White House to host Evening of the Arts

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Somehow this will be made into a scandal along the vein of, "Damn artsy fartsy liberals!! The President should be spending his evenings eating Cheeze Doodles and playing Stratego!!"

Tonight in the East Room, President Obama and the First Lady will host an evening of poetry, music and the spoken word; the event will be streamed live on WhiteHouse.gov.

Featured performers include: James Earl Jones, Pulitzer-prize winning author Michael Chabon, Ayelet Waldman, Esperanza Spalding, pianist Eric Lewis, Lin Manuel Miranda, Mayda Del Valle, and Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio and Joshua Brandon Bennett from HBO’s Brave New Voices Youth Poetry contest.

"There will be an emphasis on dialogue and communicating with each other about diverse experiences," the White House says.