I know I seek quiet more than the average person, so I try to rein it in. I only shush people at the movie theater once the movie starts, not during previews. At lectures, I don't turn and glare at ...

The city of Neiman Marcus and Tiffany now has a library to match. Walnut Creek, long a hub of upscale shopping, today opens its long-awaited, new $40 million library, which is as elegant, clean and ...

The atrium at the Shakopee Public Library directs noise from the first floor lobby to the second floor, where windows are not enclosed. (Staff photo by Shannon Fiecke) Normally if you’re in a library ...