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evin Whitehead reviews jazz fiddler CLAUDE WILLIAMS two volume set: "Live at J''s" (Arh

Scott talks to Judy McFarlane, former business owner in Montana who was told she could not use the name 'Montana Broke' for her business. French designer Claude Montana holds the exclusive rights to the name 'Montana'. In support of his state's business owners, the governor of Montana has asked the U-S patent office to review Claude Montana's claim.

It is "a sensual, popular and monumental gesture," says Carine Rolland, the deputy mayor of Paris in charge of culture. The artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude came up with the idea before they died.

Before Frank Sinatra sang "My Way" into the American musical lexicon, a French singer-songwriter had his own version of the ballad. Twenty-five years after his death, Claude Francois is still drawing fans to his former home, which has been turned into a museum. NPR's Nick Spicer reports.

Artists Jeanne-Claude and Christo, who last winter exhibited The Gates of Central Park, are now focused on their next installation, Over the River. In development off and on since 1992, the project will festoon the Arkansas River with swaths of fabric, a rural and much larger version of last year's New York feat.

Members of the NPR Music team this week have been previewing the new music out this year. Another member of the team spotlights two of the albums he's looking forward to hearing.

For the next 16 days, a giant sheet will be draped over the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. The stunt is a tribute to the late artist duo Christo and Jeanne-Claude.

Robert Siegel talks to MIT professor Marvin Minksy about Dr. Claude Shannon, a mathematician who wrote about communications theory. Shannon died Saturday. Shannon's theories led to "packet" switching, which makes the Internet possible. Minsky says Shannon ranks on a level with Einstein. The two worked together years ago. Shannon did his work at AT&T Labs in the 1940s and '50s.

Host Melissa Block talks with Rob Turner, instructor of Baroque flute and recorder at the University of Virginia. He describes and plays a crystal flute owned by President James Madison. The flute was made in 1813 by French clock-maker turned flute-maker Claude Laurent. His design determined the way the keys are configured on most modern-day woodwinds. For more info on the flute maker, click here.

With Arnold Schwarzeneggger declaring he's out of the movie action-hero business, we look at the stars left to fill his shoes. Wesley Snipes? Sylvester Stallone? Claude Van Damme? Steven Segal? Bruce Willis? The Rock? Vin Diesel? Christian Bale? Chuck Norris? Or is the genre dying or dead? We talk with movie Webmaster Nick Nunziata.