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Carol Burnett to win top US humor prize in DC

Previous honorees include Bill Cosby, Steve Martin, Tina Fey and Ellen DeGeneres, who won last year.---Kennedy Center: http://www.kennedy-center.org

Government-supported arts agencies brace for sequester cuts

From the National Gallery of Art to the National Archives, from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to the sprawling Smithsonian Institution, the mandatory 5 percent cutbacks will...

Sequester doesn't spare arts; check times before you go, ignore dust

"The Kennedy Center, which is a presidential memorial as well as an entertainment showcase, receives federal funds for operations and maintenance and will have to absorb a $1.8 million cut.

Kennedy Center to host hip-hop festival in 2014

Hip-hop artists including rappers Nas and Somalia-born K'naan (kay-nahn) will take center stage in an unexpected place next year: as part of next season at the Kennedy Center in Washington.

Kennedy Center opens Nordic Cool cultural festival

For the next month, the Kennedy Center will glow each night with blue light and shimmers of green, depicting the northern lights and signaling what has taken over its theaters and galleries inside.

Kennedy Center sets 1st expansion since opening

It could include 46 Gingko trees to note the number of years Kennedy lived, 35 lavender rows for the 35th president, and a video wall for projections of performances from inside the Kennedy Center.

Banderas, Dawson join Latino inaugural in DC

Eva Longoria is hosting "Latino Inaugural 2013: In Performance at the Kennedy Center" Sunday night.

Longoria to host Latino inaugural salute to Obama

Tickets went on sale Tuesday at the Kennedy Center box office, starting at $300 for the live performance in the center's Opera House and $150 for a simulcast in the center's Eisenhower Theater.

Kennedy Center announces review of Honors process

The Kennedy Center in Washington is reviewing the way it selects artists who receive the high-profile Kennedy Center Honors each year after a group said Latinos have been largely excluded.

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WHERE 'STUPID HUMAN TRICKS' CAN GET YOUDavid Letterman receives Kennedy Center honors along with Led Zeppelin, Dustin Hoffman, bluesman Buddy Guy and ballerina Natalia Makarova.10.

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Music City mourns country legend George Jones

He was among the artists honored in Washington at the Kennedy Center in 2008.

George Jones, country superstar, has died at 81

He was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1992 and in 2008 was among the artists...

San Francisco Symphony says labor deal approved

A four-performance East Coast tour that included stops at Carnegie Hall in New York and the...