The reading challenge kicks off June 6 as part of the library's citywide program with activities for all ages.

President Trump is no fan of the newly minted Barack Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. The $850 million library and ...

Although plans for a library honoring the former president are moving forward, residents of Chicago's South Side are concerned that changes to the area will uproot longtime dwellers Although plans ...

The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded the University of Chicago Library, in partnership with the Newberry Library and the Chicago History Museum, a grant to digitize historical ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --The Chicago Public Library will eliminate all late fines starting Tuesday – and wipe out all users' existing fines – becoming the largest public library system in the U.S. to ...

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A selection of some but not all not-to-be-missed Chicago books, with apologies to Saul Bellow (The Adventures of Augie March), Theodore Dreiser (Sister Carrie), James T. Farrell (the Studs Lonigan ...

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.

Barack Obama’s presidential library will be located on the South Side of Chicago in the area where Obama lived and worked before his election to the White House. In a YouTube video released early ...