WNO: Blue ~ The Documentary
Watch the documentary of the making of Blue, an opera commissioned by Washington National Opera.
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Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra with Dr. Cornel West
O’Farrill and his Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra perform original compositions with West that draw on African American jazz, blues, and chanted sermons to explore arts, politics, progress, and how uncertainty and improvisation often come hand-in-hand with hope.
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PLAYLIST: Written In Stone
Watch performances and interviews behind Washington National Opera's innovative short works exploring questions around the stories monuments tell -- the legacies they embody, and the memories they cement.
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RBG's Love of Opera | Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Did you know that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had two great passions in life? One was law. The other was opera.
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Kennedy Center Education Mo Willems' Lunch Doodles - Variant Edition
New Anniversary Episode
As we approach the second anniversary of the LUNCH DOODLES videos, Mo returns to the studio to unveil his FUN ART THING EMITTER and reminds himself how improvisational artmaking gives solace and space to feel. Will you join him and be an art maker?
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Playlist SNL at the Kennedy Center
Watch performances by and for comedians from the cast of Saturday Night Live at the Kennedy Center.
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Black Women Breaking Ground
Sat. Jun. 19, 2021
Turnaround Arts and the Kennedy Center present a night of music by groundbreaking Black women artists—artists who defy genre, innovate sonically, and combine the past and present in ways that inspire us to imagine a new future.
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Jon Batiste - "What A Wonderful World" w/ National Symphony Orchestra | DECLASSIFIED
Musician and bandleader for "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" Jon Batiste performs his breathtaking and ever-poignant rendition of the Louis Armstrong classic with the NSO.
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NEW: Violinist James Ehnes joins Noseda and the NSO to perform works by Carlos Simon, Dvořák, and Beethoven.
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Mark Twain Prize Acceptance Speeches
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Dave Chappelle Acceptance Speech | 2019 Mark Twain Prize
An outstanding lineup of entertainers gathered in the Concert Hall to salute Dave Chappelle, recipient of the 22nd annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
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Celebrate the Kennedy Center Honors
Stories from the Past 10 Years Honors Highlights By Year
Get the story of previous years of the Kennedy Center Honors with highlight performances and backstage interviews.
Editor's Picks Standing Ovations
Our editors combed through past Honors to bring you performances that brought audiences to their feet. See some of the most historic moments at the Kennedy Center Honors.
Looking Back Honors Memories
Take a look back to watch these amazing performances of artists paying tribute to Honors recipients in this new collection of videos.
Watch Encore Performances
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Millennium Stage (In-Person and Livestream)
Rare Essence
Sat. Apr. 16, 2022 6p.m.
With a consistently combustible live show honed through countless performances, Rare Essence, aka The Wickedest Band Alive, is Washington’s premier Go‑Go band. Mentored by the Godfather of Go-Go as young teens, Rare Essence would be one of Chuck Brown’s earliest, and have remained his most enduring, progeny.
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Chontadelia
Fri. Apr. 15, 2022 6p.m.
A 7-piece band from Bogotá, Colombia, Chontadelia is rooted in the iconic marimba de chonta and steeped in the Pacific coast’s Afro-Colombian culture, identity, and history.
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Millennium Stage (In-Person and Livestream)
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Thu. Apr. 14, 2022 6p.m.
Members of the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra emerge from the orchestra pit and take their place on the Millennium Stage to share the rich and varied chamber music repertoire. Each musician plays a solo part and the interaction among them creates an astonishing range of sounds and emotions.
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Millennium Stage (In-Person and Livestream)
Dom Flemons
Sat. Apr. 09, 2022 6p.m.
GRAMMY Award Winner, Two-Time EMMY Nominee, 2020 United States Artists Fellow- Dom Flemons is originally from Phoenix, Arizona and currently lives in Chicago with his family.
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Akua Allrich & the Tribe
Fri. Apr. 08, 2022 6p.m.
Akua Allrich & the Tribe will present a soul-stirring performance with an exciting repertoire of original compositions as well as celebrated tribute pieces.
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Millennium Stage (In-Person and Livestream)
Margot Macdonald
Thu. Apr. 07, 2022 6p.m.
Featured on NPR and TEDx; songwriter, vocalist and live looper, Margot MacDonald embodies a one-woman band.
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Millennium Stage (In-Person and Livestream)
Kenny Endo
Sat. Apr. 02, 2022 6p.m.
World-class artist Kenny Endo celebrates 45 years in taiko, his adventurous spirit at the vanguard of the genre. Performance in celebration and collaboration with the National Cherry Blossom Festival.
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