Quiz: Do You Know Chicago’s Parks?

Congratulations, Chicago, you've made it to summer! If you're reading this, though, you're probably stuck inside wishing you were enjoying one of Chicago's amazing parks instead. Now you can experience the parks virtually. We're proud to announce our Chicago Park District Photograph Digital Collection. Explore 10,000 images from parks all over the city and from…
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Teen Novels by Debut Authors

Always looking for the newest teen fiction? Check out these four debut authors talking about their books at the Teen Debut Author Panel at Sulzer Regional Library on Saturday, July 14. Their novels represent a variety of genres including realistic fiction, fantasy and fairy tale retellings. In Megan Bannen's The Bird and the Blade, a Chinese…
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Tales of Tricky Gods

Gods give us wisdom and virtue, but the tricksters are the ones we remember. Modern authors tend to highlight the more positive aspects of their character as they give them a contemporary spin. Fasten your seat belts and get ready for humorous adventure.  Where to start in recent literature of trickster gods than Neil Gaiman's Anansi…
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50 Years of Special Olympics

The Special Olympics celebrates its 50th anniversary this summer here in Chicago. From July 17 to July 21, the international sporting event for people with intellectual disabilities returns to the Windy City, where it was born in the Chicago Park District in 1968. In 1965, a young park district employee named Anne Burke began teaching…
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