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Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews a new three-CD box set of recordings of composer Paul Hindemith conducting his own works.

Hadid is the first woman to be awarded the Pritzker Prize, architecture's coveted award. Hadid lives in London, but was born in Iraq. Her buildings include a fire station in Germany, a housing project in Berlin, a tram station and car park in Strasbourg, a ski jump in Austria, and the Richard and Lois Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Graham Allison is an expert on nuclear weapons and national security. In his new book, Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe, he argues that avoiding a catastrophic nuclear event needs to be a higher priority for the U.S. government.

Film critic David Edelstein reviews the new Matt Damon movie The Bourne Supremacy. It's a sequel to the 2002 hit The Bourne Identity, shot in a fast-paced style that heightens the tension of the storyline.

Former standup comic Tom Kenny is the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants, the star of his own animated series on Nickelodeon. SquarePants lives under the sea in the city of Bikini Bottom where he works as a fry cook at a greasy spoon called the Krusty Krab. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie opens nationwide Nov. 19.

Russia accuses Ukraine. The U.N. pressures Sudan.

Band leader Woody Herman. Herman was the leader of numerous big bands, all variously called The Thundering Herd. His bands were noted for their dazzling improvisation combined with their incisive ensemble playing. He died in 1987.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews Carambola, the new CD from composer Chico OFarrill, who is also the leader of the Afro-Cuban Jazz Big Band in New York.

Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews the reissue of the original cast album of the legendary 1954 Theatre de Lys Off-Broadway production of Kurt Weills Threepenny Opera starring Lotte Lenya. Its on the Decca label.

Critic Milo Miles reviews the reissue of The Explorer Series featuring music from around the world that was originally released from 1967 to 1984. The Explorer Series is now being re-released by region. The first is 13 CDs from Africa (on the Nonesuch label).