Kansas City Public Library

  • Grant creates outlet for KC youth to learn computer skills at library

    A $94,800 grant will help pay for a mobile digital media lab for the Kansas City Public Library. The lab will promote computer and Internet accessibility and literacy to 8- to 18-year-olds at the library’s Southeast and North-East branches starting April 8. The mobile lab will have equipment to teach coding fundamentals, audio and video…

  • Library’s H&R Block Center quietly serves as resource for entrepreneurs

    There’s a little-known secret tucked away on the third floor of the Kansas City Public Library’s downtown Central branch. It’s quiet, high-tech and full of resources for budding entrepreneurs. It’s the H&R Block Business & Career Center. Per the library’s website, the Block Center is dedicated to supporting successful entrepreneurs, in addition to helping patrons…

  • Kansas City Library event to feature Boulevard founder John McDonald

    John McDonald, the man who has helped the Boulevard Brewing Company become the toast of Kansas City — and beyond — will share insights about the growth of his business at an event Wednesday night. Kansas City Public Library Director Crosby Kemper III will …