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2. John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts - Wikipedia

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   The Kennedy Center as seen from the air on January 8, 2006 (before construction of the REACH expansion). A portion of the Watergate complex can be seen at the left. The idea for a national cultural center dates to 1933 when First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt discussed ideas for the Emergency Relief and Civil Works Administration to create employment for unemployed actors during the Great Depression. [3]

3. National Symphony Orchestra - Wikipedia

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   www.kennedy-center.org /nso The National Symphony Orchestra ( NSO ) is an American symphony orchestra based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1930 by cellist Hans Kindler, its principal performing venue is the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts .

4. Carter Barron Amphitheatre - Wikipedia

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   This plan was expanded upon by Carter T. Barron in 1947, as a way to memorialize the 150th anniversary of Washington, D.C., as the U.S. national capital. As Vice Chairman of the Sesquicentennial Commission, Barron envisioned an amphitheatre where "all persons of every race, color and creed" in Washington could attend musical, ballet, theater and other performing arts productions.

5. Here's how to get buy-one, get-one-free concert tickets on 38 ...

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   Concert promoter Live Nation is offering buy-one, get-one-free tickets on select seats at 38 Indianapolis-area concerts as part of a Valentine's Day promotion.

6. Washington National Opera - Wikipedia

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   By 1995, The (Washington) Post reported, seats at the Kennedy Center were "almost as scarce" as football tickets, and "usually cost more." [ 13 ] This expansion took place during the period of Feinstein's tenure when he greatly increased the number of performances per season, which had a phenomenal effect on ticket sales (the audience ...

7. The Apollo Theater earns a Kennedy Center honor

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   The annual gala at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts always features personalized tributes with performances and testimonials from fellow artists.

8. Kennedy Center Honors - Wikipedia

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   The idea for the Kennedy Center Honors began in 1977, after that year's 10th-anniversary White House reception and Kennedy Center program for the American Film Institute (AFI). Roger L. Stevens , the founding chairman of the Kennedy Center, asked George Stevens Jr. (no relation), the founding director of the AFI, to hold an event for the center.

9. HFStival - Wikipedia

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   It was held at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington, D.C. from 1993 to 2004; at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore in 2005; and at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, in 2006. Though not originally called HFStival, two earlier concerts held on the Fourth of July were the foundation for the first festival and are considered ...