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Thief, the new crime drama from the FX cable network, premieres Tuesday night. Andre Braugher of the 1990s series Homicide stars as the leader of a crew of high-stakes bandits. Television critic Andrew Wallenstein says the series stands out from the latest batch of cops-and-robbers shows.

In the age of the sampler, three innovative guitar players are taking their instruments to new heights: Richard Leo Johnson, Dominic Frasca, and Jonas Hellborg. Johnson taught himself 12-string guitar. Frasca has translated the music of Steve Reich and Philip Glass. And Sweden's Hellborg leads his own trio.

A festival called Minimalist Jukebox, highlighting the musical form of Minimalism, is currently underway in Los Angeles. Musician and Day to Day contributor David Was reviews the festival and says those who think of Minimalist music as formless, shallow and boring might be surprised.

Classics commentator Elaine Fantham describes what life was like in Alexandria, home to Marc Antony and Cleopatra, among others. Its brief period of glory left a distinctive legacy that is finding new currency with scholars.

How do we perceive time? How do we form and retrieve memories? Alain de Botton, author of How Proust Can Change Your Life, tells Linda Wertheimer how the French novelist might answer such philosophical questions.

The Academic Film Archive is working with the Library of Congress to make a worldwide database of all the old educational movies it can find. And in St. Louis, in an effort to preserve these classic 16-mm movies, a group is holding monthly screenings of films like The Living Soil, which was produced by Shell Oil Company in the 1960s to extol the virtues of pesticides. Matt Sepic of member station KWMU reports.

The documentary follows three African-American students who get the opportunity to attend an academically rigorous school in Kenya designed to give them a path out of the violence and poverty of inner-city Baltimore.

Slate columnist Seth Stevenson reviews the new television ad campaign for the luxury car company Jaguar. The TV spots feature well-dressed, "gorgeous" people in exotic locations -- and just a hint of elitism that targets middle-aged men looking to attract younger women.

Television critic Andrew Wallenstein previews NBC's new drama Book of Daniel, centering on the travails of a pill-popping Episcopal priest and his family. The show features a revolving cast of quirky characters and highly irreverent humor that's already sparked protests from religious groups.

Reporter Adolfo Guzman Lopez continues his profile of the art and life of African-American artist William Pajaud. His vibrant watercolors celebrates the people and jazz scene of his native New Orleans.