What was your favorite #KCHonors moment tonight? 💬
Thanks to all of you who joined us for the 45th #KennedyCenterHonors celebration saluting #GeorgeClooney, , , #TaniaLeón, and !
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Just two unforgettable nights with & ! 🎶
Thanks to all of you who traveled near and far to help make these SOLD OUT evenings so magical. ✨
📸 Scott Suchman
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The Renée Fleming VOICES performance on Thursday, January 26 featuring Juan Diego Flórez is cancelled because of a throat infection. The performance has not been rescheduled at this time.
Affected ticketholders will receive an email or phone call with more information.
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. with the night one! If you were there hit us with your favorite moments!
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First look into rehearsal for #BroadwayCenterStage Sunset Boulevard with the phenomenal ! 🤩
🎫 tkc.co/sunset-bouleva
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Get a first look at ’s Sunset Boulevard with performing ‘As If see Never Said Goodbye’.
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Just two cool guys playing two cool shows at the . This is fun. Night one tonight!
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Just announced: our international festivals return with a 10-year focus on the environment. 🌎
We begin March 22 with #RiverRunDC: a celebration of the world’s rivers and their role as life-sustaining & culture-creating arteries of our planet.
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“#SesameStreet is a place that asks children to learn how to become smarter, kinder, and stronger."
Today, we remember psychologist and co-creator Lloyd Morrisett, who accepted the program's 2019 #KennedyCenterHonors with fellow co-creator Joan Ganz Cooney.
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Jan. 27 at 9/8c on , the Kennedy Center celebrates hip hop legends ! 🎧🎶
Join us for the #KenCenNextPBS special featuring an electrifying performance & highlights of their #KenCenHipHop For the Culture Artist Residency.
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My latest book...is not a book.
It's SONGBOOK, a web series I created, wrote, and directed for the Kennedy Center - (probably) the world's first part-scripted/part-reality musical comedy show starring nonactor kids. Season 1: kennedy-center.org/songbook
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“The 20-minute operas push past the bounds of traditional themes and musical styles.” ✨
Jan. 21, three composer-librettist teams showcase their creative voices in contemporary opera for American Opera Initiative’s tenth season! #AmericanOperaDC
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"A particularly good night for maestro ..." violinist #LeonidasKavakos offered "a sensational, often searing account that felt anchored by a cellular understanding of the concerto’s treacherous terrain."
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"If I wished myself a superpower, I would make this moment last for hours." 📸🎶
Look back on 's show-stopping #NSODeclassified performance of "Photograph" before he returns to the Concert Hall with Jan. 24 & 25!
▶ youtu.be/URvPuKoHY08
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Feel like dancing? Bring your little people to the The REACH - Studio F this Sat, Jan 21st for Dancing Across The Diaspora, curated by . Register today! surveymonkey.com/r/9FNFYRS #dcdance #dcarts
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Just announced: #JenniferAniston, , , #SteveBuscemi, , , and join our 2023 #MarkTwainPrize celebration of !
Tune in March 26 at 8 p.m. ET on ! 📺
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JUST ANNOUNCED: The 24th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor celebrating Adam Sandler will exclusively air on on Sunday, March 26th at 8pmET. The star-studded event will feature Jennifer Aniston, Conan O’Brien, Chris Rock, and more. bit.ly/3wd6aST
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From the streets of Montgomery to the Oval Office.
Today, we honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who helped carry the message of the Civil Rights Movement to the highest office in the nation—and whose legacy reminds us how much work remains to be done.
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What an incredible show by at the Kennedy Center today! We saw some amazing athleticism and learned a really good message on “No Excuses, No Limits”!
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It’s a long weekend so make this one count!
🌎 MLK Day of Service volunteer opportunities
🎤 Leslie Odom, Jr. at
🤺 Wheelchair Fencing World Cup
🎶 Reggae Fest D.C. at
+ more with The Weekend Scene Newsletter!
link.nbcwashington.com/view/6306246f4
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A day at the theater! Our MLK scholars spent the day at the to see ILL-ABILITIES™—the international all-star breakdance crew of seven of the world’s best disabled dancers. Powerful stories shared through dance & music. #TheMLKWay
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Things to do this weekend:
1️⃣ MLK Peace Walk and Parade
2️⃣ “Intangible Forms.”
3️⃣ Let Freedom Ring! concert.
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Today we join in remembering #JeffBeck, one of the most influential guitarists in rock 'n' roll history. 🎸🎶
Look back on his showstopping 2012 #KCHonors tribute to #BuddyGuy: "I’d Rather Go Blind" with #BethHart. #KennedyCenterHonors
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“The story of continues to resonate.”—MD Theater Guide
Which characters do you find most relatable?
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D.C.-area forecast: Cruising through mild January, with evening shower chances wapo.st/3vSCpXg
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Want to learn more about , and some of the Library of Congress' audiovisual materials documenting its origins? Check out the Before the Kennedy Center, Part 2 post on our blog:
blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2
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"I’m a very collaborative leader. And so my vision is to work with everybody in the organization to create a strategic plan and a really clear vision for the next seven years. What is this organization going to look like for the 100th anniversary?"
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Join us in welcoming Jean Davidson as the NSO's next Executive Director! 🎶
Jean looks forward to meeting everyone in our community and is interested to know your NSO stories. If you have a favorite concert, memory, or moment with the NSO, please share it in a reply! ⤵
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honored, excited, blessed et al. to host two shows at the kennedy center on feb 16. i'll be joined by and , two of the best.
i love dc, hope to see you there- kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explo
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Eddie covered "One" and “Elevation” as a tribute to at the 45th annual Honors. Watch the performances now: EddieVedder.lnk.to/EV_KCHTP
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An arts education is essential to the whole of education. Art heals. Art inspires. Art engages. It shapes our thinking, and it moves us to action.
Raising the bar in education must include the arts.
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On sale now: a second show with added April 8 by popular demand!
🎫 kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explo
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So thrilled to spend time with these beauties The Kennedy Center for our very first kid’s book event!
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Kicking off our new season of theater. LOVED #ASoldiersPlay. Kudos and cast for an amazing production.
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The last time I performed at The Kennedy Center it was hot! It’s a little cooler now, but gorgeous in DC! See y’all tomorrow for a few songs, a reading, and interviews in honor of my children’s book! It’s a free event, but you must reserve your place!
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Did you know the #KenCenFriends offer FREE tours every day? 🤩
Hear some of their favorite spots to share, and get all the details at tkc.co/tours!
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“The characters in Charles Fuller’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play exude a charisma and a life force that transcend time.”
Witness the phenomenal cast before A Soldier’s Play deploys on Jan. 8!
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