The Roxbury Center for the Performing Arts' annual show "Sankofa" in inspired by a Ghanaian term that means to look back at the past to learn for the future.

Here is a brief history of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. In 1955, President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed the nation build a public auditorium in Washington, D.C as a means to keep up with the global arts and culture scene, per the Kennedy Center’s official website.

Albuquerque voters in November will decide whether to scrap a section of the city charter in order to pave the way for building a performing arts center.