Information & Events
Take a look at upcoming cultural events and special presentations that may be of interest.
Check out our digital reading program, Beanstack, and earn digital badges tracking your progress.
KCKPL hosts several bookclubs. Take a look at our options and see if one of them is of interest to you.
Consider learning a new skill or enhancing your knowledge by taking a class at KCKPL.
Leisure & Research
Access a multitude of resources from KCKPL catered just for you.
Flipster is a magazine service that allows patrons to browse digital versions of the latest issues of popular magazines.
Access today's online version with images of the KC Star. For 1880-1990 archived articles, use the Historical KC Star.
Check out items in our collection that fall under the large print book category in the catalog.
Search our Yearbook Collection digitized Kansas City, KS school yearbooks some dating as far back as 1906.
Comprehensive treasury of American genealogical resources—primary sources, local and family histories, research guides, interactive census maps, and more.
Search current and archived coverage of issues, events, people, government, sports and more with the largest collection of full-text U.S. newspapers.
Search through billions of records for family history in the census, military, immigration and more.