The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture.

A plane carrying a weapon more dangerous than a nuclear weapon goes down near Greece. To prevent panic, the officials go in dressed as tourists (who are dressed so casually that the pilots assume that they are all gay). The pilots are not to make themselves known and can't contact the rescue team. The secrecy causes a comedy of errors including the desolate Greek Isle deciding that since tourists have now arrived, they have to become touristy.

Christmas presentation of the CBS television series, Playhouse 90, featuring Tchaikovsky's ballet performed by the New York City Ballet, choreographed by George Balanchine, and conducted by Robert Irving.

A ballet version of Shakespeare's play, featuring the New York City Ballet.

New Yorkers such as novelist Salman Rushdie, Yankees manager Joe Torre and hip-hop star Russell Simmons discuss how 9/11 altered their perception of the world.