ALT A parody of the poster for the movie "Obsession." The title reads "Obsession with the Library" and features the character of Bear holding a library card and the silhouette of the CPL owl in the background.

ALT A parody of the poster for the movie "Barbarian." The title reads "Librarian" and features a librarian holding a stack of books in a doorway.

ALT A parody of the poster for the movie "I Saw the TV Glow." The title reads "I Saw the eBook Glow" and features the CPl owl holding an ebook that is glowing purple.

ALT A parody of the poster for the movie "Talk to Me." The title reads "Read to Me" and features the hand from "Talk to Me" holding a library card.

ALT A group photo of CPL’s Teen Assistantships taken at Harold Washington Library Center’s YOUmedia.

ALT A man reads a panel at the Pulitzer on the Road exhibition.

ALT Poster for One Book One Chicago featuring this year’s book “Orbital” by Samantha Harvey. The author’s headshot is seen at the corner of the poster.

ALT Teen Lit Night group photo with our teens, Carolina Ixta and our owl mascot.

ALT Carolina Ixta talks to our teens as they record a Yollocali podcast at Teen Lit Night

ALT Two teens smile as they hold up their Teen Lit Night tote bags.

ALT Two teens smile while they hold up their free books from Teen Lit Night.

ALT A grid contains the headshots of Toya Wolfe, Rebecca Makkai, David Ellis and Keir Graff. At the bottom right of each headshot, there are superimposed images of their books: “Last Summer on State Street,” “The Great Believers,” “The Best Lies” and “Chicago’s Fine Arts Building: Music, Magic, and Murder.”

ALT 1) Headshot of author K. Ancrum with a superimposed image of their book “Adam, Mine” with a glowing effect behind it. 2) Headshot of author Don Martin with a superimposed image of their book “Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire” with a glowing effect behind it. 3) Headshot of author Markelle Grabo with a superimposed image of their book “The Redwood Bargain” with a glowing effect behind it.

ALT 1) A man in a sailor’s uniform plays a sousaphone at the Loop Arts Fest. 2) Two girls play at the Loop Art Fest with a gigantic translucent rainbow-colored plastic-looking pane. 3) A father watches their daughter paint outdoors on canvas at the Loop Arts Fest.

ALT A hand holding up a miniature version of Harold Washington Library Center in front of the building.

ALT An instructor leads a group of students during a writing workshop.

ALT Chicago Poet Laureate Mayda del Valle performs at a poetry reading.

ALT Chicago Poet Laureate Mayda del Valle performs at a poetry reading.

ALT A worker in the Penguin Random House Banned Wagon hands a child a copy of the book “Hair Love.”

ALT Two archival pages from “Mexican Pigment Paints, Stencils and Materials” from 1908 showcasing beautiful patterns and designs.

ALT A graphic that reads “let books be” and “protect the freedom to read” next to a colorful illustration of the CPL owl mascot represented in various ages (kid, teen, etc.) reading books.

ALT our teens wear Teen Lit Night shirts and pose as they participate in a silent disco.

ALT Cover of “Orbital” by Samantha Harvey with a graphic of space and planets in the background.

ALT A young woman in traditional Polish dress works a table for “Polish Dancers” at the Navy Pier Folk Fair.

ALT The Joe Pat Orchestra plays at the Polish Festival at Talman Savings & Loan.

ALT Three older women smile for the camera. They appear to work a booth at the Polish Festival.

ALT Poster for Pulitzer on the Road featuring photos of the panelists: Percival Everett, Daniel Kraus, Amanda Vaill, Jon Cherry and Jelani Cobb.