Leonard Bernstein was born in Lawrence ... Officer and Commandeur of the Legion d'Honneur). He received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1980. World peace was a particular concern of Bernstein. Speaking ...

Queen Latifah, who was a 2023 Kennedy Center Honors recipient ... Center Honorees who have hosted the show, including Leonard Bernstein, Gene Kelly (he closed the 1979 ceremony), Beverly Sills ...

The Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts at Brandeis honors his legacy as an artist ... was commissioned for the opening of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, ...