Samhitha Kamatala, of Naperville, recently performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City as part of the Middle School Honors Junior Band. Thousands of young musicians applied, but only 90 were selected.

From 1886 to 1919, Carnegie funded the design and construction of nearly 1,700 public library buildings in over 1,400 cities and towns in the United States alone.

Naperville’s Human Library has been half a year in the making. About six months ago, Naper Pride co-founder Anne Dempsey started wondering if there was some way to spur and circulate discussion ...