The $800 million campus also includes meeting rooms, an auditorium, restaurants, community gardens and teaching kitchens, an ...

In February 2025, don’t miss these top fun events for kids of all ages, from science, painting and gaming to design career ...

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 ...

Black History Month is an opportunity to reflect on the past, celebrate the present, and inspire the future. In Chicago, the public library serves as a hub ...

CARLINVILLE Thanks to an exciting grant program, the Carlinville Public Library will be able to massively upgrade its digital ...

1873: Chicago Public Library opened its doors at the southeast corner of LaSalle and Adams streets in a circular water tank that survived the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. A large donation of books ...

Chicago Public Library Foundation Awards: A legacy of words, art and community Colson Whitehead, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author, received the Carl Sandburg Literary Award at the Chicago ...

In fact, the Obama Foundation has named it the Obama Presidential “Center,” and the only books it might contain would come from the Chicago Public Library. In other words, it’s not really a ...

This file photo from July 1, 2020 shows the first floor of Chicago Public Library’s Merlo Branch in Lakeview. Libraries aren’t just for books anymore. Makerspaces have become widely popular ...