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Who deserves a Kennedy Center Honor?

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The recipients of this year’s Kennedy Center Honors won’t be announced until late summer or early fall — the deliberations for who will be named are still ongoing. With that in mind, our critics weigh in with recommendations for the most deserving artists.

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Carolyn Hax

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Not feeling the love

How should someone react when parents say their child was unwanted?

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Tourists de force

Tourists de force

Michigan eighth-graders’ whirlwind visit to Washington is cause for excitement.

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Kate Middleton's wedding dress on display

Video: Kate Middleton's wedding dress on display

Buckingham Palace's newest exhibition features the wedding dress of the Duchess of Cambridge. (July 22)
Kate Middleton's wedding dress on display

Kate Middleton's wedding dress on display

Buckingham Palace's newest exhibition features the wedding dress of the Duchess of Cambridge. (July 22)
'Twilight' cast at Comic-con on filming 'Breaking Dawn'

'Twilight' cast at Comic-con on filming 'Breaking Dawn'

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Judge: Lohan must get psychological help

Judge: Lohan must get psychological help

A Los Angeles judge has given troubled actress Lindsay Lohan 21 days to seek psychological treatment. Her attorney, Shawn Chapman Holley, says her client can't afford to pay for counseling. (July 21)

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Eitan Kiss, 6 and Nava Kiss, 11 of Fairfax spent two weeks visiting their

Traveling far from home

KidsPost readers share photos from visits to South Korea, Israel, Greece, Ireland and the Netherlands.

SLUG: ST/ENCHANTED9. DATE: Downloaded E-mail 04/08/2004 (mmm) CREDIT: Photo by David Appleby/Courtesy Miramax Films. CAPTION: Anne Hathaway and Hugh Dancy in 'Ella Enchanted.'

KidsPost’s free movie night

Come to a free screening of “Ella Enchanted” as the grand finale to the KidsPost Summer Book Club.

‘Bye Bye Birdie’

How to go see the musical “Bye Bye Birdie” at the Sitar Arts Center.

WASHINGTON, D.C., JULY 12, 2011. Jhoselin (Jhoselin Contreras, 14, is her full name but I was told by the center that only the first names of the students can be used for publication) right and fellow students rehears for an upcoming musical performance at Sitar, an Arts Center providing multidisciplinary arts education to the children and youth of mostly low-income households in Washington, D.C.. The musical is part of Sitar's summer camp during which each year for 6 weeks the young participants put on a real musical in their theater that is open to the public and runs three nights. (Photo by ASTRID RIECKEN For The Washington Post)

It takes hard work to put on a fun show

It’s hard to pull off a finished musical in just six weeks, especially when all the performers are age 10 to 16. This is what the kids at Sitar Arts Center have to do each week to get it done.

Linda Catalan, Paloma Catalan, Amanda Chulick, Jhoselin Contreras, Matlhodi Sebolai, Anastasia Frierson

Making a musical

KidsPost followed kids at the Sitar Arts Center through rehearsals of their summer musical “Bye Bye Birdie” to let readers see how a musical theater production comes together.

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