The Roxbury Center for the Performing Arts' annual show "Sankofa" in inspired by a Ghanaian term that means to look back at the past to learn for the future.

Here is a brief history of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. In 1955, President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed the nation build a public auditorium in Washington, D.C as a means to keep up with the global arts and culture scene, per the Kennedy Center’s official website.

President Donald Trump visited the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Monday. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday visited the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, where he took a tour and chaired a meeting of its board of directors.