KC Spotlight: Announcing NSO POPS, HIP HOP CULTURE, COMEDY, CONTEMPORARY MUSIC & MORE!

Plus: NSO Summer Music Institute, a free screening of Ratatouille this Friday, Dvořák Dreams & more [View this email in your browser.]( [Kennedy Center]( [Kennedy Center]( [A collage featuring Sara Bareilles, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Andre 3000, D-Nice, and John Oliver.]( The announcements keep coming! Comedy and Jazz and HHC—oh my! [NSO Pops]( NSO Artistic Advisor Ben Folds in a solo show + DECLASSIFIED with Rob Thomas, Madison Cunningham & Yasmin Williams • Grammy winners Heather Headley, Sara Bareilles & Aoife O’Donovan • Matilda ft. Danny DeVito [AND MORE!]( [Comedy]( The return of favorites such as John Oliver, David Sedaris, Sarah Silverman & more • Rising stars • Asian AF, The Improvised Shakespeare Company & RIOT! Funny Women Stand Up • Special comedy events + new series [AND MORE!]( [Hip Hop Culture]( D-Nice brings year #3 of Club Quarantine Live • From a D.C. native, Noochie’s Live from the Front Porch [Contemporary Music]( The seven-time Grammy-winning André 3000 • The viral hitmaker Masego [Jazz]( Tributes to jazz greats Max Roach, Wayne Shorter & Mary Lou Williams • Jazzy holidays • Innovators of the genre • Artistic Director Jason Moran [AND MORE!]( [See what’s coming]( X [What’s On]( [Theater]( The Kite Runner Now thru June 30 | One week only! |  Eisenhower Theater Based on Khaled Hosseini’s beloved, international best-selling novel, The Kite Runner is a powerful new play adapted by Matthew Spangler that follows one man’s journey to confront his past and find redemption. Afghanistan is a divided country, and two childhood friends are about to be torn apart. Told across two decades and two continents, this unforgettable journey of forgiveness shows us all that we can be good again. Limited seats available—act now! [Get Tickets]( Funny Girl Now thru July 15 | Opera House Featuring one of the greatest musical scores of all time, including classic songs “Don’t Rain On My Parade,” “I’m the Greatest Star,” and “People,” Funny Girl is the story of the indomitable Fanny Brice, a girl from the Lower East Side who became one of the most beloved performers in history, shining brighter than the brightest lights of Broadway. With “dynamo” (Maryland Theatre Guide) Katerina McCrimmon as Fanny! [Get Tickets]( Back to the Future: The Musical July 23–Aug. 11 | Opera House Great Scott! Back to the Future, the beloved, cinematic classic is now a Broadway musical with its destination set for Washington, D.C., in 2024. When Marty McFly finds himself transported back to 1955 in a time machine built by the eccentric scientist Doc Brown, he accidentally changes the course of history. Now he’s in a race against time to fix the present, escape the past, and send himself... back to the future. [Get Tickets]( [Dance]( Pathways to Performance:  Exercises in Reframing the Narrative July 2 & 3 | Eisenhower Theater A continuation of 2022’s Reframing the Narrative celebration, this two-performance engagement features newly commissioned ballets and excerpts of recently premiered works by Black choreographers. [Get Tickets from $20]( [POPULAR MUSIC]( BeBe Winans July 26 | Concert Hall ONE NIGHT ONLY! The renowned gospel and R&B singer, songwriter, producer, and six-time Grammy winner captivates the Concert Hall. Limited sale! Through July 1, get Orchestra tickets from $49. [ORCH SEATS FROM $49*]( *Offer expires July 1 at 11:59 p.m. Frédéric Yonnet Aug. 1 | Terrace Theater French-born urban jazz harmonicist Frédéric Yonnet crushes every preconceived notion you’ve had about the harmonica. With each performance, walls come tumbling down as Yonnet presents the harmonica in a refreshing and modern context that is boldly stylish, enchantingly cool, and absorbingly brilliant. [Get Tickets]( Chief Adjuah Aug. 4 | Terrace Theater Multi-award-winning trumpeter, composer, producer, and sonic architect Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah (formerly known as Christian Scott) returns to the Kennedy Center for unforgettable performances drawing from his prolific career. This jazz innovator continues to stretch and surpass the boundaries of music. [Get Tickets]( [JAZZ]( Integriti Reeves Quintet July 5 | River Pavilion Integriti Reeves is a vocal powerhouse whose “Modern Vintage” style exists at the crossroads of Black American Music—eliciting comparisons to the dulcet purity of Ella Fitzgerald and the smoky effortlessness of Nat King Cole. [Get Tickets]( Shacara Rogers West Aug. 2 | River Pavilion An award-winning vocalist, songwriter, and vocal coach from Philadelphia, Shacara Rogers West has performed worldwide with artists like Patti LaBelle, Dianne Reeves, esperanza spalding, and many others. [Get Tickets]( [National Symphony Orchestra]( BLACKSTAR Symphony: The Music of David Bowie June 28 & 29 | Concert Hall The NSO performs David Bowie’s final, critically acclaimed album—plus iconic Bowie classics like “Space Oddity” and “Heroes”—reimagined for orchestra. This theatrical experience features the original Blackstar band along with Bowie’s longtime bandmate Gail Ann Dorsey, drummer Nate Wood, vocalist David Poe, and special guest John Cameron Mitchell. [Get Tickets]( NSO at Wolf Trap: Ghostbusters in Concert July 26 | Wolf Trap Ivan Reitman’s Academy Award–nominated film features eccentric parapsychologists who start a ghost-catching business in New York City. Experience the ’80s classic like never before as the NSO performs Elmer Bernstein’s Grammy Award–nominated score and Ray Parker Jr.’s Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping theme song live to film! [Get Tickets]( [A large group of people sit on the lawn, facing the REACH Video Wall.]( [FREE Summer Film Series]( Now thru Aug. 30 | Fridays at duskOutdoors on the REACH Video Wall This Friday: [Ratatouille]( [Explore the Series »]( Dvořák Dreams An Exhibition by Refik Anadol September 2024 Join the Kennedy Center and the 0xCollection for the U.S. premiere of Dvořák Dreams by internationally renowned artist Refik Anadol! Dvořák Dreams is a monumental public artwork that blends contemporary art, music history, and cutting-edge technology. Anadol’s 10-by-10-meter immersive data sculpture utilizes artificial intelligence to transform the musical legacy of Czech composer Antonín Dvořák into a multisensory experience. The 0xCollection, supported by Swiss entrepreneur and longtime Kennedy Center supporter Karel Komárek, commissioned Anadol’s work. Dvořák Dreams bridges traditional art forms with technological innovation, making it a groundbreaking piece in the Collection’s international curatorial program. This collaborative exhibition marks the Collection’s first presentation in the U.S. Supported by Allwyn, the free exhibition will be displayed throughout September on the REACH Plaza, celebrating the fifth anniversary of the REACH expansion. This partnership extends the Kennedy Center’s mission to bring artistic innovation to its audiences and supports the 0xCollection’s goal of developing and publicly exhibiting pioneering digital art. [⏯️ Click here for a glimpse into the strange beauty of Dvořák Dreams.]( [LEARN MORE]( [CENTER magazine]( CENTER magazine The new issue of CENTER magazine is here! Learn about the power of pre-professional training programs, explore the Hip Hop Culture Council, peek behind the curtain of Back to the Future: The Musical, and more in our latest issue. [EXPLORE THE NEW ISSUE »]( See you soon! There’s something for everyone at the Kennedy Center! See [what’s on]( or explore [FREE]( events and more. For tickets and information, call us at 202-467-4600. Masks are optional but welcomed in all Kennedy Center spaces for visitors and staff. We ask that you respect others’ choices and alert a staff member if you have any concerns. The Kennedy Center is open to the public Mon.–Sun., 10 a.m.–midnight. 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