Zhen Jinling has busked outside of Chinatown’s library for the last three years, cycling between traditional Chinese ...

1921: Eight White Sox players had been charged with throwing the World Series. Despite earning the nickname the “Black Sox,” ...

For most of its 34-year existence, the Harold Washington Library Center has been like a runner trapped between third base and ...

The 2025 One Read pick is "North Woods," a piece of historical fiction by Daniel Mason. "There's a single house in the North ...

“People are going to continue to keep purchasing guns,” said Smith, a life coach with Chicago CRED, a violence prevention ...

The Richard Hunt Legacy Foundation aims to raise awareness of the Chicago-born artist, who created more than 160 pieces of ...

Chicago students struggling with homework now have over 80 neighborhood libraries where they can walk in and get help – completely free. Through the Chicago Public Library’s “Teacher in the Library” ...

Zine Club Chicago and Chicago Public Library’s Richard J. Daley branch plan a day of vendors, discussions, and more on Saturday, July 26.

Chicago Public Library representatives wrote to the Tribune that they use a systemwide library suspension matrix to address serious behavioral violations, which includes review by management of ...

Help your child become a confident reader with CPL’s Jump Into Reading initiative, offering free resources, events and decodable books.

Chicago Public Library locations, police stations and other public facilities may also be made available after hours or on weekends to help people find relief outside of the normal cooling center ...

A dangerous heat wave has descended on Chicagoland this week, with extreme heat and humidity to persist through Thursday. Temperatures will get well into the 90s, but heat index values will soar to ...