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In 2011, a museum depicting the history of organized crime in America will open in downtown Las Vegas. It will be known as the Las Vegas Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, or more simply "The Mob Museum." Host Liane Hansen speaks with the city's mayor, Oscar B. Goodman, and the museum project manager, Sam Tolman, about the museum.

When the Philadelphia History Museum reopens this year, it will put thousands of objects back on display -- but 2,600 items from its collection will be more notable for their absence. In a move that's sparked some debate, the museum sold those items to help pay for its renovation.

Morning Edition holiday traditions wouldn't be complete without author David Sedaris reading from his memoir, Santaland Diaries about his experience working as a department store elf.

Gov. Sam Brownback recently did away with the state's arts agency — and many in the arts community are up in arms. But some arts advocates argue that being less reliant on government funding is actually a good thing for the arts.

The legendary experimental filmmaker's work is the subject of a career-spanning retrospective at the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston. VanDerBeek merged collage-style filmmaking with new technology throughout his career.

The King James translation, first published 400 years ago, is celebrating a birthday of biblical proportions. It's no longer the top-selling Bible, but in those four centuries, it has woven itself deeply into our speech and culture.

Daily Beast and Newsweek editor Tina Brown highlights a book and a pair of articles that take us through life — from creating it and raising children to growing up an only child to a writer's reflections on his battle with cancer.

In 1997, host Liane Hansen spoke with David Loxtercamp, author of A Measure of Days: The Journal of a Country Doctor. She follows up with the Maine physician, who says he constantly ponders questions of life, death and faith.

Don McGlynn's new music documentary, Rejoice and Shout, tells the story of gospel music in America through some of its most famous singers including The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi, The Staple Singers and Mahalia Jackson. The film opens in select theaters this weekend.

Radio producer Sasha Aslanian, herself a "divorced kid," spent five years documenting the lives of children whose parents are divorced. She discovered that while the courts and state governments are working to put kids first, divorce will always change their lives.