Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Twenty-five years. That’s how long the Chicago Public Library Foundation Awards have been honoring writers, artists and local ...

How has the Chicago Public Library impacted your life? Read four other Chicagoans’ stories — and share yours for a chance to win CPL prizes and swag. Maybe it’s story time at the Thomas Hughes ...

Chicago's literary and civic community gathered at the Isadore & Sadie Dorin Forum at the University of Illinois Chicago on Oct. 21 for the Chicago Public Library Foundation Awards dinner. Themed ...

Soaring open spaces, vibrant graphics and fun activities are hallmarks of this modern library, which opened in 2019 but has roots tracing back to 1891. The children's area features a wilderness scene, ...

Starting May 1, the Chicago Public Library is making changes to library cards and borrowing limits it says will make materials more accessible to Chicago residents. E-cards will be discontinued, and ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago Public Library and Mayor Brandon Johnson announced "Olga Dies Dreaming" by Xotchil Gonzalez as the 2025 One Book, One Chicago (OBOC) selection Wednesday. "For more than 20 ...

Welcome to the first day of the year. Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 1, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us.

Former President Obama was in the Windy City to check on the progress of the nearly finished Barack Obama Presidential Library. Former President Barack Obama made a holiday pop-up visit to a Chicago ...

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