'Arabesque' Opens at Kennedy Center in DC

"Arabesque: Arts of the Arab World," the $10 million, three-week festival at the Kennedy Center, began on Monday. It features 800 artists from 22 different countries including Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt, Somalia and Sudan, including a production from Kuwait that portrays Saddam Hussein as Richard III. It the largest presentation of Arab arts ever in the United States. Click here for the full program.

Kennedy Center Development Programs

The US Department of State and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is offering professional development opportunities to 8 arts management professionals between the ages 25-35 from selected countries and to 44 emerging performing artists between the ages 19-30 from selected countries. The arts management program will be three weeks and will include one week of practical mentorship experience. The emerging artist program will be two weeks and will include visits to at least two U.S. cities. To read learn more about the arts management program, click here, and for the performing arts program, click here.