The Kennedy Center on Twitter: "Today marks the 50th anniversary of former First Lady Jackie Kennedy's first visit to the Kennedy Center for the second gala opening of Bernstein's Mass—just 9 months
![The Kennedy Center on Twitter: "From the #KenCenArchives for #BlackHistoryMonth: contralto #MarianAnderson's legendary voice and tireless fight for racial equity placed her among our first-ever #KCHonors recipients and led to her role The Kennedy Center on Twitter: "From the #KenCenArchives for #BlackHistoryMonth: contralto #MarianAnderson's legendary voice and tireless fight for racial equity placed her among our first-ever #KCHonors recipients and led to her role](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EtZck3AXUAk_0WD.jpg)
The Kennedy Center on Twitter: "From the #KenCenArchives for #BlackHistoryMonth: contralto #MarianAnderson's legendary voice and tireless fight for racial equity placed her among our first-ever #KCHonors recipients and led to her role
The Kennedy Center - In honor of #OperaDay, look back on the second-ever opera in our Opera House: a production of Handel's Ariodante—the opera's staged debut in the U.S.!—during the venue's inaugural
![An aerial view of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts - NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search An aerial view of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts - NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search](https://cdn10.picryl.com/photo/1988/03/01/an-aerial-view-of-the-john-f-kennedy-center-for-the-performing-arts-840e5b-1600.jpg)