‘All Red Hair and No. B.S.’: Grateful Dead and Bonnie Raitt Tributes Soar at Kennedy Center Honors
variety.comPaul Harris The 2024 edition of the Kennedy Center Honors celebrated an eclectic assortment of entertainers Sunday night: filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, singer Bonnie Raitt, trumpeter Arturo Sandoval and surviving members of the Grateful Dead.
The organization also bestowed its honor on an entertainment venue for the first time, New York’s iconic Apollo Theater. As per tradition, the honorees observed the proceedings from the presidential box in the Kennedy Center Opera House, accompanied by President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and First Husband Doug Emhoff.
Freshly arrived from a White House reception, all received rousing ovations from an appreciative audience when introduced. That White House tradition could go on hiatus during the incoming Trump administration, since Donald Trump notably declined to participate in the affair during his first presidency.
Nonetheless, invitations will be extended by the rigidly nonpartisan arts institution, the Kencen assures. Slated to air on CBS Dec.
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