For the arts institution, which receives only a small portion of its budget from federal funding, the perennial challenge is ...

The Kennedy Center Honors, however, are a different matter altogether—their decline is not a local Beltway matter but a problem of national importance.

Until a few weeks ago, the biggest news to come out of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., was its annual celebration of ...

What will a thin-skinned showman do with an institution central to Washington’s cultural life? One expectation is more ...

Credit: Unsplash/ MIKE STOLL The Republican has admittedly never attended a performance at the site, eschewing several Kennedy Center Honors during his first term in defiance of White House tradition.

Trump: Some of the shows were terrible. They were a disgrace. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump sat out every Kennedy Center Honors during his first presidency, breaking from tradition ...

Bette Midler, Berry Gordy among new Kennedy Center honorees The Kennedy Center Honors will return in December with a class that includes Motown Records creator Berry Gordy, "Saturday Night Live ...

Canada's Joni Mitchell, Lorne Michaels among those celebrated at Kennedy Center Honors Recipients don't have to be born in the U.S. or even citizens; U2 was honoured in 2022. Canadians honourees ...

This public-private performing arts center relies on some $85 million in donations every year. Will its sudden politicization ...

On the same day as Rae’s statement ... “The piece was intended to be a part of the Kennedy Center’s Pride celebration and we were very excited to be collaborating with the NSO as their ...