Learn more about Duke Ellington today—his 125 birthday—with our new @kencen Artist + Work resource. Ellington's 1950 symphonic composition, "Harlem," demonstrated unprecedented storytelling through the jazz idiom. https://t.co/6cN3su2shX
🎥 Barbie Watch Party in ASL
🗓️ Saturday, March 23
🕑 2:00pm - 4:00pm
📍 MLK Library, 401-A Conference Room
Experience the magic of "Barbie" with ASL built in! Fun, inclusive, and open to all! 🎬
Hope to see you at the 2023 Ed Games Expo hosted by the Institute of Education Sciences at the REACH this week! Full agenda of events here: https://t.co/2DytR1dIS5
Journey back in time 50 years ago today and follow the rise of hip hop culture through the decades with the most popular resource in the @kencen Digital Resources Library: "Hip Hop: A Culture of Vision and Voice." https://t.co/GWVaiIwdZD #hiphop#hiphop50
Teach about Irish culture through traditional folk music and dance with @kencen featured lesson: Céilís: Exploring Irish Folk Dance. Includes a range of content if you just want to pick and choose. https://t.co/ikaaNK6UVX ☘️ #DigitalLearning#ArtsEducation#ArtsIntegration
Langston Hughes was born on this day in 1901. Check out our lesson plan, "Discovering Rhythm, Improv, Jazz, and Poetry" where students explore the works of Hughes, Yusef Komunyakaa & Sonia Sanchez & apply musicality & sound elements to original poems! https://t.co/txnF0S82Sb
Thank you @JackieWoodson for being You and telling us ALL the stories we need to hear. The World Belonged to Us at @kencen with a host of activities from double Dutch, DJs, Go-Go and a Second Line. Photo by @jatiphoto
OMG! Yes, thank you @TchKimPossible and check out upcoming live theater, music, and dance adaptations of these and other incredible @JackieWoodson works of art coming to the @kencen like, for instance (and coincidence), The Day You Begin! https://t.co/4hjt8Aixwy
Beyond thrilled and excited to share the educator guide for @JackieWoodson's picture books written by @TchKimPossible! Get activities, discussion questions, prompts, and more to bring these three incredible books into your classroom!
Download the guide: https://t.co/TJsHqHVGrf
I often need a mid-day pick me up. Nothing does the trick like rewatching Aretha Franklin's iconic 2015 Kennedy Center Honors performance. Forget a mic drop, it's all about the mink drop. You won't regret watching it (again or for the first time): https://t.co/443YN7SEXI
Happy birthday to President John F. Kennedy! 🥳
#OnThisDay in 1917, our 35th president was born in Brookline, Massachusetts.
📸 via @JFKLibrary, Senator John F. Kennedy campaigns in Indiana, 1960. SWPC-JFK-C001-002
Happy 105th birthday President John F. Kennedy! Learn more about our 35th president and the @KenCen Kennedy Center with our @ZapparApp powered augmented reality tours (on or off site) featuring Mo Willems' @The_Pigeon. https://t.co/RSb92f7slE
TFW three amazingly talented musical artists whose content you have helped produce and publish in the past couple of years collaborate on a new single together! Congrats @lucytoon , @FaluMusic , and @FYUTCH on a #joyful, #spicy, and #soulful new single! https://t.co/XfPPXxAyGA
Happy Earth Day! We have some lesson plans that will help your students explore the many wonders of our planet in arts-informed ways. Topics include recycling, weather, butterflies, sunflowers, trees, and more! 💚 🌎 💙 #earthday#kennedycenter https://t.co/h0nMI1wxxe
It's Major League Baseball opening day! Step up to the plate for a baseball-themed, interactive, gamified orchestral learning experience like no other. Swing for the fences with our #PerfectPitch interactive! #orchestra#learninggame#kennedycenter https://t.co/rakysSJ9Rm