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) -- 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 ...

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 ...

I’ve been going to the Harold Washington Library Center diligently since I was 18. The summer between high school and college ...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (behind podium) announces the elimination of late fees throughout the Chicago Public Library (CPL) system on September 30 at Woodson Regional Library with CPL Commissioner ...

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 ...

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 ...

Obama Center tickets are on sale to visit the museum in Chicago's Jackson Park. The Obama Presidential Center and Library ...

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Former President Barack Obama answered some of Stephen Colbert's hot-button questions on Chicago while giving a tour of his new presidential library.

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