Artwork by Chicago’s Tony Fitzpatrick is included in the “Winging It: A Brief History of Humanity’s Relationship with Birds” exhibit on June 16, 2025, at the Newberry Library.

Unlike one's hometown "library," Chicago's Newberry is not the place to go simply to "check out" the latest Danielle Steele novel or the latest Will Ferrell DVD.

Michael Miner, a former Reader editor and columnist, was truly a journeyman of Chicago journalism and has the distinction of ...

This past school year, for the first time, Illinois schools were required to teach a unit on the experience and history of Native people in the state. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin reports on how teachers ...

We map out the wonderful filming locations of ‘The Bear’ Season 4, from River North to Glenview, starring Jeremy Allen White ...

The Hammond Pullman plant was merged with the Haskell Barker Company of Michigan City in 1922. •Newberry Library, Chicago The Pullman Company archives at the Newberry Library consists of 2,500 cubic ...

Wikimedia Commons/Detroit Publishing Company The Chicago Eastland Disaster, Illinois The SS Eastland was supposed to be a fun ...

New York City tells people who they have to be if they want to be anybody while Chicago allows everyone to be who they want ...

Shamus Toomey, Editor in Chief and co-founder of Block Club Chicago, joins Bob Sirott to share the latest Chicago ...

Early LGBTQ+ history can be hard to find. Photos, letters, literature and other artifacts have been destroyed or hidden away, ...

This summer, the Chicago Public Library is offering children various art activities to help them express themselves.