! For more information and to reserve your spot, visit kclibrary.org/events or visit the link in our bio. #KCEvents #KansasCity #KCMO #KCLibrary

If you're looking for a book group to join, the Kansas City Public Library has you covered with both in-person and online options. ☕📚 Please join any of these discussions in November. For more information, visit kclibrary.org/book-groups #BookGroups #ThingsToDoInKC #KCLibrary #KCMO

The @kcstreetcar.org Main Street extension opened today! 🚃 Take a trip back to the 1800s to learn about the original street railways in Kansas City in our latest KCQ collaboration with @kansascity.com at kclibrary.org/news. #KCHistory #KCMO #KansasCity #Steetcar #PublicTransportation

We want to thank 15 and the Mahomies for giving the Library $15,000 to support next year's Summer Reading Program. 📚 This grant will help fund book giveaways and free, hands-on learning opportunities to Kansas City residents of all ages next summer. (1/2)

Calling all puzzle lovers! 📣 The Plaza Branch is holding its second annual jigsaw puzzle swap on November 1. 🧩 Bring your jigsaw puzzles to the Library before the event to get tokens. Then, on November 1, return to exchange your tokens for different puzzles. Learn more here: tinyurl.com/2ptsvppt

Diwali, a five-day festival celebrated by Hindus, Jains, Sikhs and some Buddhists, is underway! On behalf of the Kansas City Public Library this year's festival of lights is filled with good fortune and joy.

The Library is getting spooooky! 👻  Enjoy a historical tour, scavenger hunt, zine reading, Halloween movie in our Vault theater, and more at Central Library's Halloween Open House. Join us on October 25 at 2 p.m. at the Central Library for a day full of autumn fun. (1/2)

A new exhibition just opened at the Central Library! 🌟 Photographer B.A. Van Sise’s Warming | Warning is a visual conversation about human-made climate change and the inequality and other threats to life it creates for future generations. (1/3)

Free plant cuttings are back! 🎉🌱 Whether you are interested in taking a trimming home or donating from your overgrown plants, this service is free at our Central Library. If you want to grow your own pothos, jade plants, spider plants, and more, stop by our Propagation Station today! 😊

Today's 'Housing as Economic Development: A Fundamental Building Block for Economic Prosperity' event is live on YouTube. Join us! www.youtube.com/watch?v=19AP...

Yesterday, the Library hosted a United States Naturalization Ceremony where 99 people from 39 countries became U.S. citizens. ❤️ Director Abby Yellman kicked off the day by greeting everyone and extending an invitation to visit us at the Library again soon.

This weekend, we hosted some of your favorite authors at the Heartland Book Fest for a city-wide celebration of the written word. 🎉 (1/4)

From struggling in a college course to becoming valedictorian, Sarah Williams says support from the Library helped her succeed. She is just one of many young people the Library has helped learn and grow over the years.  Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/WR6ygcgC2UU?si=89JGnHfEBPUEXQfi (1/3)

Join us at the Bluford Branch for a week full of movies to get you in the Halloween spirit. 👻🎃 Swipe through to see which films are being played from October 26 to November 1. 🎬 #Halloween #KCMO #KansasCity #ThingsToDoInKC #KCEvents

Today's 'Heartland Book Festival Speaker | Nnedi Okorafor: 'Death of the Author'' event is live on YouTube. Join us!

Today's 'Heartland Book Festival Speaker | Derrick Barnes: 'The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze'' event is live on YouTube. Join us! www.youtube.com/live/Uj9iyET...

Mr. Stinky Feet is coming back to the Library for Friday Night Family Fun! Join Jim Cosgrove for songs about dancing skeletons, bugs, and other silly creatures to celebrate the release of his new book, 'The Hiccup Pickup’s Happy Halloween'! 🎃🛻 (1/2)

Our Library locations have worked hard to bring you creative and educational displays for Banned Books Week! 🔥📚 Exercise your freedom to read with us every day of the year. #BannedBooksWeek #CensorshipIsSo1984 #FreedomToRead #KCMO

The Library and the Alzheimer's Association are continuing to offer educational sessions and workshops through December 2. 💜 Five of our branches are hosting programs about Alzheimer's, covering topics such as warning signs, caregiver finances, healthy living, and more. (1/2)