October 2017 - Chicago Public Library Foundation

YOUmedia at Chicago Public Library to be Part of Year-Long Art Design Chicago Initiative

October 16, 2017

| By Mary Kate

Categories: YOUmedia

| Tags: Art Design Chicago, Awarded Grants, Harold Washington Library Center, Terra Foundation, YOUmedia

Terra Foundation for American Art awards the Chicago Public Library Foundation a grant for YOUmedia teen program as part of Art Design Chicago.

Meet Teacher in the Library, Melody Farmer!

October 16, 2017

| By Kat Rothstein

Categories: Teacher in the Library

| Tags: Free Homework Assistance, Homework Help, Melody Farmer, Teacher in the Library

For the past 17 years, the Teacher in the Library (TIL) program has placed certified teachers in branches across our Chicago Public Library system — where they provide the free, quality, one-one-one homework help that all children deserve.

You’ve Heard of NPR Weekend Host, Scott Simon, But Did You Know…

October 16, 2017

| By Kat Rothstein

Categories: Carl Sandburg Literary Award, Foundation News

| Tags: Authors, dave egg, margaret atwood, scott simon

Did you know that Scott Simon is a longtime friend of the Chicago Public Library Foundation and moderator of the honoree conversation at the Carl Sandburg Literary Awards Dinner since 2011?

2017 Carl Sandburg Literary Awards Dinner Raises a Record-Breaking $1.9 Million for Chicago Public Library Foundation

October 13, 2017

| By Veronica Brown

Categories: Carl Sandburg Literary Award, Support the Library Foundation

| Tags: Carl Sandburg Literary Awards Dinner, christine sneed, dave eggers, Donna La Pietra, gillian flynn, Graham C. Grady, greg kot, margaret atwood, natalie moore, scott kenemore, scott turow, stuart dybek

More than 800 Honor Bestselling Writers Margaret Atwood, Dave Eggers, and 21st Century Award recipient, Natalie Y. Moore.

Meet the South Side’s Lois Lane and This Year’s 21st Century Award Recipient, Natalie Moore

October 9, 2017

| By Kat Rothstein

Categories: Carl Sandburg Literary Award

| Tags: 21st Century Award, Authors, Carl Sandburg Literary Awards Dinner, natalie moore

In addition to her 2016 book release and role as a South Side bureau reporter for WBEZ, Natalie Moore will be adding 21st Century Award Recipient to her repertoire at this year’s Carl Sandburg Literary Awards Dinner.

YOUmedia at Chicago Public Library to be Part of Year-Long Art Design Chicago Initiative

Meet Teacher in the Library, Melody Farmer!

You’ve Heard of NPR Weekend Host, Scott Simon, But Did You Know…

2017 Carl Sandburg Literary Awards Dinner Raises a Record-Breaking $1.9 Million for Chicago Public Library Foundation

Meet the South Side’s Lois Lane and This Year’s 21st Century Award Recipient, Natalie Moore

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