The Kennedy Center will not close on July 5, 2026. The Washington Post is reporting that the center will stay open for the time being, during an ongoing legal battle faced regarding its renaming and renovation project. The news outlet stated that Kennedy Center executives have stated that the venue will stay open but new shows and concerts will not {…}
The Kennedy Center is finding another way use Donald J. Trump’s name as a branding opportunity. CBS News is reporting that the performing arts center will establish a new endowment in President Trump’s name to support previously existing private endowments and its $257 million in federal funding. The new endowment was created after a board meeting on Thursday, June 11, {…}
Donald Trump’s name has officially been removed from the facade of the Kennedy Center. Earlier on Friday, June 12, a crew erected a scaffolding and put a tarp over it as they removed the letters of the president’s name from the facade in the morning of Saturday June 13. As the letters were being removed, many news outlets live-streamed the {…}
A federal judge has denied the Department of Justice’s request to lift an order requiring the removal of President Donald Trump’s name off the facade of the Kennedy Center. The news comes after the Trump loyalist board of the Kennedy Center voted to seek a stay of U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper’s May 29 ruling that said Trump’s name was {…}
The loyalist board of the Kennedy Center is appealing the decision to remove President Donald Trump’s name from the performing arts center. The news came after the board voted on Thursday, June 11 to seek a stay of U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper’s May 29 ruling that said Trump’s name was illegally added to the Kennedy Center. According to the {…}
Donald J. Trump’s name has been removed from the website logo of the Kennedy Center. The news comes after a federal judge ruled that President Trump’s name had been added to the center illegally and had to be removed from the institution’s branding. While Trump’s name is still on the building’s facade, the name must be removed by June 12. {…}
After a judge ordered the board of the Kennedy Center to remove Donald Trump’s name, the U.S. President has announced that he will no longer close the performing arts center. In a truth social post, the president said that he would be transferring all the power back to the congress so they could figure out what to do with the {…}
Richard Grenell is stepping down from John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts after a year of chaos and after it was announced that the institution would be closed on July 5 for two years. Matt Floca will replace Grenell. Preside Donald J. Trump announced the news stating, “I am pleased to announce that Matt Floca, subject to the {…}
As was the case with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the annual Kennedy Center Honors will be renamed to Trump Kennedy Center Honors. Executive Director Richard Grenell confirmed the news in a Washington radio station interview in which he said that the new honors will take place this year in a smaller venue given that the {…}
The National Symphony Orchestra has now been forced to play catch up after Present Donald Trump announced that he was closing the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for two years of renovation. According to reports the orchestra was surprised by the announcement and had gotten no prior notice. As a result, Joan Bialek, chair of the National {…}
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), has issued a statement following President Trumps announcement that he is closing the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for two years. In a statement Whitehouse said, “As President Trump continues his demolition tour of Washington, he’s now setting his sights on one {…}