Topic: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

In Pictures Barbara Walters' 10 most fascinating people of 2010

Kennedy Center honors 2010: Oprah Winfrey, Paul McCartney among five receiving accolades

Kennedy Center honors five in 2010, including Oprah Winfrey, Paul McCartney, Bill T. Jones, Merle Haggard, and Jerry Herman.
12/06/2010 01:05 pm

In Pictures Kennedy Center Honors

George H.W. Bush, 14 others to be awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom next year

George H.W. Bush, along with Maya Angelou, Stan Musial and a dozen others, will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom early next year. George H.W. Bush was the 41st President of the United States.
11/18/2010 04:47 pm

Robert De Niro earns DeMille lifetime honor at Globes

Robert De Niro will receive the honor at the Golden Globes awards ceremony Jan. 16, actor Kevin Spacey announced at a news conference Tuesday.
11/10/2010 02:37 pm

Tina Fey thanks Sarah Palin for top comedy award

Tina Fey is the youngest (and the third woman) to win of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
11/10/2010 09:26 am

Soul music survivors: Mavis Staples and Bettye LaVette

Soul music singers Mavis Staples and Bettye LaVette bring a rare maturity and authority to the age of 'American Idol.'
10/21/2010 12:54 pm

In Pictures Wyclef for President

US Library of Congress honors Paul McCartney

The former Beatle performed at a private concert for Nancy Pelosi, Stevie Wonder, and Jerry Seinfeld. He will play for President Obama at the White House Wednesday.
06/02/2010 12:10 pm

Tina Fey to get prestigious Mark Twain humor prize

Tina Fey joins the ranks of Bill Cosby, Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin and others who have won the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
05/25/2010 05:33 pm

In Pictures Walter Cronkite

Twyla Tharp takes a spin once more with Sinatra in 'Come Fly Away'

Twyla Tharp’s new Broadway musical grew out of an early love of Sinatra’s music, introduced to her by her mother.
04/13/2010 02:28 pm

Opinion A cure for Washington’s culture of debt

Zero-based budgeting might restore discipline and honesty to a Washington that seems overcome with financial attention-deficit disorder.
01/25/2010 11:51 am

Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff

Louisa May Alcott’s hidden life uncovered on PBS, Nick Hornby’s latest novel, ‘Juliet, Naked,’ a new Sondheim revival on Broadway, and more.
12/28/2009 11:02 am

A mandolin revival creates 'The Montana Sound'

Strumming up the past in the Rockies – a 1902 photo inspired a revival of an instrument that used to rival the cowboy’s campfire guitar.
03/11/2009 01:00 am

The Vote Obama's had enough - takes helicopter and leaves White House

02/07/2009 12:00 am

Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff

Dog show pooch-gazing, comedian Carlin's timeless wit, England's green and manicured land, and more.
01/30/2009 12:00 am

David Gregory wins Meet the Press moderator's chair

12/07/2008 12:00 am

USA

09/11/2008 01:00 am

Penumbra Theatre founder defines American black stage

Lou Bellamy's vision is that everything is performed as if there were only black people in the audience.
06/24/2008 01:00 am

Penumbra Theatre founder defines American black stage

Lou Bellamy's vision is that everything is performed as if there were only black people in the audience.
06/23/2008 01:00 am

Bright Green Donald Rumsfeld buys a scooter

The latest celebrity purchaser of the increasingly hip form of two-wheeled conveyance is none other than the former Defense Secretary.
06/13/2008 01:00 am

For an Iraq war veteran, new play is a personal odyssey

When Melissa Steinman was picked as an adviser to a topical play, it aided her postwar recovery – and helped other veterans, too.
04/11/2008 01:00 am