The woman at the helm of the Chicago Public Library system for the past 18 years has resigned from her post in the midst of ongoing disputes over staf...

The labor union representing city librarians balked at a suggestion made by two powerful Chicago aldermen this week that they should forego their cont...

When the Chicago Public Library announced via Facebook that nearly all branches would be closed Monday, it raised a few eyebrows. After all, there was...

The Chicago Public Library announced via its Facebook page Wednesday that, apparently effective immediately, all of its branch locations, save two plu...

More than 100 city librarians, community members and other Chicago Public Library supporters gathered outside Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office in City Hall...

If the last time you saw your library card was senior year of high school, then there’s a good chance it’s still tucked away in your "East of Eden...

Former Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley made a rare public appearance on Thursday, showing up at a West Humboldt Park library which was named in his hon...

At this point, it's getting a little hard to remember why we're supposed to love the summer heat so much. We know that snow and sleet were here just a...

This week, the culture website Flavorpill came out with a collection of the ten most beautiful public libraries in America. To the surprise of no one...

After all the drama last week over the fate of Gabriel Levinson's Book Bike, cooler heads have prevailed and we now have a happy ending. The Chicago P...

Director Peter Sellars is a visionary, an enlightening educator, and a man of peace. And of course he can also be the court jester. He displayed all the above, and a good more besides, this evening.

In a provocative six-minute segment, Fox Chicago News sparked a debate that is catching fire nationwide: with the city facing a serious budget shortfa...

Like a frog in a gradually warming pot of water, not everyone notices the trouble brewing. But budget problems have already hurt the Chicago area's wa...

Chicago native and "grandmother of punk rock" Patti Smith spoke at the Harold Washington Library Sunday about her new book "Just Kids," a memoir of he...

One of the great pleasures of working in a city with as many fine institutions as Chicago has is collaboration. One is Chicago Opera Theater's post-graduate performance diploma at the Chicago College of the Performing Arts.

Their utterly delightful, spectacles and all, Marian/Galatea was Amy Conn. The show is worth it for her alone. But for much else as well.

Here's a silver lining in the economic recession -- Chicago Public Library circulation has spiked 30 percent in the past year....

Barnes & Noble, Best Buy and Blockbuster's loss is the Chicago Public Library's gain. Circulation of library materials during the first nine months o...

Wolfe quickly responded: "I'm voting for John Silber, a write-in vote."