Arabesque Opens at the Kennedy Center

"Arabesque: Arts of the Arab World" opened at "the Kennedy Center":http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/festivals/08-09/arabesque/ in Washington on Monday. Here's the first in a series of broadcast reports, which aired Monday evening on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. It's a good scene-setter with interviews with some of the aritists, Kennedy Center President Michael Kaiser and Alicia Adams, the Kennedy Center's head of international programming. _Link to the transcript and a downloadable audio version_ "right here":http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june09/arabesque_02-23.html.