• Front row from left, 2024 Kennedy Center Honorees Arturo Sandoval, Francis Ford Coppola, Bonnie Raitt, Bobby Weir, Mickey Hart; second row from left, Michelle Ebanks, Kamilah Forbes, Jonelle Procope, and Billy Kreutzmann pose for a photo at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors Dinner, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, in Washington.
    Kennedy Center December 9, 2024 7:50 am

    Kennedy Center pays tribute to Coppola, the Grateful Dead, Raitt, Sandoval and The Apollo

    Celebrities, cultural icons and a few surprise guests have paid tribute to honorees at the annual Kennedy Center Honors celebration in Washington. This year’s recipients of the lifetime achievement award for artistic accomplishment are director Francis Ford Coppola, the Grateful Dead, jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, and singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt. The venerable Harlem theater The Apollo, which has launched generations of...

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