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NPR's Scott Simon talks with husband and wife Cruz and Robinella Contreras, founders of the bluegrass quintet Robinella & the CCstringband. They got their start playing a Knoxville brew pub. Now the group has a major label record deal and a rapidly growing fan base.

A number of companies are developing sustainable vertical aircraft for flying short distances.

A January ruling is anticipated as testimony concludes at a trial to determine whether the Barnes Foundation's $20 billion art collection should be moved from suburban Marion, Pa., to downtown Philadelphia. When Dr. Albert Barnes endowed the foundation in 1922, he ordered that it not be moved. Joel Rose of member station WHYY reports.

Return of the King, the final installment in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, opens in theaters Wednesday. The series, about a quest to rescue the world from evil, has held many filmgoers firmly in its grip from the start. Los Angeles Times and Morning Edition film critic Kenneth Turan has a review.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell of The New York Times about the changing fortunes of NBC's The West Wing. President Bartlet and his White House staff are still soldiering through threats to national security and Washington scandals. But the cast is working this season without the writing of show creator Aaron Sorkin.

This year's match-up between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angeles Rams is expected to be the most bet on Super Bowl ever.

Peloton has laid off 20% of its workforce and lost more than $400 million in its most recent quarter.

California Garlic farmer Chester Aaron talks to NPR's Steve Inskeep about his father's Russian soup and several holiday dips that use garlic.

The Way to Paradise, by Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, devotes alternating chapters to the lives of political activist Flora Tristan and her grandson, the artist Paul Gauguin. The two were idealists bound to struggle against the status quo. Alan Cheuse has a review.

Angels in America, playwright Tony Kushner's epic meditation on AIDS, hope and despair in 1980s America, is finally making the move from the stage to the small screen. The television movie boasts an all-star cast, and its first installment airs Sunday on HBO. NPR's Lynn Neary reports.