Top Tweets for #kcLibrary150
During #kcLibrary150, the Library received an avalanche of accolades for a century and a half of service including remarks in the Congressional Record as well as local proclamations, a city council resolution, and a lot of kind words. π
Learn more: https://t.co/DxgFl7et2G
We've spent the year thinking about and promoting our history for #kcLibrary150. One KCQ reader who recently visited the Central Library noticed handouts about KCPLβs first librarian and asked who she was.
Learn more about the Carrie Westlake Whitney: https://t.co/9mgYeGxthp
Happiest of birthdays to @MargaretAtwood!
We had the immense privilege of hosting her for a special event this fall as part of our #kclibrary150 celebrations, and gave her very own golden Kansas City Public Library card.
Tonight's event about the history of the Kansas City Public Library is live on YouTube! The program begins at 6 p.m.
Join us: https://t.co/srg1y9zWhB
#kcLibrary150
TOMORROW (10/8) join us at the Central Library for an event w/ the Libraryβs digital history specialist, Jason Roe, about his new book Kansas City's Public Library: Empowering the Community for 150 Years, cowritten w/ historian Matt Reeves: https://t.co/Mm1dlVpEwN
#kcLibrary150
About the other night...
KC, thank you for welcoming the magnificent @MargaretAtwood, who concluded our #kcLibrary150 speaker series. Between the audience at Unity Temple and the livestream, nearly 2,000 people heard about her love of libraries and the written word.
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Celebrate your Freedom to Read with the Library!
From events and free swag to collaborations with @KCStreetcar, Made in KC, and @RAYGUNshirts, there's something for everyone.
#kclibrary150 #BannedBooksWeek #NationalLibraryCardSignUpMonth
https://t.co/h8b7xJEON2
GOOD NEWS!
In order to create the best experience for as many attendees as possible, our Sept. 24 event with Margaret Atwood has been MOVED to Unity Temple on the Plaza.
Learn more: https://t.co/SLfcVYbLta
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π± Tonight was our final Off the Wall screening of 2024!
Thanks to all who joined us for Happy Death Day & our other screenings featuring movies w/ epic party scenes to celebrate #kcLibrary150 Big thanks to the Young Friends of the Kansas City Public Library for co-presenting.
Tonight (9/13) is our final Off The Wall film for 2024 and weβre showing Happy Death Day!
Join us on the roof of the Central Library for this free outdoor screening. Doors open at 8 p.m.
Learn more at https://t.co/auKEJk9Rcm
#kcLibrary150
Our final Off The Wall film for 2024 is Happy Death Day!
Join us this Friday, Sept. 13 on the roof of the Central Library for this free outdoor screening. Doors open at 8 p.m.
Learn more at https://t.co/auKEJk9Rcm
#kcLibrary150
Reservations for our Sept. 24 event with Margaret Atwood open TODAY (9/8) at 10 a.m.
Space is limited and reservations are required so act fast!
More info: https://t.co/9e4lROafwq
#kcLibrary150
In addition to #kcLibrary150, 2024 marks the 30th anniversary of our Books to Go Program!
It serves 4,500 children a month, delivering 7,000 books to children at daycare centers and in kindergarten classrooms.
Learn more: https://t.co/nmnxG4h9Kt
Our #kcLibrary150 collaboration beer with @Vinestbrewing is back on tap and available in cans, which were designed by @whiskeydesign. CHEERS!
Last night at the @Royals game, Library board members and staff were welcomed to the field to accept a $25,000 check from @KCRoyalsFdn to support our #kcSummerReading and #kcLibrary150 festivities. π
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50 years ago Summer Reading participants you got a snazzy button!
Learn more about this year's #kcSummerReads celebrating #kcLibrary150, and current prize offerings at https://t.co/Cao20gXK6u.
#ThrowbackThursday #TBT
The Kansas City Public Library stopped using card catalogs decades ago, but one from the 1800s remains intact in our Missouri Valley Special Collections.
Learn more: https://t.co/7HNC29tCJl
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There's just over a month left to take part in our annual Summer Reading Progam! All ages are invited to read any five books, log them online, and earn a prize. β¨
Sign up and learn more at https://t.co/pnMJqXpAVo
π₯ by Stellar Image Studios
#kcSummerReads #kclibrary150
Festive displays are part of our heritage. π
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This circa 1900 picture of the inside of the Kansas City Public Library Main branch (then located at 9th and Locust) shows a space decorated in flags and bunting, perhaps for the Fourth of July.
#ThrowbackThursday #kcLibrary150
Thanks to everyone who joined us for our first Off The Wall screening of the summer, Barbie! For #kcLibrary150 weβre showing films with amazing party scenes.
Dazed and Confused - 7/19
Crazy Rich Asians - 8/16
Happy Death Day - 11/13
Learn more at https://t.co/auKEJk9Rcm
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