Pride in Chicago: Gerber/Hart Library preserves LGBTQ+ culture and history
This is the story of how a collection of written material started in a basement – but soon outgrew the space.
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This is the story of how a collection of written material started in a basement – but soon outgrew the space.
"For our culture, we don't have a spot," founder Shana Tate said. "I mean, there's clubs, and all that stuff, but we don't have a spot for relaxation. Just being able to provide that space is so important."
On the corner of Broadway and Ardmore, Edgewater has its very own slice of Italy.
School is out for summer in Elk Grove Village as of this afternoon, but for one teacher, he's packing up for good.
Participants say they have been learning life lessons about maintaining their sobriety through the films they've been watching.
"We're a group that has provided and contributed to society, to the building of Chicago," said Puerto Rican Arts Alliance program manager Jorge Felix.
As the school year wraps up, one local woman is aiming to be a positive role model by being a positive rapper.
"It's important to showcase what a big part Chinese Americans and other Asian Americans are part of the culinary scene in a city like Chicago."
Participants in the HorsePower Therapeutic Riding program experience improvements in their cognitive skills, parents say.
"You have to be the light. You have to be the light for yourself, and the choir is not just a choir, but we're movement, and were moving people through music," said Disney II Magnet School junior Isis Clark.
At 10 a.m. Thursday, Bovino will sit for a deposition that is expected to last about five hours.
Questions were asked about their tactics, use of force, and details about the people who have been taken into custody, with some questions going unanswered, or the answers lacked specifics.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is expected to provide an update on "Operation Midway Blitz" during a visit to Gary, Indiana, on Thursday morning.
Country singer Mogan Wallen is bringing his new 2026 tour to Chicago this summer.
This weekend, Chicago's Soldier Field hosts a rugby rematch nearly 10 years in the making as Ireland and the New Zealand All Blacks face off.
With food-stamp funding set to lapse Saturday, recipients are asking what happens to their benefits — and when help might resume.
Hurricane Melissa made landfall along Jamaica's southwestern coast Tuesday as an extremely powerful Category 5 storm.
Anthony Nunnally, 20, of the Jeffery Manor neighborhood, was charged with carjacking a 19-year-old man.
Senators have expressed cautious optimism over bipartisan talks to end the shutdown, now on Day 30. Follow live updates here.
Senators have expressed cautious optimism over bipartisan talks to end the shutdown, now on Day 30. Follow live updates here.
Border Patrol agents have been responsible for more Chicago-area arrests than ICE amid "Midway Blitz," an unprecedented shift that has caused some internal tensions, CBS News has learned.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said talks among rank-and-file senators aimed at ending the government shutdown have ramped up.
Iowa Republican Congressman Randy Feenstra on Tuesday confirmed that he is running for governor after a monthslong exploratory campaign in which he amassed support and raised money for an open election in a high-stakes midterm year.
Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' sweeping plan for overhauling the state's aging prison system is moving forward with bipartisan support despite complaints from Republican lawmakers that their concerns were not being addressed.
The Food and Drug Administration is warning about additional cookware brands that could be leaching lead into your food.
Walgreens said it will close its office space in Chicago's Old Post Office building.
Insurance companies are increasingly using drones and aerial surveillance to snap photos of home, then reviewed by AI, to inform underwriting. That can cause mistakes, like the one that affected a homeowner in Kane County, Illinois.
Beginning Monday, homeowners in Cook County can apply for a chunk of $15 million as part of a property tax relief program.
Marilyn Hagerty, the North Dakota newspaper columnist whose earnest review of her local Olive Garden became a social media sensation, has died.
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital this week launched a new advanced leukemia program.
The Pink and Pearl Campaign held at Rush University Medical Center is designed to push a powerful message: that early detection for breast and lung cancer saves lives.
Doctors at Northwestern Memorial Hospital are the first in Illinois to offer a new treatment for atrial fibrillation, a heart condition that often strikes firefighters.
Three prominent Chicago hospitals are joining forces in the fight against breast cancer, through new clinical trials involving two drugs.
Doctors at UChicago Medicine saved the life of a 2-year-old boy who suffered a catastrophic spinal injury that is typically not survived.
Chicago's Latino-owned breweries combine their culture with craft beer for a unique take. This Hispanic Heritage Month, CBS News Chicago visited a couple of them.
