Kennedy Center opens Nordic Cool cultural festival
This photo taken Feb. 19, 2013, shows the exhibit "Elk Towers," by artist Juha Pykalainen, outside the Kennedy Center in Washington during a media preview of "Nordic Cool," an international festival being held at the Kennedy Center . More than 700 artists from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, as well as Greenland, the Faroe Islands and the Aland Islands will present their work in theater, dance, music, visual arts, design, film, architecture and cuisine. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)