Elizabeth Blair
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Last year, Trump dismissed Biden-appointed Kennedy Center board members and replaced them with loyalists. A new filing by the Center's lawyers reveals how its board of trustees makes decisions.
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So You Want to See The President! depicts a procession of visitors waiting to see Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The original 1943 Rockwell suite of illustrations goes on public view Thursday in D.C.
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Lawyers made arguments in hearings for two separate lawsuits against President Trump and the Kennedy Center's board this week. Both lawsuits want to halt plans to close the performing arts venue for two years for renovations.
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The carousel was first desegregated when part of Gwynn Oak Amusement Park outside Baltimore in 1963. It was moved to the National Mall after the park closed.
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President Trump says the Kennedy Center must close for renovation. Members of Congress and two lawsuits contend the real reason is mismanagement, artist cancellations and declining ticket sales.
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There was confusion about whether the satirist would be getting the Kennedy Center's top humor award after White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called it "fake news." Now it's confirmed.
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Graham was a creative force in the performing arts. She wanted dance to express authentic, human emotions — a revolutionary idea in the late 1920s.
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We look back on Jesse Jackson's 1991 Saturday Night Live appearance reading Green Eggs and Ham in honor of Dr. Seuss. Jackson died on Tuesday at age 84.
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The Declaration of Independence states that all men have certain "unalienable rights." From Mark Twain to Jon Stewart, satirists have picked apart that guarantee and what politicians do to honor it.
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The departures include Kevin Couch, who was announced as the Kennedy Center's senior vice president of artistic planning less than two weeks ago.