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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.

Hoffman takes on the role of beleaguered salesman Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's 63-year-old classic. Over the last six decades, in times of both economic boom and bust, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play has resonated with generations of theatergoers.

Expansive and poppy, The A-Sides' blend of silliness and sincerity has helped make the band a rising star. The 2005 album Hello Hello received attention well beyond the band's hometown of Philadelphia, and Silver Storms should reach an even wider audience.

Fans thought they'd be eating Chick-fil-A since there's one in their new stadium. But almost all of the games are on Sunday. Chick-fil-A is closed on Sundays and has no plans to change that policy.

After struggling with the Earned Income Tax Credit, commentator Len Burman argues that what the IRS calls fraud is often just confusion. (2:56).

Watch Eddie 9V, the Atlanta-based musician, perform a mini-concert, recorded live at the 30A Songwriters Festival.

With its eclectic range of dance music, M.I.A.'s recent Kala is similar in sound to her breakout debut, yet uses a wider variety of beats and samples. It features collaborations with Diplo, Timbaland and Blaqstarr. Hear an interview and performance from WXPN.

Author Chris Offutt will read "A Good Pine," a short story set in his native Kentucky. In it, an old man raising his granddaughter alone is determined to get her a Christmas tree from the woods. But he has a problem — his axe is broken.

We celebrate Valentine's Day by hearing from a selection of love letters written by African Americans in the early 20th century, excerpted from the book A Love No Less: More than Two Centuries of African American Love Letters by Pamela Newkirk.

The Florida city has seen its share of hurricanes. But as Sandy passed well to the east, residents of the island completed their annual Fantasy Fest. The theme was "A-Conch-Alypse." A parade included floats with alien invaders, and a post-apocalyptic zombie ghost town.