Kennedy Center Honors

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annual awards ceremony award

The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual American awards ceremony that celebrates lifetime contributions to the performing arts, recognizing artists for their impact on American culture.

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Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	annual awards ceremony → award →
awardsFor	contributions to American culture → lifetime achievement in the performing arts →
broadcastFormat	television special →
broadcastOn	CBS →
ceremonyUsuallyHeldIn	early December →
country	United States →
firstTelevisionBroadcast	1978 →
genre	performing arts award →
hasComponent	State Department dinner → White House reception → honors gala →
hasNotableHonoree	Aretha Franklin → Bette Midler → Bruce Springsteen → Dolly Parton → Ella Fitzgerald → Fred Astaire → George Clooney → Joni Mitchell → Leonard Bernstein → Lionel Richie → Lucille Ball → Meryl Streep → Oprah Winfrey → Paul McCartney → Steven Spielberg → Tom Hanks → Yo-Yo Ma →
honorsField	dance → film → music → opera → other performing arts → television → theater →
inception	1978 →
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. →
location	John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts →
mottoOrTheme	lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts →
namedAfter	John F. Kennedy →
organizer	John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts →
presentedBy	John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts →
purpose	to honor lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts →
selectionProcess	approval by the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees → recommendations from the Kennedy Center’s national artists committee →
typicalBroadcastMonth	December →
typicalNumberOfHonoreesPerYear	5 →

Referenced by (82)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Adolph Green → Agnes de Mille → Andrew Lloyd Webber → Angela Lansbury → Anthony Hopkins → Aretha Franklin → Arthur Miller → Barbra Streisand → Bette Davis → Betty Comden → Bob Hope → Buddy Guy → Carlos Santana → Carol Burnett → Carole King → Cary Grant → Chuck Berry → David Letterman → Diana Ross → Dick Van Dyke → Dick Van Dyke → Dizzy Gillespie → Dolly Parton → Edward Albee → Ella Fitzgerald → Elton John → Ginger Rogers ("Kennedy Center Honors (citation/recognition era, honorary-type distinctions)") → Harold Prince → Harry Belafonte → Isaac Stern → Itzhak Perlman → Jack Nicholson → Jason Robards → Joan Baez → John Williams → Johnny Carson → LL Cool J → Leonard Bernstein → Linda Ronstadt → Lionel Hampton → Lionel Richie → Louis Bernstein → Luciano Pavarotti → Lucille Ball → Maggie Smith → Maria Tallchief → Marian Anderson → Marlon Brando → Mavis Staples → Merle Haggard → Meryl Streep → Mikhail Baryshnikov → Morgan Freeman → Neil Diamond → Norman Lear → Paul McCartney → Pete Seeger → Ray Charles → Robert De Niro → Sean Connery → Seiji Ozawa → Stephen Sondheim → Stevie Wonder → Tina Turner → Tony Bennett → Willie Nelson → Willie Nelson → Yo-Yo Ma → Yo-Yo Ma → Zubin Mehta →	awardReceived
Dolly Parton → Dolly Parton → Fred Astaire → Gordon Getty ("Kennedy Center Honors (as patron of the arts, context-dependent)") → Martin Scorsese → Suzanne Farrell →	notableAward
Mark Twain Prize for American Humor →	associatedWith
The Boss →	associatedWithRecognition
Frederick Austerlitz →	honor
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts →	hosts
White House social functions ("Kennedy Center Honors reception") →	includesEventType
Don Mischer ("Kennedy Center Honors telecast") →	notableWork