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 ...

Park District officials also celebrated the opening of a playground on the Midway Plaisance this week, built as part of an agreement to replace recreational space lost to the center.

The branch has a Presidential Reading Room with 3,000 books personally chosen by the Obamas and a few from the former ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Chicago library is in the running for a complete makeover, and officials there are hoping that an infusion of funds can help to pump new life into the institution. Andie Townhouse, the library ...

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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 ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- Chicago's public library workers are on the front lines every day. But they say when it comes to pandemic protection, they're stuck at the back of the line. CBS 2 Political ...