Deborah F. Rutter, the current president of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, will become the D.C. art institution’s first female president in September 2014.

Well, it would seem that the Kennedy Center is not entirely unaware of the criticism that it is demographically inert.

The 35th annual Kennedy Center Honors are on Sunday night, and chances are, you’re not going. But here are a few things to remember about the swankiest night on Washington’s cultural calendar.

After the Kennedy Center Honors were called out for their history of overlooking Latino artists, Kennedy Center President Michael Kaiser reportedly told the head of a major Latino political organization to “go fuck yourself.”

The Book of Mormon, tickets to which go for as much as $636 on Broadway, will anchor the Kennedy Center’s 2012-2013 theater season.

After announcing last week that the Lincoln Theatre would play host to a four-week run of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Mayor Vince Gray and other District officials held a press conference today on their grand visions for the 90-year-old venue, which will soon be under the District’s purview.