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Join us for another episode of our webtv series "Chicago Neighborhoods Beyond Borders", hosted by urbanologist Max Grinnell. This week's episode: Commercial Endeavors: The Loop Transformed by New Arrivals. In this tour of the Loop, we'll learn about how immigrants and newcomers found work, started businesses, and sought to improve their lives in their new home of Chicago

From his roles on Chicago Med to Shameless on Showtime, Nick Gehlfuss has a passion for bringing storytelling to life! Join Nick for Monday's #LiveFromTheLibrary story time that shines a light on the power of kindness. Make sure to stay tuned for a triple story time from Librarian Jerry afterward!

Join us every Monday at 4pm on Facebook Live for a fun and interactive activity that you can do at home! For this week's Halloween inspired Make It Monday activity, librarian Ms. Alexa will show us how to make a circuit using a coin battery, some copper tape and LED lights. These materials will be available in our upcoming Grab & Go kits! Share your creations on social media using the hashtag #CPLkids or by e-mailing [email protected] Video produced and edited by Aldo Vasquez.

Author Blue Balliett has written some incredible middle-grade children's books- including the Chicago-set, award-winning Chasing Vermeer! She also is a former Chicago teacher. This Friday at 4 PM, watch her read a ghostly #Halloweek selection from Out of the Wild Night and give advice to young writers. Perfect to get you in the Halloween mood this rainy week #LiveFromTheLibrary #FirstChapterFriday

Join librarian and amateur cook Ashley Rayner at noon on Friday in her home kitchen as she explores culture through food. Each dish is made from cookbooks that you can find in the Chicago Public Library collection. This episode, we'll make Chicken Adobo with Garlic Fried Rice, as found in The Adobo Road Cookbook.

Mara Tapp is an award-winning broadcast journalist, longtime host of The Mara Tapp Show on WBEZ and founder of Cool Classics!, an organization that promotes literacy and play for underserved students. She's also a former Chicago Public Schools substitute teacher! Friday on Live From The Library, she'll bring that literary knowledge with a reading of Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney. Then, Librarian Jessica follows with some spider themed stories Arachnophobes, beware!

Open House Chicago, presented by Chicago Architecture Center, is regularly one of our favorite events of the year. This year, of course, things look a little different- but you can still get a look inside our the library with videos from our Special Collections team! With over 80 locations, millions of books, movies and CDs, and serving the entire city of Chicago, it's a big job to move library materials every day! Have you ever wondered how your books get to you? Watch this behind the scenes tour of one of the hidden secrets of CPL - the sorting machine! #OHC2020

Join us for some very fun and slightly spooky hands-on activities you can do at home. We'll do a little kitchen science to make a melting ghost, use some tasty treats and engineering skills to build a little structure and make some creepy creatures with our home made puffy paint! For kids 6 and up and their families.

Get ready to rock with this week’s #VoicesOfChicago story time during Chicago Public Library's #LiveFromTheLibrary! Librarian Christian will share his love of live music with a rock & roll story, and he’ll be joined by Librarian Becca from the Bezazian branch which is in the heart of Uptown’s live music scene! Tune in Thursday, October 22 live at 10am for this special story time, and check back every week for a new Voices of Chicago story time!