BOOK OF THE WEEK: “Home Fire” by Kamila Shamsie
This week’s book was recommended by Annie Windholz, Library Assistant at the Kansas City Public Library’s North-East Branch. Annie chose “Home Fire” by Kamila Shamsie. “Home Fire follows the story…
This week’s book was recommended by Annie Windholz, Library Assistant at the Kansas City Public Library’s North-East Branch. Annie chose “Home Fire” by Kamila Shamsie. “Home Fire follows the story…
This week’s Face of Northeast is Sierra Faust, who recently joined the team at Mattie Rhodes Center. She will be working as an Americorps VISTA with Scott Wagner and the…
This week’s recommendation comes from Library Assistant Phyllis Hernandez at the North-East Branch. Phyllis chose “When the World Feels Like a Scary Place: Essential Conversations for Anxious Parents & Worried…
When looking to purchase her first home in 2010, Tamar Tunnell knew immediately that she wanted to find a home in Northeast. She grew up in the Northland but frequently…
This week’s featured Book of the Week was selected by Deborah Gamm, Senior Library Technical Assistant at the North-East Branch of the Kansas City Public Library. She chose “The Library…
For this week’s Face of Northeast, we spoke to Shawn Arcidino, owner of Atomic Collision Body Shop, located at 2712 E. Truman Rd. While Arcidino currently lives in the Lake…
Cheryl Fonville, a Library Aide at the North-East Branch, selected “Wilma’s Way Home: The Life of Wilma Mankiller” by Doreen Rappaport. “I chose it because of her unending Cherokee belief…
Tammy McMurray is originally from Gladstone, Mo., but she has lived in Northeast for the past decade. She has five children, but her youngest, Kayleigh was born in 2017. “I…
This week, the Book of the Week was chosen by Library Technical Assistant Dave Joiner at the North-East Branch Library. Dave chose “Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths…
Since 1872, Elmwood Cemetery at 4900 E. Truman Rd. has been the final resting place for many notable people that made an impact in Kansas City. While their faces may…