Protesters raged, critics mocked — now Obama says his library’s actually opening

The Obama presidential center featuring a library, museum, and athletic facility on Chicago's South Side will open in June ...
Time Out

The Chicago Public Library just released its list of top books in 2025

Check out the top titles in three categories: books for adults, books for teens and books for kids.
ABC 7 Chicago

Chicago Public Library expands Sunday hours, opens Altgeld branch

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 ...
CBS News

Best Library Programs For Kids In Chicago

The library will be an essential tool for kids as they get older, why not give them a chance to learn to love it at an early age? In addition to being a wellspring of learning and free information, ...
Chicago Parent

4 Amazing Chicago Public Library Branches Kids Will Love

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 ...
The Grio

Chicago Obama library highly anticipated, but gentrification and displacement fears begin to surface

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 ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago library employees protest Lightfoot’s decision to keep all 80 libraries open during pandemic

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ABC 7 Chicago

Chicago library exec, now head of American Library Association, on TIME's 100 most influential list

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 ...