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This artist rendering provided by Steven Holl Architects shows expansion of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is commencing nearly 50 years after construction began on the cultural center. The $100 million expansion will add space for arts education, programs, rehearsals and interaction between artists and audience members. It also will add memorial elements in a new garden honoring the 35th president. (AP Photo/Kennedy Center/Seven Holl Architects)

Curtain not rising on Kennedy Center’s symphony opener as musicians strike

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

2022 Kennedy Center Honoree George Clooney, bottom third from right, reacts as he is given a shoulder rub from fellow 2022 Honoree Bono during a group photo at the State Department following the Kennedy Center Honors gala dinner, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022, in Washington. Also with Clooney are, front row from left, Evan Ryan, Amy Grant, Gladys Knight, Tania León, Deborah Rutter, back row from left, Antony Blinken, David Rubenstein, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr., The Edge, Bono, Kennedy Center Honor Producers David Jammy, Liz Kelly and Ian Stewart (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

George Clooney, Gladys Knight among Kennedy Center honorees

By Rebecca Santana - Associated Press

2021 Kennedy Center honorees, from left, Justino Díaz, Lorne Michaels, Joni Mitchell, Bette Midler, and Berry Gordy pose following the Medallion Ceremony for the 44th annual Kennedy Center Honors on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021, at the Library of Congress in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

‘We welcome everyone back’: Biden resumes Kennedy Center Honors traditions scrapped by Trump

By Ashraf Khalil and Colleen Long - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 5, 2019, file photo Bette Midler attends Variety's Power of Women: New York in New York. The Kennedy Center Honors is returning in December with a class that includes Motown Records creator Berry Gordy, “Saturday Night Live” mastermind Lorne Michaels and actress-singer Bette Midler. Organizers expect to operate at full capacity, after last year’s Honors ceremony was delayed for months and later conducted under intense COVID-19 restrictions. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Bette Midler, Berry Gordy among new Kennedy Center honorees

By Ashraf Khalil - Associated Press

This image released by HBO Max shows author and illustrator Mo Willems, standing, in “Don’t Let the Pigeon Do Storytime!” The special was filmed last year at the Kennedy Center and features comedy inspired by Willems’ books for children. (HBO Max via AP)

Uninvited Pigeon invades author Mo Willems’ TV special

By LYNN ELBER - Associated Press

Front row from left, 2019 Kennedy Center Honorees Michael Tilson Thomas, Linda Ronstadt, Sally Field, Joan Ganz Cooney, and Lloyd Morrisett, back row from left, Philip Bailey, Verdine White, Ralph Johnson, and characters from &quot;Sesame Street,&quot; Abby Cadabby, Big Bird, and Elmo pose for a group photo following the Kennedy Center Honors State Department Dinner at the State Department on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Linda Ronstadt, Sally Field, Earth Wind and Fire among those celebrated at Kennedy Center

By Ashraf Khalil - Associated Press

Mo Willems named Kennedy Center artist-in-residence

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2018 Kennedy Center Honorees, front row form left, Wayne Shorter, Cher, Reba McEntire, Philip Glass, back row from left, the co-creators of &quot;Hamilton,&quot; Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Andy Blankenbuehler, Alex Lacamoire pose for the group photo at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors State Department Dinner on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Bush gets tributes at Kennedy Center Honors program

By Ashraf Khalil - Associated Press

2018 Kennedy Center Honoree Cher arrives at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors State Department Dinner on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

The Latest: Kennedy Center honors for Cher

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2018 Kennedy Center Honorees, front row form left, Wayne Shorter, Cher, Reba McEntire, Philip Glass, back row from left, the co-creators of &quot;Hamilton,&quot; Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Andy Blankenbuehler, Alex Lacamoire pose for the group photo at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors State Department Dinner on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Kennedy Center Honors program features tributes to Bush

By ASHRAF KHALIL - Associated Press

In this Nov. 9, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump talks with reporters before departing for France on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. For the second straight year, Trump will not be attending the Kennedy Center Honors celebrating cultural achievement. Neither Trump nor first lady Melania Trump will be at the Dec. 2 event, according to Stephanie Grisham, the first lady’s director of communications (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trumps to skip Kennedy Center Honors for 2nd straight year

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press

In this Jan. 21, 2018, file photo, Cher speaks during a women's march rally in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Cher admits wanting to get Kennedy honor during Obama years

By Michael Cidoni Lennox - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 26, 2018 file photo, actor and comedian Bill Cosby departs the courthouse after he was found guilty in his sexual assault retrial, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. University of Cincinnati trustees will discuss revoking Cosby's honorary degree at a special meeting planned Tuesday, May 8. Yale, Temple and Carnegie Mellon universities are among those that have revoked honors for Cosby since the comedian's sexual assault conviction last month. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Bill Cosby’s Kennedy Center Honors and Twain Prize rescinded

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Next up at the Kennedy Center? A new focus on hip-hop

By ASHRAF KHALIL - Associated Press

In this May 6, 2008 file photo, producer Norman Lear arrives is seen in Beverly Hills, Calif. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday announced the recipients of the 2017 Kennedy Center Honors. They are: hip-hop artist LL Cool J, singers Gloria Estefan and Lionel Richie, television writer and producer Norman Lear and dancer Carmen de Lavallade. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

Trump to skip Kennedy Center Honors awards program

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

In this Nov. 3, 2014, file photo, rapper/actor LL Cool J watches the Los Angeles Clippers play the Utah Jazz during the first half of an NBA basketball game, in Los Angeles. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday announced the recipients of the 2017 Kennedy Center Honors. They are: hip-hop artist LL Cool J, singers Gloria Estefan and Lionel Richie, television writer and producer Norman Lear and dancer Carmen de Lavallade. It’s the 40th year of the awards, which honor people who have influenced American culture through the arts. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

The Latest: Kennedy Center awards to go on without Trump

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In this Nov. 3, 2014, file photo, rapper/actor LL Cool J watches the Los Angeles Clippers play the Utah Jazz during the first half of an NBA basketball game, in Los Angeles. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday announced the recipients of the 2017 Kennedy Center Honors. They are: hip-hop artist LL Cool J, singers Gloria Estefan and Lionel Richie, television writer and producer Norman Lear and dancer Carmen de Lavallade. It’s the 40th year of the awards, which honor people who have influenced American culture through the arts. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Gloria Estefan, LL Cool J among Kennedy Center honorees

By Jessica Gresko - Associated Press

Comedian Kevin Nealon (left) will perform at the Kennedy Center on Friday. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

Kevin Nealon to perform at Kennedy Center on Friday

By Eric Althoff - The Washington Times

LeAnn Rimes and National Symphony Orchestra to perform at Kennedy Center

By Eric Althoff - The Washington Times

Kennedy Center appoints first director of hip hop culture

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