The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is a premier venue for the performing arts in the US, with more than 2,000 performances a year and two million visitors. Its many visitors come to enjoy classical and contemporary music, opera, drama, dance, theater, ballet, jazz, hip-hop, comedy and symphonies from the U.S. and other countries. The arts center is a living monument in honor of President John F. Kennedy. It was designated as such by an act of Congress in 1964 and opened in 1971, shortly after Kennedy's death in 1963. But Donald Trump jumped on the opportunity to snatch the name from legendary U.S. President J.F.K.