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The Kennedy Center is ending the year with a new round of artists saying they are canceling scheduled performances after President Donald Trump's name was added to the facility.

The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building.

The original Betty Boop, the first four Nancy Drew books and Greta Garbo's first talkie are among the many works from 1930 that will be free to use, share and remake starting on Jan. 1.

On Dec. 9, 1965, "A Charlie Brown Christmas" premiered on television. In 1995, Peanuts creator Charles Schulz spoke with NPR's Bob Edwards on Morning Edition.

Musician esperanza spalding was in college when she became a fan of Brazilian singer Milton Nascimento. Now she's made an album with him.

Sam Crespino, Josiah Dean-Ware, Connor Dively, Emi Greenfield, Aiden Ledbetter and Armin Schulz-Baldes visited IPR's Studio A to perform the jazz standard "Misty."

The jazz pianist performs a decades-spanning set, including a new, improvised version of "Nautilus" with DJ Jazzy Jeff and Talib Kweli.

The second annual All Call Music Festival will be returning to downtown Traverse City this Labor Day Weekend, bringing an exciting wave of new bands and eclectic musicians to northern Michigan.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Givonna Joseph of Loyola University New Orleans and Gwen Thompkins of WWNO radio about the influence of opera on jazz music.

The pianist's 1958 recording At The Pershing: But Not For Me spent 108 weeks on the Billboard album chart.