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In the nation of Colombia, a dance troupe known as "The Body School" is gaining widespread attention for helping members of the company to escape lives of violence and hardship.

Tales of heroism and survival following the Sichuan earthquake last May inspired graphic artist Coco Wang to turn those stories into a comic book. Wang says that the images and the stories helped people outside of China understand more about the humanity of the Chinese people.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, also known as Mark Twain, had some financial problems in his day and the museum dedicated to preserving his place in history has also fallen on hard times. His home in Hartford, Conn. could soon be closed to fans.

Visual artist Paul Smith's new work is about old mail: Snail Mail, a "slow art" project that uses snails outfitted with chips to send e-mail messages — sometimes very...very...slowly.

As China's enormous Three Gorges dam nears completion, one filmmaker shows what's being lost and gained for those who live along the Yangtze river.

The creator of HBO's The Wire and a reporter for Rolling Stone discuss their latest endeavor, Generation Kill, the HBO seven-part series in which elite members of the Marine Corps confront the military bureaucracy in the midst of a new war.

An $80 million auction sale of a work by Claude Monet illustrates that while most ordinary people are cutting out non-essential spending, wealthy art collectors aren't. The weak dollar is one reason why a very small group of ultra-rich buyers is keeping the high-end art market alive.

Romero Britto's bold outlines, bright colors and simple images appeal to children, public officials and art collectors. Britto says there's a reason his work is so popular: It makes people happy. But is it serious art?

On the docket this week: A jury finds R. Kelly not guilty of child pornography charges; BET co-founder Sheila Johnson produces a documentary for a rival TV network; and officials raise questions about a suspicious fire that burned down the home of rapper 50 Cent's ex. Entertainment guru Alison Samuels of Newsweek magazine is here to give us the latest.

For anyone who didn't want to browse through the pages of Black Belt, New Witch, Modern Drunkard, Smithsonian or Cat Fancy themselves, there's been 12 years of the Magazine Reader column in the Washington Post. The writer was Peter Carlson, who retired this week.