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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 Debbie Allen. An artist, Baez says she got to know Fauci after painting a portrait of him, the nati...

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 December 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The medallion ceremony traditionally takes place at the Sta...

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. All the honorees called the lifetime artistic achievement award a unique honor, even for an accompl...

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