Bette Midler, Berry Gordy among new Kennedy Center honorees The Kennedy Center Honors will return in December with a class that includes Motown Records creator Berry Gordy, "Saturday Night Live ...

The president intends to replace members of the institution’s board as he adopts a more aggressive approach toward the arts.

It was a musical evening at the Kennedy Center ... the final honorees to receive their medallions, and in his own impish way, drummer Mickey Hart tried locating what makes the Honors so special ...

President Donald Trump announced his intention to appoint himself chair of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts ...

Queen Latifah was once a Kennedy Center ... Each year, Honorees are confirmed by the executive committee of the Center’s board of trustees. The Honors are not designated by art form or category ...

The White House said the president and first lady would not attend the Kennedy Center Honors that year “to allow the honorees to celebrate without any political distraction.” He broke ...

He broke tradition in his first term by not attending The Kennedy Center Honors ceremony, after some of the honorees said they would boycott the reception hosted at the White House. In his social ...

The Kennedy Center Honors has recognized more than 250 people ... became the first institution to receive a Kennedy Center Honor.

The announced departure of Deborah F. Rutter, the center’s president since 2014, comes as the center continues to search for ...

"I am truly humbled to be named a Kennedy Center Honoree 2020 ... This year's selected Honorees were chosen based on the recommendation of the Center's Special Honors Advisory Committee, which ...