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Kennedy Center Revises Way Honorees Are Selected

The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has a new process to select artists who receive one of the nation’s top arts prizes, the Kennedy Center Honors, after an outside group last year said Latinos have been largely excluded.

2013/05/16

Film director Martin Scorsese delivers the 2013 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities entitled "Persistence of Vision: Reading the Language of Cinema" at the Kennedy Center in Washington on April 1, 2013. (Credit: NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

Martin Scorsese Honored With D.C. Humanities Lecture

Filmmaker Martin Scorsese is being honored by one of Washington’s cultural institutions.

2013/04/02

Demand for ‘The Book of Mormon’ Crashes Kennedy Center Website

High demand for tickets to Broadway’s hit musical “The Book of Mormon” has been stressing the Kennedy Center’s website in recent weeks.

2013/03/14

Neil Patrick Harris performs with the cast of "Book of Mormon" onstage. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images)

Demand For ‘Book Of Mormon’ Crashes Kennedy Center Website

High demand for tickets to Broadway’s hit musical “The Book of Mormon” has been stressing the Kennedy Center’s website in recent weeks.

2013/03/14

Kennedy Center to Host Hip-Hop Festival in 2014

Hip-hop artists including rappers Nas and Somalia-born K’naan will take center stage in an unexpected place next year, highlighting their generation and art form alongside opera, ballet and theater at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

2013/03/05

File photo of the Northern Lights. (credit: TORE MEEK/AFP/Getty Images)

Kennedy Center to Shine ‘Northern Lights’ for Nordic Cool Festival

For the next month, the Kennedy Center in Washington will glow each night with blue light and shimmers of green depicting the northern lights for a festival celebrating the Nordic cultures of Europe.

2013/02/20

Kennedy Center To Unveil $100M Expansion Plans

The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is planning its first major expansion since it opened in 1971 as a “living memorial” to President John F. Kennedy, with new features including pavilions to house rehearsal halls and classrooms, a memorial garden and a floating stage on the Potomac River.

2013/01/29

Kennedy Center Unveiling 5,000 Pipe Organ

The Kennedy Center is unveiling a large new pipe organ to replace a 40-year-old organ that was never ideal for its concert hall.

2012/11/27

Kennedy Center’s Theater Lab Ready for Reopening

The Kennedy Center is reopening its Theater Lab after a five-month renovation to create a new performance space.

2012/11/12

Best Spots to Spend A Summer Day With Your Family In DC

Combine fun with learning for a perfect day out with the kids this summer. D.C. promises no shortage of opportunities to get out of the house and play, with cheap and free options the whole family will love. Head out with the family for a little fun and excitement once school lets out at the best places to spend a summer day in D.C.

2012/07/13