{"id":71643,"date":"2021-07-22T14:36:37","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T18:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=71643"},"modified":"2021-07-22T14:36:37","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T18:36:37","slug":"scoop-canadians-icons-recognized-kennedy-center-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2021\/07\/22\/scoop-canadians-icons-recognized-kennedy-center-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Canadians Icons To Be Recognized At Kennedy Center Honors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71644\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Kennedy_Center_Honors.jpg\" alt=\"Kennedy_Center_Honors\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has announced its annual lifetime achievement award winners.<br \/>\nFor the first time, two Canadians have made the cut to be recognized at the annual Kennedy Center Honors, celebrating their lifetime achievements in the arts.<\/p>\n<p>Iconic singer-songwriter <strong>Joni Mitchell<\/strong> and Saturday Night Live creator <strong>Lorne Michaels<\/strong> round out five honourees.<br \/>\nOperatic bass-baritone <strong>Justino D\u00edaz<\/strong>, Motown founder <strong>Berry Gordy<\/strong>, and legendary stage and film star <strong>Bette Midler<\/strong> will also be honoured.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What they\u2019re saying<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cSongstress Joni Mitchell blends raw, deeply personal lyrics with her stunningly ethereal voice in 19 albums, becoming one of the most influential singer-songwriters and cultural figures in 20th-century popular music,\u201d said Kennedy Center Chairman David M. Rubenstein.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m grateful to the Kennedy Center for bestowing this honor on my work and I look forward to being a part of this prestigious celebration of the arts,\u201d said Joni Mitchell in a statement. \u201cI wish my mother and father were alive to see this. It\u2019s a long way from Saskatoon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Kennedy Center&#8217;s commitment to the performing arts has always been an important force in American culture,\u201d wrote Michaels in a statement. \u201cBeing acknowledged here and included in this company is an honor in the truest sense. I am deeply grateful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Break out the Tux<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Kennedy Center Honors are awarded annually to those in the performing arts who have made significant contributions to American culture throughout their lives.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1978, the awards have been given out yearly, culminating in a star-studded gala in December at the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington, D.C. to celebrate the recipients.<\/p>\n<p>The 44th annual Kennedy Center Honors will be awarded during a live event on December 5, with the television broadcast on CBS. It will also be available to stream on-demand on Paramount+.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em><b>#LUDWIGVAN<\/b><\/em><\/h3>\n<p class=\"western\"><em>Get the daily arts news straight to your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em>Sign up for the Ludwig van Daily \u2014 classical music and opera in five minutes or less <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/ludwig-van.us9.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=4f785cb3f9058f2393ccad035&amp;id=57cdb68eac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>HERE<\/em><\/a>.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time, two Canadians have made the cut to be recognized at the annual Kennedy Center Honors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":71644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[38476,5,39],"tags":[39745,39744,39746],"yst_prominent_words":[12393,10459,18761,12996,12840,18763,18754,31200,10704,12999,8980,7951],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Kennedy_Center_Honors.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-iDx","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71643"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71643"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71645,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71643\/revisions\/71645"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71643"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=71643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}