04.18.17
2017 Carl Sandburg Literary Awards to be Presented to Margaret Atwood and Dave Eggers at October 11 Sandburg Dinner
Journalist and Author Natalie Moore to Receive 21st Century Award
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04.12.17
National Library Week is in full swing!
National Library Week kicks off this week through April 15, and at the Chicago Public Library Foundation, we have much to celebrate.
03.30.17
Digital Learn Opens New Doors for Creighton Morris
CPL patron Creighton Morris shares how the Digital Learn platform and one of CPL’s CyberNavigators helped him find a new job. Read his story here.
03.30.17
Thomas Hughes Children’s Library Gets a New Look
Thanks to a generous $2.5 million grant from Exelon, Thomas Hughes Children’s Library is getting a complete transformation into an early learning center that encourages learning through play.
03.08.17
Exciting Raffle Packages at Night in the Stacks – Get In On the Action! You Don’t Have to be Present to Win.
Check out the unbelievable raffle packages our Junior Board has put together and worth over $13,000! One of these packages could be yours for the price of a $20 raffle ticket.
01.28.17
Walk Through the Garden of the Curious During This Year’s Night in the Stacks Celebration
We invite you to join us on Friday, March 31st, for this year’s annual Night in the Stacks event! We will be celebrating in the Harold Washington Library’s Winter Garden – fitting for this year’s theme of “Garden of the Curious.”
01.28.17
Noname Gives a Shout-Out to Chicago Public Library’s YOUmedia
Music and poet sensation, Noname, speaks on the role YOUmedia played in her life and career growing up in Chicago’s South Side.
01.19.17
Barbara Kingsolver and Alice Waters Round Out One Book, One Chicago Spring Programming
The Chicago Public Library One Book, One Chicago program is well underway with exciting programs, classes and more! Find out what’s happening this spring.
01.09.17
Aurelija Fitzpatrick: Tales from the Top of a South African Mountain
Although she lives closest to the Edgewater Library Branch, Aurelija Fitzpatrick, a member of our Junior Board, frequents Harold Washington the most. Loving new sights and scenes, she visits Harold Washington for a respit from work – and she travels the world to explore new scenes abroad. Here, Aurelija shares her current reads and some fun tales of her travels.