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Think: pencil-thin mustaches, forest-dwelling wizards on a psilocybic voyage, festival-ready Santana solos, Don Cherry's whispered funksterpiece "Brown Rice" and Funkadelic's dictum to free your mind.

Actress Yareli Arizmendi talks about her movie A Day Without a Mexican. Filmed in 2004, the film looks at what would happen if Latino workers refused to work for a day. The film takes on new meaning with protests planned across the nation Monday in support of changing U.S. policy on illegal immigrants.

The new BET reality series Season of the Tiger is set at predominantly black Grambling State University, splitting airtime between the football team and the marching band. Hollywood Reporter media critic Andrew Wallenstein has a review.

As many as 400,000 veterans of U.S. wars are homeless at least part of the time, including hundreds recently returned from Iraq. A documentary follows the plight of many of those vets, including one who appeals for help on Capitol Hill.

The award-winning series The West Wing ends its seven-year run this Sunday night. Noah Adams speaks with executive producer John Wells about the making of the show about a fictional president's tenure in the White House, and what scene is still his favorite.

Looters in Italy dig up ancient treasures and sell them to the highest bidder. Some pieces make their way to the world's biggest museums. Author Peter Watson examines the network behind the trade.

American orchestras are starting to see digital download sites such as iTunes as a new way to get their music out. New York Philharmonic and the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra have begun marketing their music to digital downloaders, hoping that classical music will sell online.

Slate contributor Seth Stevenson reviews a new series of television ads for the Volkswagen Jetta. The spots feature drivers and passengers having everyday conversations when they suddenly are involved in a front-end collision.

Actress Keke Palmer is a different kind of child prodigy than the spelling whiz she plays in the film Akeelah and the Bee. The 12-year-old Palmer speaks with Howard Berkes about her acting and singing achievements and her ambitions.

Mel Brooks' 1968 movie classic The Producers became a Broadway smash. Now comes a new big-screen version that preserves the original's humor and adds the stage show's musical elements.