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Reese Erlich reports from Buenos Aires, Argentina, on the evolution of tango music in the South American nation where the dance was born. Musicians are now fusing tango with electronic instruments -- a controversial move in a genre that values tradition.

Los Angeles Times movie critic Kenneth Turan says the film Alexander, starring Colin Ferrell as the conqueror Alexander the Great, plays like a fantasy self portrait of writer-director Oliver Stone.

The complete 45-episode series of the TV show Pee-Wee's Playhouse is now out on DVD. Reubens originally created the Pee-Wee character at the Los Angeles improv group called The Groundlings. Pee-Wee's Playhouse went on the air in 1986. It ran on CBS for 5 years, garnering 22 Emmys.

Dionne Warwick started singing at six. She reached stardom in the 1960s, wrapping her sophisticated voice around memorable pop tunes. Now she's out with her first-ever collection of holiday music, My Favorite Time of the Year. She tells NPR's Tavis Smiley about it.

TV critic David Bianculli reviews two new recent DVD releases of children's TV shows from the 1980s: Pee-Wee's Playhouse and Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre.

Architect and author Christopher Alexander recently issued the final book of his four-volume tome, The Nature of Order, In it, he attempts to define and understand the "life" and livability of structures, spaces and cities.

Playwright David Henry Hwang's award-winning plays include 1980's FOB (or "Fresh Off the Boat") and M. Butterfly. For our series Scenes I Wish I'd Written, Hwang discusses an exchange from Tony Kushner's play Angels in America.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Wodehouse: A Life, by Robert McCrum.

"Danza Voluminosa" is an unconventional dance group -- whose performances are part-ballet, part-contemporary dance. But the dancers are larger than most weighing in around 200 pounds. Their choreographer says the company is creating a new aesthetic. NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro reports.

Day to Day television critic Andrew Wallenstein reviews The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, a new film premiering on HBO. The movie uses unique cinematic devices to reveal the complex life of actor Peter Sellers, played by Geoffrey Rush.