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Philanthropic organizations offer to help raise $150 million to move the Barnes Foundation's treasured art collection to downtown Philadelphia. Two-thirds of the sum would go toward the move and a new gallery. Skeptics worry the plan doesn't provide enough money to rebuild the collection's endowment and ensure its future. Joel Rose of member station WHYY reports.

Fans of New York Yankees center fielder Bernie Williams know him as an elegant runner and a smart hitter. Now, he's showing a different side with his new CD, The Journey Within. Trained as a classical guitarist in Puerto Rico, Williams says the album is influenced by the music of his childhood.

A coalition of scientists, villagers and Guatemalan agents recover a 1,200-year-old Mayan altar. The carved stone altar, weighing over 600 pounds, was looted from an archaeological site in 2000. NPR's Melissa Block talks to anthropology professor Arthur Demarest of Vanderbilt University.

Singer and songwriter Deanna Varagona is a member of the eclectic orchestra Lambchop. She's also a guitarist who dabbles in free jazz and indie rock. But Varagona, a Tennessee native, formed a country trio to make her second solo album, The Goodbyes Have All Been Taken. Hello. Meredith Ochs has a review.

Polish exile and philosopher Leszek Kolakowski is the first recipient of the John W. Kluge Prize. The $1 million prize is the first international award in the humanities and social sciences -- areas not recognized by the Nobel Prize committees. Hear Librarian of Congress James Billington, who chose Kolakowski from a worldwide list of nominations.

Mark Lombardi's drawings chart the complex relationships behind some of the world's biggest and most complex scandals — Iran-Contra, the Vatican bank collapse, the arming of Iraq during the 1980s.

Carnivale is a fantastical epic set in 1930s Dustbowl America. The episodes are full of literary and Biblical imagery. The show is the latest project from the cable network HBO. NPR's Laura Sydell reports.

Slate contributor Seth Stevenson grades the latest television advertising campaign by CNN.com, the Web site for Cable News Network.

Slate advertising critic Seth Stevenson gives his assessment of the new ad campaign by America Online, which tries to promote the company's responsive customer service.

When they aren't seeing patients, many doctors moonlight as musicians. Doctors' orchestras exist in a handful of cities around the country. Many doctors say these groups help them unwind. Some think it makes them better physicians, too. Joel Rose of member station WHYY reports.