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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, commonly referred to as the Kennedy Center, is the official national cultural center of the United States, located along the Potomac River near the Watergate complex. The center was opened to the public in 1971 as a memorial to President John F. Kennedy and presents more than 3,500 annual performances across a variety of performing arts genres, including theatrical, dance, and orchestral performances. A wide variety of free programming is presented each day at the center through the Performing Arts for Everyone initiative, hosted at the center's Millennium Stage. Visitors can watch classical and popular music concerts, dance performances, comedy routings, and storytelling and theatrical performances, with webcasts of all free performances maintained on the center's website.
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