He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013. The Apollo will receive special honors as an iconic American institution, according to the announcement. The first Kennedy Center honorees ...

Three artists, a band and a building walk into the Kennedy Center. Well, that’s probably not how it’ll happen. But in an unusual twist, storied Harlem theater the Apollo, New York’s ...

The Kennedy Center Honors gala, taking place at Washington ... Latifah most recently received a National Medal of the Arts from the U.S. government. One of the premiere cultural events of ...

Shakedown Street wound its way to the nation’s capital on Sunday (Dec. 8) as counterculture mingled with high arts culture at the 47th Kennedy Center Honors, where legendary rockers the Grateful ...

There’s one word that Arturo Sandoval treasures above all the others: “freedom.” Ask the acclaimed jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger and educator and he’ll tell you freedom is what makes ...

The Kennedy Center Honors are awarded by the Center each year to actors, musicians, comics and other individuals who have contributed to American arts and popular culture. The event is held at the ...

The Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication, established in 2015, honoured individuals who excelled in bridging the gap between science and the public through various disciplines such as ...

President Biden is awarding the Medal of Freedom to 19 people ... the American Film Institute and co-creator of the Kennedy Center Honors.

Later that year, three of the five artists recognized at the annual Kennedy Center Honors said they would not ... lack of interest in the National Medal of Arts, the government’s highest award ...

The Academy Award nominee was among the recipients of the 2023 Kennedy Center Honors. As previously announced ... Latifah most recently received a National Medal of the Arts from the U.S. government.