1896: William Jennings Bryan stepped onto the podium at the Democratic National Convention inside the Chicago Coliseum at ...

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced Carla Hayden will join the humanities grantmaker as a senior fellow.

Though the art and architecture of the fair were mostly destroyed, as was intended, its curious cultural legacy was not.

Before her confirmation in 2016, Hayden spent more than two decades as CEO of Baltimore’s Enoch Pratt Free Library system and was president of the American Library Association from 2003 to 2004. A ...

The library’s interim leadership is a point of dispute. Trump appointed Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who represented the president during his 2024 criminal trial, as acting librarian. But ...

The Honorable Markwayne MullinChair, Legislative Branch SubcommitteeCommittee on AppropriationsU.S. Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Martin HeinrichRanking Member, Legislative Branch ...

First Responders of Oak Lawn: Celebrating 100 Years of Firefighters and Police History, which opened in late April, includes ...

Local leaders are speaking out after they say federal agents entered Chicago’s National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture and refused to show a badge or identification.

As Joe Biden sent a letter to Democrats in Congress, senior IL Rep. Danny Davis said he's all in for the president against Trump in 2024.

Carla Hayden, the former Librarian of Congress who was abruptly fired by President Donald Trump, has secured a new role with the country's top philanthropic organization for the arts.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Richard Hunt's vast body of work includes more than 160 public sculptures across the country. The Chicago native's work "Eagle Columns" can be seen in Jonquil Park at 1001 W.