Elizabeth Blair
Stories
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Where are Kennedy Center audiences going?
Most of us have a venue we love — a theater or concert space — where we really feel at home. But what do you do if that place goes through radical changes?
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Here's what a shutdown means for Smithsonian museums, memorials and the zoo
History tells us visitors will likely find shuttered doors at major cultural institutions. But they will also find plenty of alternatives.
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Wary of changes under Trump, 'citizen historians' are documenting the Smithsonian
Historians and citizens who say they are concerned about the Trump administration's pressure on the Smithsonian are working to document exhibits, as they exist today, throughout the museum network.
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Happy 75th birthday to Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby's big-kid neighbor
Beverly Cleary's fictional third grader with an adopted dog named Ribsy made his debut in 1950. Cleary was praised for writing simple, humorous stories that kids wanted to read.
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20 new dance projects will receive up to $100K each — but the grant program is ending
Today 20 dance projects from around the country won grants totaling $100,000 dollars each. The announcement comes from the National Dance Project. These grants are among the most coveted in the dance world because they cover a range of costs including fees to artists and presenters as well as operating support. But this round of winners is the last of its kind due to a funding shortage.
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Ed People: the 'favorite dance move' guy
"More dance, less hate." Belgian dancer and social media influencer Ed People travels the globe asking people 'Can you show me your favorite dance move?' The result has been hundreds of videos that he hopes will show how there's more that unites than divides human beings, one dance step at a time.
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Trump was 'very involved' in Kennedy Center Honorees selection, vetoed 'wokesters'
Trump announced the Kennedy Center Honorees on Wednesday. They are Sylvester Stallone, Gloria Gaynor, Kiss, George Strait and Michael Crawford.
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Federal judge rules cuts to humanities grants were 'unlawful'
The ruling deems the government's termination of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities "unlawful" and allows a lawsuit brought by humanities groups to move forward.
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'Each Peach Pear Plum' author Allan Ahlberg dies at 87
Bestselling children's writer Allan Ahlberg has died at the age of 87. Many of his books -- like Each Peach Pear Plum and The Jolly Postman -- were illustrated by his wife, Janet, who died in 1990.
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Artist cancels her exhibition after Smithsonian wants to remove a portrait
Artist Amy Sherald, who painted Michelle Obama's portrait, has canceled an upcoming exhibition of her work at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery after a dispute.
