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• Joan Baez says she has a texting buddy people may not expect: Anthony Fauci The “Diamonds & Rust” singer recently opened up about her surprising connection with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director at a press event for the Kennedy Center Honors. Baez is one of five Honors recipients being recognized by the Washington performing arts institution in a ceremony airing June 6 on CBS. The others are Garth Brooks, Dick Van Dyke, violinist Midori and choreographer...

Garth Brooks Receives Kennedy Center Honors Garth Brooks turned to social media on Saturday (May 22) to share his excitement after receiving the Kennedy Center Honors. The country superstar was one of the handful of artists who received the honors in 2021, alongside comic actor Dick Van Dyke, dancer, artist and choreographer Debbie Allen, singer-songwriter Joan Baez and violinist Midori. The recipients were honored on Friday night (May 21) at a medallion ceremony that had been delayed from Dec...

The 43rd class includes country music legend Garth Brooks, Dick Van Dyke, dancer and choreographer Debbie Allen, singer-songwriter Joan Baez and violinist Midori.

May 22, 2021 Share WASHINGTON — This year’s Kennedy Center Honors may be a slimmed-down affair as the nation emerges from the coronavirus pandemic — but honoree Dick Van Dyke still says it’s “the capper on my career.” The 43rd class of honorees also includes country music legend Garth Brooks, dancer and choreographer Debbie Allen, singer-songwriter Joan Baez and violinist Midori. They were honored Friday night at a medallion ceremony that had been delayed from December 2020....

This years honoree class of artistic achievers participated in a small ceremony in the Kennedy Center’s opera house, with about 120 people.

Skip to main content Currently Reading Reinventing the Kennedy Center Honors for the coronavirus era: A little less glam, a lot harder to wrangle Peggy McGlone, The Washington Post May 13, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., was bathed in rainbow-colored lights for the Honors festivities in 2019. The lights wont be on this year.Andrew GeraciShow MoreShow Less 2of5Some of the Honors performances will be filmed on the grounds of the Reach at the Ke...

Postponed from December, the five-day spring production will have limited live audiences along with prerecorded segments.

From USA TODAY Network and wire reports Alabama Tuscaloosa: Alabama football has developed a reputation for drawing big crowds to its A-Day spring football game, but even at limited capacity, the 2021 game earned a distinction. Saturday’s attendance of 47,218 is the highest at any U.S. sporting event since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Yahoo! Sports. Capacity at Bryant-Denny Stadium was capped at 50%, or a little more than 50,000 fans. Alabama, which traditionally offers fr...

12 pm ET: Mark Morris Dance Group presents Dido and Aeneas. A screening of the 1995 film directed by Barbara Willis Sweete who recreated the Dido and Aeneas set on a sound stage in Toronto and filmed it without the constraints of a proscenium stage and with Morris in his critically acclaimed role. The screening will be followed by a live Q&A with Morris and Sweete and launches a week of activities including talks with dancers and artistic collaborators. Dance with MMDG classes for all levels ...

Wagner’s Die Walküre. Conductor: Adam Fischer, director: Sven-Eric Bechtolf. With Christopher Ventris, Ain Anger, Waltraud Meier, Linda Watson, and Tomasz Konieczny. Production from January 2016. Register for free and view here. 1 pm ET: Copland House presents Underscored: Jalbert’s Crossings. Vermont-born composer Pierre Jalbert was inspired by the migration of people voyaging into new and unfamiliar places and traces Jalbert’s own French-Canadian-American ancestry. Crossings is bui...