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 ...

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

CHICAGO (CBS) --A Chicago Public Library employee has been arrested for uploading dozens of child pornography videos, including from work. Jose L. Rodriguez, 56, has been charged with one felony ...

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 ...

When Illinois’ bitter February winds blow, families are itching to kick cabin fever. Luckily, the Chicago Public Library has plenty of clubs, crafts and creativity to help you out! With 81 branches ...

Both Monday and Tuesday are non-attendance days for Chicago Public Schools students. Wind chills will be -15 to -30 Tuesday ...

Email us. 1863: The Emancipation Proclamation took effect. 1873: Chicago Public Library opened its doors at the southeast corner of LaSalle and Adams streets in a circular water tank that survived ...

An in-ground piano will be installed on the Hebron Public Library lawn this year, a gift from the town Redevelopment ...

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 ...