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Art Across Gender: Transgender Writers & Artists
By:
EdenF_KCMO
EdenF_KCMO
Created on:
Jun 02, 2024
60 items
Happy Pride! To celebrate our transgender, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming neighbors, these library materials feature both...
1 like
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Blue
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MichaelaJ_KCMO
MichaelaJ_KCMO
Created on:
Feb 04, 2024
19 items
Poetry, essays, graphic novels and more featuring the color blue.
1 like
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Dance!
By:
JeanD_KCMO
JeanD_KCMO
Created on:
Sep 26, 2023
63 items
April 29 is International Dance Day! "There are shortcuts to happiness and dancing is one of them." Vicki Baum. (Or...
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International Literacy Day
By:
VianneyH_KCMO
VianneyH_KCMO
Created on:
Sep 07, 2023
20 items
Celebrate International Literacy Day with a list of books, movies, CDs, and other great recommendations from the KCPL-Westport ...
2 likes
Topic Guide
International Transgender Day of Visibility
Created on:
Mar 28, 2023
52 items
March 31 of each year, we honor International Transgender Day of Visibility. Here at the Kansas City Public Library, we are cel...
General Recommendations
Women Storytellers, women in history
By:
AngelaH_KCMO
AngelaH_KCMO
Created on:
Mar 14, 2023
13 items
The month of March is Women's History month - check out how your library is celebrating! https://kclibrary.org/blog/library-cel...
Topic Guide
Rap & Hip-Hop: The History and Culture
Created on:
Feb 17, 2023
34 items
Rap, which originated in African American communities in New York City is a musical style in which rhythmic and/or rhyming spee...
Topic Guide
Peripheral Visions
Created on:
Jan 03, 2023
24 items
Neurodiverse artists have consequently been viewed as outsiders in the “art world,” even if they’re considered to be visionary....
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Absurdity!
Created on:
Dec 07, 2022
38 items
Gobbledygook. Flummoxed. Wamble. Kibitzer. Does this all sound like a bunch of Piffle to you? It sure is! Please enjoy this lis...
1 like
Topic Guide
In Celebration of Disability Pride Month
Created on:
Jul 05, 2022
70 items
In response to systemic discrimination and negative views on disability and chronic illness, Disability Pride is a movement tha...
3 likes
Genre Guide
A History of Hip-Hop
By:
SophieW_KCMO
SophieW_KCMO
Created on:
Jun 28, 2022
44 items
Since it began at the block parties and clubs in New York in the 1970s, Hip-Hop has been a vibrant and important part of world ...
3 likes
Topic Guide
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Created on:
Apr 28, 2022
75 items
This May, to recognize the contributions and influences of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islanders to the histor...
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Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Created on:
Mar 18, 2022
30 items
March 20 is the birthday of the world’s very best neighbor, Fred Rogers, of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. In celebration, we ask...
4 likes
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Brain Awareness Week
By:
AdrielleC_KCMO
AdrielleC_KCMO
Created on:
Mar 15, 2022
99 items
Celebrated annually in the third week of March globally (March14-20 this year), the week aims to foster public enthusiasm and s...
1 like
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Harriet Tubman 200
Created on:
Mar 10, 2022
23 items
March 10 is Harriet Tubman Day. March 2022 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of the anti-slavery activist and freedom f...
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Witchy Vibes
By:
KarlaM_KCMO
KarlaM_KCMO
Created on:
Oct 23, 2021
47 items
Do you believe in magic? These books will put you under a spell!
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Topic Guide
It came from Planet ComiCon Kansas City!
Created on:
Aug 20, 2021
32 items
Don't recognize the regular citizen behind the superhero/supervillain/N95 mask? Strike up a conversation about any of these boo...
General Recommendations
Have Pride!
By:
BridgetP_KCMO
BridgetP_KCMO
Created on:
Jun 08, 2021
100 items
List of LGBTQ+ books and movies!
1 like
General Recommendations
Women's History Month KCPL Staff Picks 2021
Created on:
Mar 31, 2021
16 items
We asked our staff about some of the favorite books and movies by and/or about women.
General Recommendations
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Best Books on His Birthday
Created on:
Jan 07, 2021
15 items
As we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday on January 18 this year, it seems more appropriate than ever to reflect ...
Topic Guide
Classy, Beloved Trivia Masters: Who is Alex Trebek?
Created on:
Nov 08, 2020
12 items
For over 35 years, Alex Trebek hosted the classic game show, Jeopardy! In addition to making obscure and common knowledge a lif...
Topic Guide
Celebrating Juneteenth: Black Resilience & Joy
Created on:
Jun 12, 2020
60 items
Juneteenth is the celebration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Two and a half years after the Emancipation Procla...
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Afrofuturism
By:
RyanR_KCMO
RyanR_KCMO
Created on:
Jan 16, 2020
53 items
Afrofuturism is a cultural aesthetic, philosophy of science, and philosophy of history that explores the developing intersectio...
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RISE Recommends Master-list
By:
RISE_KCMO
RISE_KCMO
Created on:
Jul 17, 2019
100 items
This is a master-list of all of the RISE Recommends.
2 likes
Topic Guide
KCUR Central Standard: Loneliness and Isolation June 2019
Created on:
Jun 19, 2019
22 items
In a five-part series, KCUR's Health Reporter Alex Smith, explores the mental and physical health effects of loneliness and soc...
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