See photos from the Chicago Public Library Foundation gala, where authors, civic leaders and supporters raised $1.4 million ...

Explore the Little Italy, Thomas Hughes, Bucktown-Wicker Park and Chinatown branches — top Chicago Public Library spots packed with fun for kids and teens. Photo credit: Chicago Public Library’s ...

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 (CBS) – Chicago is inviting residents to join the city's largest book club. On Wednesday, the Chicago Public Library announced its latest pick for the One Book, One Chicago program. The ...

Now, visitors and passersby can enjoy Blak’s many nods to history, education and Woodlawn along the west-facing wall of the ...

Updating its long-running Museum Passport program for the digital world, the Chicago Public Library has launched a new program to expand access to Chicago’s museums and parks. Twenty years after the ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A new library branch with special early literacy learning features has opened on Chicago’s Northwest side. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Public Library Commissioner Brian Bannon and local ...

When we envision a stronger Chicago, we typically emphasize the same essential priorities: safer communities, affordable housing and economic opportunity. But when it comes to actually realizing this ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- At first look, it's easy to mistake this Garfield Park warehouse for a Home Depot or a Lowe's. But this place isn't that at all. "A lot of people had never heard of the concept before ...

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Tool Library, located in the city's West Garfield Park neighborhood, boasts around 3,000 tools for residents to borrow, and around 5,000 tools for community groups to borrow, ...

Photo credit: Chicago Public Library’s Thomas Hughes Children’s Library inside the Harold Washington Library Center, (c) City of Chicago Libraries aren’t just for borrowing books anymore — especially ...