Gerd Stern, Beat Era Poet and Multimedia Artist, Dies at 96

Gerd Stern, Beat Era Poet and Multimedia Artist, Dies at 96

An Aquarian Age savant, he was a founder of the artists’ collective USCO, which helped define the 1960s with psychedelic, sensory-overloading installations and performances.
At Kennedy Center, Trump Inherits a Tough Job: Fund-Raising

At Kennedy Center, Trump Inherits a Tough Job: Fund-Raising

For the arts institution, which receives only a small portion of its budget from federal funding, the perennial challenge is to raise additional revenue through ticket sales and private donations.