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The Kennedy Center: Quick Facts

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News •

Kennedy Center plans Ticketmaster switch, raising conflict of interest concerns • Nov. 12, 2026, 9:49 AM ET (NPR)
Trump’s Kennedy Center Ordered to Pay $250,000 to Jazz Musician Who Defeated Lawsuit • Nov. 7, 2026, 1:54 AM ET (Billboard)
Kennedy Center names the 2026 honorees as Trump renovation battle moves the show offsite • Nov. 2, 2026, 12:00 PM ET (AP)
Judge asked to compel Trump administration to disclose emails and texts about Kennedy Center plans • Oct. 25, 2026, 3:42 PM ET (AP)

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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, illuminated with blue and yellow lights at night, reflected in the water below.
President Dwight Eisenhower, smiling and wearing a suit, sits at his desk in the Oval Office with papers, a telephone, and pens in front of him.
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy sit together at a banquet table, dressed formally, with a curtain backdrop behind them.
President John F. Kennedy, at left, stands with two men beside a large architectural model of the Kennedy Center, displayed on a table in an elegant room with tall windows.
President Lyndon B. Johnson lifts a shovel of dirt at the groundbreaking for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, with Kennedy family members and others watching.
Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy and Mrs. Joan Braden look at architectural plans in front of a scale model of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Rose Kennedy, Edward M Kennedy Jr, Joan Bennett Kennedy, Kara Kennedy, and Senator Edward M Ted Kennedy dressed formally and walking together at the John F Kennedy Center in Washington DC.
Large bronze bust of John F. Kennedy on a marble pedestal overlooks the red-carpeted foyer outside the Opera House at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis smiles while attending an event at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, standing in front of large windows and a modern chandelier.
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