The monument has been closed since August 2016.

Thanks again, David Rubenstein!

The performing arts center announced today that it has raised an additional $40 million for a project that would add 60,000 square feet of rehearsal space, classroom space and multipurpose rooms, as well as gardens and an an outdoor video wall for simulcast performances.

Get ready for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to increase its already hulking position on shores of the Potomac River.

David Rubenstein, the billionaire venture capitalist and philanthropist, unveiled at the National Archives this morning his copy of the Magna Carta, the 13th-century English document that set the groundwork for our system of common law.

Local philanthropist David Rubenstein has agreed to split the cost of repairing the Washington Monument with the federal government, kicking in $7.5 million to patch up the iconic obelisk that was damaged in the August 23 earthquake.