The announced departure of Deborah F. Rutter, the center’s president since 2014, comes as the center continues to search for ...

Deborah Rutter led the Kennedy Center through a dramatic growth spurt and a global pandemic. Board chairman David M.

Kennedy Center president Deborah F. Rutter will step down from her role at the end of 2025. She has served as president since ...

Bette Midler, Berry Gordy among new Kennedy Center honorees The Kennedy Center Honors will return in December with a class that includes Motown Records creator Berry Gordy, "Saturday Night Live ...

Trump famously broke with tradition and didn’t attend the annual Kennedy Center Honors throughout his presidency amid protests from some of the high-profile performers being recognized at the gala.

Donald Trump declined to attend the Kennedy Center Honors during his first term, while his administration proposed a massive scale back of federal arts funding. But the board of the Kennedy Center ...

Presenting the Latest Mark Twain Prize Winner: Conan O’BrienThe former late-night host joins the ranks of a celebrated group including Kevin Hart, Jon Stewart, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

Georgetown University partnered with the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to honor a Washington, D.C. advocate for ...