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Legendary American rock-and-roll star Bruce Springsteen was among those praised by President Barack Obama Sunday night at a White House event for this year’s Kennedy Center honorees. The president greeted Springsteen by saying, “I’m...
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Political and entertainment luminaries gathered here over the weekend for the 32nd annual Kennedy Center Honors, a two-day celebration that brings together some of the most influential figures in Washington and Hollywood. The recipients of the award...
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The Kennedy Center Honors, our nation's highest cultural awards, place its annual recipients in an especially concentrated spotlight. Yet even if modesty forbids them from acknowledging it, these figures are used to the limelight. Here the colleagues...
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An award-winning art program at the Kennedy Center engages more than 50 artists who have cognitive and physical disabilities in the creative process, giving them a vehicle for self expression and an avenue for growth and independence.
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Featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater, Janis Siegel, and Al Jarreau, The Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, Antonio Hart, Music Director One show only! Washington pays tribute to the First Lady of Song," Ella Fitzgerald, with a night of her hidden gems and best-loved...
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Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld saluted their fellow funny man Bill Cosby with the top U.S. comedy prize Monday night, along with two co-stars from The Cosby Show, Phylicia Rashad and Malcolm-Jamal Warner. Scarlett Johansson, who starred in Vicky Cristina...
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Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is starting a new program that could reinvent arts education for schools struggling with budget cuts and fewer art teachers, organizers said Friday. The pilot "Any Given Child" project announced Friday for schools...
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Bruce Springsteen and Dave Brubeck will be among those honored this year at the 32nd annual John F. Kennedy Center celebration of the arts. Writer, composer, actor, director and producer Mel Brooks opera singer Grace Bumbry; and actor, director and...
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President Barack Obama led a Kennedy Center crowd in a performance of "Happy Birthday" Sunday night, capping a star-studded musical birthday tribute to ailing Sen. Edward M...The Massachusetts Democrat was honored at the Kennedy Center at an event hosted...
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George Carlin will be awarded the 11th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor...Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced Tuesday that Carlin will be honored for his 50-year career as a Grammy-winning standup comedian, writer and actor. The...
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