Three artists, a band and a building walk into the Kennedy Center. Well, that’s probably not how it’ll happen. But in an usual twist, storied Harlem theater the Apollo, New York’s gravitational center for Black arts which turns 90 this year, is among the 47th class of Kennedy Center honorees.
The honor “certainly wasn’t expected,” said the Apollo’s president and CEO, Michelle Ebanks. “Artists receive this award. But then the Apollo is an iconic stage for artists.
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