CHICAGO (WGN) – The Chicago Public Library Foundation is celebrating the power of storytelling. It’s annual awards ceremony, which will be held Tuesday, Oct. 21 from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., is one of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story first published on June 13, 2024. After the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, Queen Victoria of Great Britain donated 8,000 books that would become the ...

As a shy child, I cherished trips to my local library. From “The Giver” by Lois Lowry to “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston, I was transported to different worlds and time periods ...

When we envision a stronger Chicago, we typically emphasize the same essential priorities: safer communities, affordable housing and economic opportunity. But when it comes to actually realizing this ...