Around the Nation, Friday Round-up

Here are some of this week’s arts and culture headlines from public broadcasters around the nation:

– Minnesota Public Radio talks to Pete Docter, the director of the animated film ‘Up’ (as well as native Minnesotan)

– KERA reports on the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, with Cliburn Foundation director Richard Rodzinski

– Abandoned buildings become art spaces in Philadelphia as part of the Hidden City Project.

– Chicago Tribune music critic Greg Kot tells Chicago Tonight about his new book “Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music” on the enormous changes occurring in the music industry.

– Also, the final episode of the Swedish detective miniseries ‘Wallander’ with Kenneth Branagh on Masterpiece Theater airs Sunday on PBS. Check your local listings for the time.