The Central Area Plan 2045 seeks to transform and invest in the downtown area.
The grocery store chain came to an agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to make the payout.
American Science & Surplus has also closed its warehouse and its online sales.
The CRSP was created at what is now the U of C's Booth School of Business more than 65 years ago.
Longtime Rogers Park resident Chad Willetts, a pianist and drummer, died suddenly on Friday, Oct. 17.
Britain's Prince Andrew will not use his royal titles any longer, he said in a statement released by Buckingham Palace on Friday.
Frehley was recovering from a "minor fall" that forced him to cancel a scheduled performance in late September, his tour manager had said.
Angel Reese has taken her talents from the basketball court to the fashion runway.
"One Golden Summer" premieres at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Ave., and director Kevin Shaw will be in attendance.
The YWCA Metropolitan Chicago has been serving communities since it was founded in the 1870s, and its mission continues at it works to eliminate racism, empower women, and promote peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all. YWCA Metropolitan Chicago chief executive officer Nicole Robinson joins Audrina Sinclair to talk about what this means in action.
Soldier Field hosts a rugby rematch nearly 10 years in the making this weekend, as Ireland and the New Zealand All Blacks face off. They first played at Soldier Field in 2016, when Ireland beat the All Blacks for the first time in 111 years.
At 10 a.m. Thursday, Bovino will sit for a deposition that is expected to last about five hours. As Darius Johnson reports, Bovino will be questioned about how his agents carried out arrests that turned chaotic earlier this month.
President Trump is returning to Washington after a six-day trip to Asia with a meeting with the Chinese president.
It's not your average art fair... The Other Art Fair is entering its eighth year in Chiacago.
At 10 a.m. Thursday, Bovino will sit for a deposition that is expected to last about five hours.
Questions were asked about their tactics, use of force, and details about the people who have been taken into custody, with some questions going unanswered, or the answers lacked specifics.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is expected to provide an update on "Operation Midway Blitz" during a visit to Gary, Indiana, on Thursday morning.
Country singer Mogan Wallen is bringing his new 2026 tour to Chicago this summer.
This weekend, Chicago's Soldier Field hosts a rugby rematch nearly 10 years in the making as Ireland and the New Zealand All Blacks face off.
Documents obtained by CBS News Investigators found Radule Bojovic, a Hanover Park police officer arrested by ICE two weeks ago, had valid work authorization and no criminal record.
Families said a rat infestation is plaguing their Jefferson Park neighborhood, and they want to know why the city isn't doing more to help. They've even resorted to trapping the rats themselves.
A deadly crash last week has reignited concerns about a dangerous intersection at Illinois Route 50 and County Line Road, between Peotone and Manteno in Chicago's far south suburbs.
A woman who was punched in the head in a random attack in Chicago five months ago – one of several women who are victims of similar attacks – is coming forward in hopes of preventing more assaults.
Crime is lower than when the Trump Tower was being built, but the President keeps talking about crime being "though the roof."
This weekend, Chicago's Soldier Field hosts a rugby rematch nearly 10 years in the making as Ireland and the New Zealand All Blacks face off.
Sacramento's Zach LaVine scored 30 points in his return to Chicago. He played for the Bulls from 2018 until he was traded to the Kings before the All-Star break last season.
The Gallagher Cup is a rematch of the 2016 showdown between the two world-renowned rugby clubs along the lakefront.
Gardner-Johnson, who's on his 4th team since just the end of last season, was with the Houston Texans and was released by the Baltimore Ravens earlier this month.
Bedard took Ryan Greene's short pass and whipped a 25-foot wrist shot past Linus Ullmark for a 5-3 Chicago lead 3:46 into the final period.
Anthony Nunnally, 20, of the Jeffery Manor neighborhood, was charged with carjacking a 19-year-old man.
Ten days after the brazen robbery of the Louvre Museum in Paris, a prosecutor says there's no sign of the missing jewels, and still only two people in custody.
A man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to hitting two Chicago police officers with his car during a traffic stop in 2021, dragging one of them into a concrete barrier.
A jury found former Sangamon County deputy Sean Grayson guilty of second degree murder for the fatal police shooting of Sonya Massey, but her family said the verdict is a miscarriage of justice.
Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' sweeping plan for overhauling the state's aging prison system is moving forward with bipartisan support despite complaints from Republican lawmakers that their concerns were not being addressed.
