You can use art and design to express yourself, solve a problem and inspire other people. What will you create? Your own fashion line? A picture book? How about a community mural? We're challenging kids to design and create over winter break with Chicago Public Library's Winter Learning Challenge from December 17 to January 7…
CPL Best of the Best Books 2018
Chicago Public Library recommends the Best of the Best, our selections of the very best books published in 2018. Every year, our librarians evaluate the year’s new books and select the very best for Chicagoans—making these the only booklists for Chicago, by Chicago. Happy reading! Adults Top Ten: Fiction and nonfiction Best Books: Fiction and…
Call for Artists: Exhibit at Harold Washington Library Center
Local visual artists, are you interested in exhibiting at Harold Washington Library Center in 2019? Please submit your application to the Arts & Music Department by 5 p.m. Friday, November 30. Selected artists will have an eight-week exhibition in either the 8th floor exhibit cases or the exhibit cases in the Popular Library on the ground…
Free Days at Chicago Museums in November
Enjoy free admission to Chicago museums on Illinois resident discount days in November. (Dates are subject to change, so please confirm dates with each museum.) Adler Planetarium November 11, 12, 14 & 15 Art Institute of Chicago Thursdays from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Brookfield Zoo Tuesdays and Thursdays Chicago Botanic Garden Always free; parking is…
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with CPL
Join CPL in our celebration of Native American Heritage Month this November. We'll have events for all ages and interests, from music performances to craft workshops, celebrating Native American culture and tradition. Join us for our keynote events: Everybody Dance! 7 Decades of Chicago Pow Wow, 2 p.m. November 17 at Edgebrook Branch: The Redline Singers…
