Chicago has launched its first-ever food pantry inside a public library, marking a new approach to addressing hunger and food ...

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A new effort to address food insecurity in Chicago was unveiled Thursday.

Twenty-five years. That’s how long the Chicago Public Library Foundation Awards have been honoring writers, artists and local changemakers. In a quarter of a century, the honorees have been many. This ...

West Garfield Park’s Legler Regional Library is providing meals to those in need through a Library-Based Food Access program, which establishes a food pantry at the West Side library. The program is a ...

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Something colorful is happening at branches of the Chicago Public Library. It’s not just about reading — it’s about creating. Thanks to a vibrant collaboration between the CPL and the Art Institute of ...

Chicago's literary and civic community gathered at the Isadore & Sadie Dorin Forum at the University of Illinois Chicago on Oct. 21 for the Chicago Public Library Foundation Awards dinner. Themed ...

Starting May 1, the Chicago Public Library is making changes to library cards and borrowing limits it says will make materials more accessible to Chicago residents. E-cards will be discontinued, and ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Calling all overdue library books! Feb. 4 is the start of an amnesty period at the Chicago Public Library for fines until Feb. 18. All fines will be waived if overdue materials are ...

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Former President Obama was in the Windy City to check on the progress of the nearly finished Barack Obama Presidential Library. Former President Barack Obama made a holiday pop-up visit to a Chicago ...