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Liane Hansen speaks with music mogul Quincy Jones about his new D: "Q's Jook Joint". (Qwest Records) Jones explains the importance of the "jook oint" in African American music, and has incorporated its traditions in this ew collection.

"Smoot" is one of 10,000 new words featured in the fifth edition of The American Heritage Dictionary, out this month. In an era when every definition is just a click away, why publish an enormous book of words? For the answer, host Audie Cornish turns to the dictionary's executive editor, Steve Kleinedler.

Liane speaks with author Bill Milkowski about about his iography of jazz bassist Jaco Pastorius, considered by many to be the "greatest ass player who ever lived." Pastorius developed manic depression in his later ears, and died in 1985 after a bar fight. Milkowski's book, "Jaco: The xtraordinary And Tragic Life of Jaco Pastorius, the World's Greatest Bass layer." (Miller Freeman Books)

Southern California's Pasadena Playhouse, a training ground for actors such as Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman, brings down the curtain for the last time this weekend. The theater is deep in debt and, barring a last-minute reprieve from supporters, will close after Sunday's performance of Camelot.

http://cptv.vo.llnwd.net/o2/ypmwebcontent/Jeff%20Cohen/2011_03_23_JC%20110323%20Moylan%20ATC.mp3In Hartford, highly performing schools get rewarded while…

The 14-piece Washington, D.C.-based afrobeat orchestra blends rhythms from all across the African continent, and then some. And as their name indicates, the band might just be crazy enough to pull it off.

Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson of South Dakota was recovering from brain surgery Thursday at George Washington University Hospital. As official Washington extended good wishes for his recovery, it also puzzled over the effect that his illness may have on control of the Senate.

The Yokohama squash was first introduced to North America around 1860, but it disappeared from catalogs in the 1880s — until now. Jere Gettle offers advice on how to save and grow heirloom vegetables in The Heirloom Life Gardener.

This has been a surreal year of ups and downs for singer-songwriter Robin Rogers. Her new album, Back in the Fire, is a hit on the blues charts, but her success has been shadowed by a grim diagnosis.

University student Joseph Carnevale built a 10-foot roadside monster out of stolen orange-and-white safety barrels in Raleigh, N.C. Already on probation, Carnevale could go to jail for the art. But hundreds of people have lobbied the city to drop the charges against him.