Award-winning singe-musician Rhiannon Giddens has become the latest artist to call off an appearance at the Kennedy Center, ...

The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor is a big honor, but that doesn't mean every would-be recipient accepted. Robin ...

The International Pride Orchestra was set to perform as part of WorldPride, but the concert will now take place at the ...

Michael Tilson Thomas’ brain tumor has returned, and the 80-year-old conductor intends to lead his final performance in April ...

Kennedy Center President Deborah F. Rutter, brought on by Rubenstein in 2014, resigned soon after the board shake-up. Trump ...

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which was named for her slain husband. President Dwight Eisenhower first envisioned the cultural center, which sits on the east bank of the Potomac River ...

He skipped the Kennedy Center Honors in 2018, traditionally attended by sitting presidents. A few of that year's honorees had vocally criticized his leadership and politics, including the singer ...

During his first term, Trump refused to attend the Kennedy Center Honors, an annual ceremony celebrating lifetime achievements in American culture, after some attendees signaled they would boycott ...

Rutter had served in that position since 2014. Here’s Rutter’s statement announcing her departure, in full: “The Kennedy Center stands unparalleled as our national cultural center and living ...

Kennedy Center ... singular — to show off American artists. It would take four presidents — two Republicans and two Democrats — and 16 years to get the Kennedy Center up and running in ...