On April 22, the Kennedy Center celebrated its SpringGala in its 30th anniversary year. Chaired by husband-and-wife Jeanne and Otto Ruesch, the evening raised arecord $2.5 million for the center’s education and outreachprojects. Featured performers at the performancein the Concert Hall included the National SymphonyOrchestra’s Leonard Slatkin, Art Garfunkel, DebbieAllen, Christine Baranski, Broadway actor Norm Lewis,and ballerina Nina Ananiashvili. Among the notableguests were former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev,and Kennedy Center patron Alberto Vilar, who recentlydonated $50 million to the center.