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A new version of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf is now available in the United States. The music comes in a boxed set with a storybook illustrated by Bono. The rendition does away with the orchestra and instead brings the story to life with a mandolin, banjo, accordion, and percussion of all kinds. NPR's Melissa Block talks with musician Gavin Friday. (Publisher: Bloomsbury USA)

Los Angeles' new Walt Disney Concert Hall is meant to be not only a grand space for orchestral music, but also to attract people who may never have visited a concert hall. The Frank Gehry-designed facility makes its debut Thursday, and its architectural and cultural appeal will be tested. Hear NPR's Mandalit del Barco.

Prior to the Civil War, some free black people owned slaves. Author Edward P. Jones picked up on that little-known fact and has written a vivid first novel that looks at slavery through a different lens. On Morning Edition, hear an interview with Jones and a review of The Known World. Read an excerpt of the book.

The Walt Disney Concert Hall, designed by Frank Gehry, is one of the most talked-about new American buildings in decades. The first of three inaugural events took place Thursday night. NPR's Fred Child attended the concert and filed this report.

Bill signings and handshakes are the norm for White House photographers. Capturing the personal moments of presidents and their families is more difficult. Time photojournalist Diana Walker spent decades taking presidential pictures, often snapping scenes other photographers missed. See a gallery of her work.

The group, which is a rebrand of a group that attended the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Va., has created an image of Americana bolstered by racism, antisemitism and neo-fascism.

Sid Caesar talks to Susan Stamberg about his long career in show business — and gets cajoled into performing her mother-in-law's cranberry relish recipe (you must listen to the end of her report to hear it).

Kathy Harrison has served as a foster mother to more than 112 children over the past 15 years. She tells her story in a new book called Another Place at the Table. Hear Harrison and NPR's Scott Simon.

Swiss-born blues musician and historian Walter Liniger is spending the weekend in Montreux, teaching blues harmonica to 400 Swiss postal administrators. He speaks with NPR's Scott Simon.

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.