The long-awaited Obama Presidential Center opens to the public in Chicago on June 19, 2026. Here's everything you need to know to plan your visit.

More than a decade after it was first announced, the Obama Presidential Center and Library officially opens to the public in Chicago's Jackson Park on June 19, 2026. The expansive 20-acre campus is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Updating its long-running Museum Passport program for the digital world, the Chicago Public Library has launched a new program to ...

Join Colson Whitehead, Rebecca Makkai, Richard Hunt, and Bob Wislow on November 1 to celebrate the power of public libraries. This November, the Chicago Public Library Foundation Awards returns for ...

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What happens when award-winning playwright Tony Kushner, Top Chef Rick Bayless, and TikTok sensation Shermann “Dilla” Thomas walk into a room? Join us on October 19, 6:00 pm CST to find out. 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 ...

Discovering the history of Black life in Chicago is vital to community members across the city and researchers around the globe, from families exploring their genealogy, to high schoolers ...

The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded the University of Chicago Library, in partnership with the Newberry Library and the Chicago History Museum, a grant to digitize historical maps of ...

CHICAGO, IL — If you’ve ever had a hankering to try out a 3D printer, a laser cutter, or a milling machine without dropping thousands of your own hard-earned dollars, the Harold Washington Library in ...