In the early 1960s, Democratic President John F. Kennedy launched a fundraising initiative, and his successor, President Lyndon B. Johnson, signed into law a 1964 bill renaming the project the ...

Democratic US senators have hosted an invite-only Pride concert, in defiance of US president Donald Trump’s anti-LGBTQ+ ...

A group of Democratic senators and Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller are hosting a Pride celebration at the Kennedy Center ...

The Walker Art Center’s newly announced 2025-26 performing arts season “fearlessly confronts the urgent issues defining our world, brought to life through captivating movement, light, sound ...

She oversaw the Kennedy Center’s first physical expansion with the REACH, which opened in September 2019, and transformed the Center’s mission into one inclusive of diverse art forms. In 2022, she ...

President Trump tours the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., on March 17, 2025. Image: Alex Brandon/Pool via AP ...

On June 11, President Donald Trump appeared at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the opening night of “Les Misérables.” If you’re at all familiar with the musical, you ...