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Producers Jonathan Menjivar and Barrett Golding offer this portrait of the Chicago protest group known as the Pink Bloque -- a group of college kids who got tired of staging demonstrations in the usual way, and re-invented the art of the protest. This report is part of the series Chicago Matters: Our Next Generation from member station WBEZ.

HBO's Emmy-winning show Sex and the City was known for its bawdy tales of four single girlfriends in New York and their different trysts and relationships. As the series begins national syndication on cable's TBS next week, critics worry whether editing can really make the show appropriate for a family friendly channel. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports.

NPR's Allison Keyes profiles the life and work of legendary dancer and choreographer Bill T. Jones. (Editor's note: This piece contains language that some may find offensive.)

Andrew Wallenstein of The Hollywood Reporter reviews the second season of Reno 911, a spoof on reality cop shows that he says is dead-on funny.

Anthony Holborne was an English composer during the Elizabethan age. While his music is fairly popular, little is known about his life. A group of musicians has created an imaginary biography of the composer's life, using the titles of Holborne's songs. This whimsical biography is performed by the Kings Noyse on a CD called My Selfe. Tom Manoff has a review.

From passports and furniture to self-portraits, hundreds of items owned by the late actress Katharine Hepburn are up for auction this week at Sotheby's in New York. The mementos and keepsakes offer a glimpse into the private life of one of America's greatest actresses. NPR's Margot Adler reports.

Despite commentator Joseph C. Phillips' diatribe against the movie Soul Plane and the African-American stereotyping he says it represents, the film still made it back into the top 12 films nationwide last weekend. This Father's Day, Phillips is looking outside the multiplex to gatherings taking place in cities across the country.

NPR's Alex Chadwick reports on the action sports films featured at the Mountainfilm festival in Telluride, Colo., and how they are helping to broaden to the appeal of various "extreme" sports -- and taking the craft of filmmaking to new levels as well.

Commentator Connie Rice is back with another top-10 list. This week, she tells NPR's Tavis Smiley about the top-10 "unreality" shows Hollywood should snap up right now.

The singer Morrissey, who led the 1980s British band The Smiths, has just released his first recording in seven years. The CD, You Are the Quarry, reflects Morrissey's unique blend of the political and the personal, with songs like "Irish Blood English Heart" and "America is Not the World." Mikel Jollett has a review.