The reading challenge kicks off June 6 as part of the library's citywide program with activities for all ages.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Updating its long-running Museum Passport program for the digital world, the Chicago Public Library has launched a new program to ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Mayor Lori Lightfoot and other Chicago leaders met at the Altgeld Branch of the Chicago Public Library Wednesday to celebrate the opening of the new branch, announce the expansion of ...

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Join Colson Whitehead, Rebecca Makkai, Richard Hunt, and Bob Wislow on November 1 to celebrate the power of public libraries. This November, the Chicago Public Library Foundation Awards returns for ...

Your Chicago Public Library card gets you a whole lot more than a nearly unlimited supply of books and movies. A CPL card can literally save you thousands each and every year you put it to use. Keep ...

Although plans for a library honoring the former president are moving forward, residents of Chicago's South Side are concerned that changes to the area will uproot longtime dwellers Although plans for ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A love of books and a passion for advocating for people's rights led Tracie Hall to lead the American Library Association. She is the first African American woman to do so. "It's ...

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