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2. John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts - Wikipedia

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   The Kennedy Center as seen from the air on January 8, 2006 (before construction of the REACH expansion). A portion of the Watergate complex can be seen at the left. The idea for a national cultural center dates to 1933 when First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt discussed ideas for the Emergency Relief and Civil Works Administration to create employment for unemployed actors during the Great Depression. [3]

3. Washington National Opera - Wikipedia

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   Washington National Opera (WNO) is an American opera company in Washington, D.C. Formerly the Opera Society of Washington and the Washington Opera, the company received Congressional designation as the National Opera Company in 2000. Performances are now given in the Opera House of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

4. Grounded (opera) - Wikipedia

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   Grounded is an English-language opera in two acts with music by Jeanine Tesori and libretto by George Brant. The libretto is adapted from Brant's play of the same name. The opera features a pilot, Jess, and shows her struggle to adapt to drone warfare. The opera premiered at the Kennedy Center in 2023 to mixed reviews.

5. ‘All Red Hair and No. B.S.’: Grateful Dead and Bonnie Raitt ...

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   The 2024 edition of the Kennedy Center Honors celebrated an eclectic assortment of entertainers Sunday night: filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, singer Bonnie Raitt, trumpeter Arturo Sandoval and ...

6. Kennedy Center Honors - Wikipedia

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   He was the producer and co-writer through the 2014 awards, [3] after which he sold the production rights to the Kennedy Center. The idea for the Kennedy Center Honors began in 1977, after that year's 10th-anniversary White House reception and Kennedy Center program for the American Film Institute (AFI). Roger L. Stevens, the

7. George Clooney, Gladys Knight, U2 named 2022 Kennedy Center ...

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   Actor George Clooney, soul music legend Gladys Knight and Irish rock band U2 are among the 2022 Kennedy Center honorees, the center's board of trustees announced on Thursday. In addition to the ...