In the last remaining building of the Jane Addams Homes, a small museum fights to preserve not just artifacts but dignity and ...

A grandparents’ love of reading led their family to install a Little Free Library at Downers Grove’s Patriots Park near Barth ...

Bidding on the former Wadsworth and Fiske elementary schools ends this month, and local leaders are seeking ideas on how to ...

In 1946, an award-winning author wrote one of the first children’s books about racism. The main character was a young African ...

This guide ranks the 21 Things to Do in Chicago —from blockbuster sights on every postcard to local favorites where true ...

In 2016, President Barack Obama appointed Carla Hayden as the 14th Librarian of Congress, making her the first woman and the ...