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The Kennedy Center cannot include new memorials or plaques — for donors or presidents — under U.S. law. Republicans would ...
Republicans have proposed renaming the Kennedy Center Opera House after Melania Trump, sparking controversy and political debate over cultural institutions.
Republicans push bill that would force Kennedy Center Opera House to be renamed after Melania Trump - The First Lady is the ...
The Kennedy Center, established as a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy, has historically maintained its artistic independence while receiving federal funding. Cultural implications and ...
President Trump is taking center stage at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. "We are going to make a lot of changes," he said earlier this month, "including the seats ...
Richard Grenell, Trump-appointed Kennedy Center interim director, criticizes Les Mis performers and Lin-Manuel Miranda amid rising tensions between artists and the Trump-aligned arts institution ...
Deborah Rutter, the now-former president of the Kennedy Center who was replaced last month by Richard Grenell, a longtime Trump confidant, began her tenure in 2014 with the mandate to ensure that ...
Five Democratic lawmakers will be hosting a protest concert at the President Donald Trump-controlled Kennedy Center on Monday, in the form of a Pride Month, invite-only event. Spearheaded by John ...
President Trump on Monday delivered remarks to members of the Kennedy Center board of trustees, which Trump drastically overhauled earlier this year as he sought to put his stamp on the performing … ...
A National Cultural Center reflected a conception of the arts that flourished under President John F. Kennedy, for whom the center was named as a living memorial after his assassination in 1963.
The Kennedy Center is, and has been for more than 50 years, a place for high-quality music, dance, theater, performance and, above all, education for our young people.
Symphony orchestra audiences aren't known for their rowdiness, but the vice president and second lady Usha Vance were loudly booed by the crowd as they entered the Concert Hall on Thursday night.