After School Matters

this time capsule, opened it up, uh, just last week, and it's a traveling exhibition from an organization called Living Record, which is a nonprofit, uh, here in town that uses these interactive projects to help young folks and, uh, different communities share their experiences across, uh, life.

So they did this, uh, and the teens from After School Matters helped open that up, and it's, it's really quite something to see-

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... just these little pieces of ephemera that, uh, these kids have placed inside of this time capsule.

They need

a program like After School Matters in D.C. Because After School Matters, the kids take these great programs.

They're learning how to dance and play drums and this and that, and they get paid to do it.

And it's also an incentive because it's right after school, and so they need something like that.

It's an interactive exhibit where we're going to ask people to share their reflections on Chicago today and their hopes for Chicago in the future.

You can hear from some of the people that helped make this exhibition possible, including the commissioner and obviously Living Record, but also our curators from Wayfinding and teens from After School Matters, who really were a key part of helping us to design the exhibition.

Commissioner, if you had to add an item to a time capsule to tell the story of the Chicago Public Library system in 2026, what would it be? What would it be and why?

Oh, that's such a hard question.

We have all the details on our website and our news app.

After School Matters, celebrating 35 years of helping Chicago teenagers reach their potential.

The organization held its annual gala tonight at the Obama Presidential Center.

And right there, our very own Samantha Chapman, after she did the news today.

She's on the board of directors.

She was the emcee, looking gorgeous and beautiful.

And she is a product of After School Matters.

She was there when she was a teenager.

A Chicago mother says her 13-year-old son is facing weeks of rehab after a social media feud may have led to a violent attack.

Tiffany Taylor says her son was attacked Saturday on his way to an interview with After School Matters at Gately Park.

She says it was in retaliation for her son rapping about rivals on social media.

Taylor says her son suffered swelling to his brain and multiple seizures.

Google says the reimagined soaring atrium and plaza will also serve as a hub for community programming and cultural events fully connected to the CTA.

The company supporting Chicago youth through a new partnership with After School Matters to commission a student-designed art piece for the retail concourse.

Today, I think what we are seeing is that the Google effect expands far beyond just technology and business.

It's an opportunity for kids to get interested and involved in tech, to perhaps dream of what their careers are going to be when they finish school and become adults.