The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has announced its 2024 honors list. Grateful Dead, Bonnie Raitt, Francis Ford Coppola, Arturo Sandoval, and the New York venue Apollo Theater will be recognized for their contributions to the arts. The Washington, D.C., ceremony takes place on December 8, and will air on CBS and Paramount+.
David M. Rubenstein, the Kennedy Center chairman, said in a press release:
Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, and Bobby Weir, of the Grateful Dead, added, in part:
Read Emma Carmichael’s Sunday Review of Bonnie Raitt’s Nick of Time.