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Chicago Library’s ‘One Book, One Chicago’ Program To Go Year-Round
The city’s popular “One Book, One Chicago” book club at the Chicago Public Libraries will expand its slate of programs, but will focus on one book a year instead of two.
Girl Power: Women’s History Month At The Chicago Public Library
The Chicago Public Library is celebrating Women’s History Month in March 2013 by offering a range of programs about past and present issues facing women and girls in our society. Programs across the city include lectures, storytelling, documentary film screenings, art exhibits and workshops, and adult book discussions. Girl power!
Best Ways To Celebrate Women’s History Month 2013 In Chicago
If you want to observe Women’s History Month, get ready for a hands-on experience. From volunteer opportunities to online resources, the Chicagoland area offers ways to celebrate notable women in history as well as ways to help girls today.
Best Places For Computer Classes In Chicago
From learning how to turn on a computer to setting up a business network, computer classes can help those who need the basics or just want to improve their skills. The Chicagoland area offers a variety of locations for computer classes ranging in price from free to more than $100.
Chicago Library Janitors Laid Off
The city told them in May it was privatizing their jobs, but the workers say they were hoping to keep working.
CPS Students Doing What They Can To Keep Learning During Strike
School may be out, but some students have managed to keep learning this week by taking advantage of educational resources available.
Library Patrons Return More Than 100,000 Items During Amnesty Period
Patrons gave more than 100,000 books and other items back to the Chicago Public Library during a three-week period where the library granted amnesty from fees.
Chicago Libraries To Waive Fines For Overdue Books
If you finally return your overdue books, the Chicago Public Library will waive the fine.
Library To Lift Computer Ban For Users With Overdue Books
The Chicago Public Library — for now — is going to stop blocking people who owe fines for overdue books and other materials from using the library system’s computers.
Best Places For Book And Literary Events In Chicago
In search of a quality book club or discussion group this season? The following libraries provide several opportunities for literary enrichment. For those interested in attending a book fair, be sure to visit the Printer’s Row Literary Fest in June.
Celebrate Women’s History Month
March is National Women’s History Month. In honor of this most amazing month, dedicated to the best gender around (OK, I may be bias), here’s what’s going on around town.
Chicago Public Library Engages Teens With Its Own ‘Hunger Games’
Next week, the movie based on the popular trilogy “The Hunger Games” premieres and the Chicago Public Library’s Teen Volume program is trying to capitalize on it with a life-sized game loosely based on the trilogy.
Chinese Author’s Short Story Collection The Next ‘One Book, One Chicago’
Library officials have selected “Gold Boy, Emerald Girl,” a collection of short stories by Chinese author Yiyun Li for this spring’s “One Book, One Chicago” citywide book club.
Chicago Public Libraries To Reopen Monday Afternoons
Chicago public libraries will reopen on Monday afternoons beginning next week.
Emanuel Names Tech Expert As New Library Commissioner
In introducing a new team to head up the Chicago Public Library system, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said libraries need to think forward as technology constantly changes.
Emanuel Announces Plan To Reopen Libraries On Mondays
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Library Commissioner Mary Dempsey announced Saturday that branch locations of the Chicago Public Library will be open on Monday afternoons starting February 6.
Union: City Can Afford To Maintain Library Hours
The union representing frontline library employees is all but rejecting a letter from aldermen Edward Burke (14th) and Brendan Reilly (42nd) asking workers to make a sacrifice to preserve library hours.
Aldermen: Libraries Could Stay Open Mondays If Staff Passed Up Raises
Two Chicago aldermen have a proposal to end the dispute over the closing of the city’s public libraries on Mondays.
City Plans To Close Libraries All Day On Mondays
When Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s budget passed, an agreement had ensured that Chicago public libraries would close only on Monday and Friday mornings. But that has now changed.
Chicago Public Libraries To Be Open On Veterans Day
While almost all government agencies and offices will be closed this Friday for Veterans Day, there is one exception.
Most Popular News
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- Cops Crack Down On Retailers Who Sell Stolen GoodsA new law in Illinois is allowing police and retailers to work together to crack down on organized retail theft. CBS 2's Mike Puccinelli reports.117
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- VIDEO: Guard Allegedly Pushes Dunbar Student Down StairsAn employee at a public high school in the Bronzeville neighborhood has been taken off the job after being recorded on cell phone video pushing a girl down a set of stairs.408
- Concealed Carry Bill Moves To House Floor, But Senate ObjectsA concealed-carry gun deal brokered by House Speaker Michael Madigan cleared a House committee Thursday, but its prospects were unclear across the Capitol in the Senate because of the way it would curb existing local gun laws.165
- Four Hurt In Wrong-Way Crash On Chicago SkywayA 25-year-old man has been cited for driving the wrong way on the Chicago Skyway, after a head-on crash with a pickup truck Thursday morning that sent four people to hospitals.232
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