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Alexander Calder is famous for large public art and delicate mobiles. But he also created deceptively simple and elegant jewelry that, for the first time, is the focus of an exhibition. The Philadelphia Museum of Art is its initial stop on an international tour.

Critically acclaimed HBO series The Wire came to its close earlier this year; its fifth and final season was released on DVD on August 12. Creator David Simon talks about the show, his career, and the city of Baltimore.

Brothers Doug and Ryan Stewart are known to sports fans as the 2 Live Stews. Now, they've moved to television with a show, airing on TV One, called Black Men Revealed. They join NPR's Tony Cox to talk about it.

Photographer Warren Zinn reflects on the iconic photo he took in Iraq of Joseph Dwyer, an American medic who took his own life last month.

As our series on jazz continues, Farai Chideya uncovers the remaining American jazz meccas and finds out how live venues have shaped the art of jazz. Joining in are Ron Sturm, owner of the Iridium Jazz Club; musician Dennis Winslett; and Peter Williams, artistic director of Yoshi's Jazz Club.

NBC has announced Jay Leno's last day as host of The Tonight Show will be May 29, 2009. Conan O'Brien is to be the show's new host. This may set off a game of musical chairs in late-night if Leno wants to stay on television and goes to another network.

To call the show It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia an unlikely success is something of an understatement. It dares to joke about abortion, the Israeli-Palestinian debate and even cancer. Plus, it's set in Philadelphia — not New York or Los Angeles.

This week, we are presenting a radio comic strip about the new economy. In part one, a middle class family, hit by the subprime mortgage crisis, comes up with an innovative — though possibly dangerous — way to save a bundle.

Beauty and tragedy coexist within the Brooklyn rapper's heartbreaking portrait of his uncle.

Actress Estelle Getty, who played the sarcastic octogenarian Sophia on the long-running television show The Golden Girls has died. She was 84. The show about four female retirees sharing a house in Miami ran from 1985-92. Getty won two Emmys for her role.