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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (formally called the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, and commonly referred to as the Kennedy Center) is a performing arts center located on the Potomac River , adjacent to the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C. The Center, which opened September 8, 1971, is a multi-dimensional facility: both an enduring memorial to John F. Kennedy and a thriving cultural center, it produces a wide array of performances encompassing the genres of theater, dance, ballet, and orchestral, chamber, jazz , popular, and folk music , offers multi-media performances for adults and children of all ages, and is a nexus of arts education. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Center_for_the_Performing_Arts http://www.kennedy-center.org/    

The United States Capitol , often called the Capitol Building, is the home of the United States Congress , and the seat of the legislative branch of the U.S. federal government . It sits atop Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Though not at the geographic center of the Federal District , the Capitol forms the origin point for the District's street-numbering system and the District's four quadrants . The original building was completed in 1800 and was subsequently expanded, particularly with the addition of the massive dome , and expanded chambers for the bicameral legislature, the House of Representatives in the south wing and the Senate in the north wing. Like the principal buildings of the executive and judicial branches, the Capitol is built in a distinctive neoclassical style and has a white exterior. Both its east and west elevations are formally referred to as fronts, though only the east front was intended for the recept...