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Tallchief, 4 others honored
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WASHINGTON Five artists - including Chicago ballet dancer Maria
Tallchief, actor Jack Lemmon and country singer Johnny Cash - are
being honored by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for their
lifetime contributions to the nation's culture.
Other honorees include Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward
Albee and saxophone player and composer Benny Carter.
Their lifetime of work will be honored at a performance to be
attended by President and Mrs. Clinton on Dec. 8 at...
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Talk of the Kennedy Center
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; Bravo to The Post for giving so much attention to the plight of the Kennedy Center {op-ed, Dec. 5, Dec. 6; editorial, Dec. 17; Show, Dec. 17}. I would like to add one bit of advice. It grows out of my eight-month, on-the-spot study of the economics and programming of the performing arts in Western
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Charlotte Woolard, 62, Kennedy Center exec.(Metropolitan Times)(Obituary)
The Washington Times
; Charlotte A. Woolard, 62, chief of protocol and assistant secretary to the board of trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, died July 17 of cancer. The entire Kennedy Center family - artists, administrators, and indeed everyone associated with the performing arts in
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Kennedy Center names top honorees
Charleston Daily Mail
; WASHINGTON - Pianist Leon Fleisher, actor Steve Martin, singers Diana Ross and Brian Wilson and film director Martin Scorsese will share the 30th annual honors of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in December. "With their extraordinary talent, creativity and perseverance, the five
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announces its 1998
Washington Afro-American
; Washington Afro-American 09-04-1998 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announces its 1998 Kennedy Center honorees WASHINGTON, DC -- On Aug. 20, 1998, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced the selection by its board of trustees of the individuals who will
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The Kennedy Center:1. The Myth of Affluence
The Washington Post
; ... removal of chairman Ralph Davidson-and the blank pessimism with which center-watchers initially viewed the search for a successor. (News reports say one prospect now is James Wolfensohn, chairman of New York's Carnegie Hall.) But it is a longer-standing oddity of ...
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Kennedy Center Chief Spells Out His Dreams
The Washington Post
; The new president of the Kennedy Center said yesterday that he favors building a plaza over the freeway east of the complex and framing it with two new buildings, one of them a Cooperstown-like hall of fame for the performing arts. Michael Kaiser, who took over at the center earlier this year, said
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Elliott Broidy Donates $1 Million to The Kennedy Center
U.S. Newswire
; To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Tiki Davies of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, +1-202-416-8442, tdavies@kennedy-center.org WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today announced a one million dollar contribution from Los
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Bill Cosby Named 1998 Kennedy Center Recipient
New York Beacon, The
; New York Beacon, The 10-07-1998 Bill Cosby Named 1998 Kennedy Center Recipient On Friday, December 4, 1998, actor and comedian Bill Cosby will be honored by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as a honoree during the festive Kennedy Center Honors of 1998 recipients ceremony at the
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Roger Stevens Dies at 87; Founding Chairman Of Kennedy Center
The Washington Post
; Roger L. Stevens, 87, the founding chairman of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts who orchestrated its transformation from dream to reality, died Monday night at Georgetown University Hospital of complications related to pneumonia. He had suffered two partially paralyzing strokes in 1993.
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KENNEDY CENTER REAUTHORIZATION:MICHAEL M. KAISER
Congressional Testimony
; Congressional Testimony 09-27-2007 Statement of Michael M. Kaiser President The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Committee on House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management September 27, 2007 Good morning, my
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