1 A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (engineering) one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, such as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or steam engine. 2  A bird, the greylag.
Washington, D.C. Coordinates. The Walter E. Washington Convention Center is a 2,300,000-square-foot (210,000 m2) convention center located in Washington, D.C., USA, owned and operated by the city's convention arm, Events DC.
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington, DC) dc-ken-bed.jpg Mary Stuart Masterson and Jeremy Davidson in the Kennedy Center production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as part of the Tennessee Williams Explored celebration. Photo by Joan Marcus The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC is the national center for the performing arts, opening in 1971 and named after President Kennedy, a lifelong supporter of the arts.