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John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is a nonprofit organization that is a performance venue. The organization is based in Washington, DC and managed by Michael Kaiser. Its official home on the web is http://www.kennedy-center... [more]
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is a nonprofit organization that is a performance venue. The organization is based in Washington, DC and managed by Michael Kaiser. Its official home on the web is http://www.kennedy-center.org
Sydney Theatre Company's forthcoming production of A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, directed by Liv Ullmann, is to tour to the United States. The production which will play at Sydney Theatre from 1 September to 10 October 2009, featuring STC Co-Artistic Director Cate Blanchett as Blanche DuBois, and will run at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington from 29 October to 21 November 2009 and Brooklyn Academy...
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts calendar of events for the fall months has just been released. All events are subject to change without notice. Free performances are held each evening at 6 p.m. on the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage.
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- John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts calendar of Events 11/16-11/30 (broadwayworld.com)
- John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Calendar of Events 12/01-12/11 (broadwayworld.com)
- John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Calendar of Events 11/01-11/08 (broadwayworld.com)
Feeling the limitations of the jazz combo format that was prevalent in the late 1940s, Miles Davis assembled a nonet to play music that allowed for more orchestration and color, while still maintaining the improvisational elements of that era's be-bop sound. With orchestrations from the great arranger Gil Evans, as well as band members Gerry Mulligan and John Lewis, the band performed briefly in the fall of 1948. But it wasn't until 1949...
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As hip-hop began its ascent in pop culture, many jazz musicians embraced it, trying to infuse its infectious rhythms with an improvisational and harmonic sophistication. While such experiments have mixed results, we've seen several groups who continue to try to bridge the chasm between the two genres.
One such band is Blackout, an impressive ensemble that will perform tomorrow night at the Kennedy Center's KC Jazz Club. The talented quintet...
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Where is the arts programming on PBS? So asks Michael Kaiser, president of the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, on Huffington Post. He laments that arts programs are costly, and "come only from stations that can afford to create this programming, meaning those with strong fundraising operations. And far too few of the local stations do have strong fundraising operations." He favors a fundamental change for PBS: "Why can't the parent...
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