Book Of The Week: The Good Immigrant
This week’s book recommendation comes from Phyllis Hernandez, Library Assistant at the North-East Branch of the Kansas City Public Library. She selected “The Good Immigrant” edited by Chimene Suleyman for…
This week’s book recommendation comes from Phyllis Hernandez, Library Assistant at the North-East Branch of the Kansas City Public Library. She selected “The Good Immigrant” edited by Chimene Suleyman for…
Andy and Bill Mortallaro have been operating the Askew Inn for over half a century. Founded in 1954, the quaint neighborhood joint with tobacco stained drop ceiling tiles, domestic lagers,…
This week’s book recommendation was chosen by North-East Branch staff member Debbie Gamm. She selected The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood for our Banned Book series. “The Handmaid’s Tale was…
This week’s Face of Northeast, Bertram Gray, graduated from Central High School in 1961. He joined the Army after high school and was stationed at Fort Sill, Okla. for a…
This week’s book was recommended by Dave Joiner, Library Technical Assistant at North-East Branch Library. He chose “Slaughterhouse-five, Or, The Children’s Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.…
Our Face of the Northeast this week is Margarita Freidman, a new resident in the Pendleton ArtsBlock, 2300 Independence Ave. Margarita settled into the newest apartment building on Independence Avenue…
Librarians from the North-East Branch of the Kansas City Public Library (KCPL) share weekly book and digital resource recommendations on a variety of topics. They can all be found through…
Sam Caloroso is a friendly face you may have seen around the neighborhood. He grew up in Northeast with family up and down both sides of Elma Avenue, and throughout…
Librarians from the North-East Branch of the Kansas City Public Library (KCPL) share weekly book and digital resource recommendations on a variety of topics. They can all be found at…
This week’s Face of Northeast is Daniel Garcia-Roman, a lifelong Northeast resident and current student at UMKC. Garcia-Roman, who studies studio art and Spanish, plans to pursue his Master in…