Spread your wings and join us this Memorial Day weekend! 🦅 Our summer hours have started, and we're open 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.

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When the golden hour hits just right. ✨ We're here to remind you we're open all #MDW , and with extended hours to keep the curiosity going!

Visit from 9:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. through Monday, May 27. Skip the line, reserve your ticket ahead at msichicago.org/tickets. 🎟️

These pictures of Luna and Seldovia are giving you and your bestie at the lake this summer. 🦦🦦

This pair remains closely bonded as Seldovia continues to make progress at Shedd.

Tag your lake buddy below!

Illinois would like a word.

All hail our new beady-eyed queen, Astoria the wild turkey, a bird that truly represents New York City and captures the spirit of our great metropolis!

And more news to take you into the long weekend.
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Thank you to the Anderson Cooper 360° team for sticking with this story.

Please have a listen as two survivors talk about what life has been like dealing with the failures of that day. Both somehow survived despite being trapped for 77 minutes with the gunman.

We have a new game!

Pilfer is a fast and fun word game that you play against other people (or the computer) in real time. Create words – and steal them! – before your opponents do.

Play now!
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Are you as obsessed with #XMen 97 as much as we are? Then join us for our next Adult Comic Book Roundtable at Sulzer Regional on June 1st to talk about it, the 97 comic series and all things #XMen comics! Click here to learn more: bit.ly/xmencpl

We hope everyone enjoys the upcoming long weekend. We also hope you'll help us continue to be good stewards by protecting, and preserving, our Park's habitat. Please take out what you bring in to ensure a safe space for all. 🪿

🍅Anyone fancy some bruschetta? Tomato soup? No? Just me?🤤

Making a difference for our planet and our future starts with us!

Inspired by UN Sustainability Goal 15 - Life on Land, our Youth Panel have created six short films about how you can change your world for the better.

Join us at Sulzer Regional for a panel discussion with four Korean Community leaders and a 20-minute screening by Man-Sung Son, a retired Columbia Film School professor and filmmaker. The film documents the Korean community in Chicago. More details here: bit.ly/pkorean

HAT-RICK!!

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Heading out for the long Memorial Day weekend? Perhaps maybe even a cruise? Well this one is for you.
From the Library of Congress Music Division: annotated lead sheet of “The Love Boat” theme by composer Charles Fox and lyricist Paul Williams.
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📣 WE'RE HIRING📣
Block Club is hiring 2 full-time reporters to cover Chicago's neighborhoods

▪️ West Side reporter: blockclubchi.co/4aslE78

▪️ Pilsen, Little Village + Back of the Yards reporter blockclubchi.co/3wLvL9m

Deadline to apply is TOMORROW.

Despite a 2022 court ruling that chimps used for research must be relocated to retirement at a sanctuary, the National Institutes of Health still has no plans to move the 26 chimps currently housed in a government laboratory.

CPL is pleased to welcome Emil Ferris to discuss her highly anticipated new book, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two: the eagerly awaited conclusion to the most acclaimed #GraphicNovels of the past decade! Learn more: bit.ly/monterbook

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New: The Fulton County district attorney’s office is appealing Judge McAfee’s order that threw out six counts from election interference case against Trump and others.

Join Mayor Brandon Johnson Brandon Johnson and Chicago Public Library for the first-ever #SummerAtCPL Block Party! Enjoy food, giveaways, live performances, special guests and sign up for Summer at CPL. For families of all ages. Register today here: bit.ly/cplpartyandmus…

#BlockParty

Happy World Turtle Day! 🐢

Celebrate these 220-million-year-old reptiles with us by meeting some freshwater turtles at Shedd.

The contents of President Lincoln's pockets on the night of his assassination will be displayed in the Library's new David M. Rubenstein Treasures Gallery, which opens in June. Watch this space for more & plan your visit to see Library Treasures up close. go.loc.gov/U37450RSMNN