Arts leaders, community organizers and artists fear censorship, funding loss as Trump aims to "make the arts great again" The ...

A San-Francisco based orchestra was recently uninvited from performing at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

This political interference erodes artistic independence. The Kennedy Center’s tradition of nonpartisanship has ensured that ...

On Feb. 7, Trump announced on Truth Social that he would be terminating “multiple individuals from the Board of Trustees, including the Chairman,” referring to longtime Kennedy Center chair and major ...

Pulitzer-prize-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens is the most recent entertainer to cancel an appearance at the Kennedy Center ...

Supported by government money and private donations and attracting millions of visitors each year, the centre is a 100-foot-high complex that includes a concert hall and theatre.

At the center of this controversy is the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, a landmark performing arts venue ...

Trump announced his new position on his Truth Social page. The Kennedy Center’s longtime president, Deborah Rutter, was then fired, the Times reported. Those actions prompted Folds to resign as ...

Trump’s reshaping of the country is beginning to have deeper effects on communities. The Kennedy Center of Performing Arts Board announced on Feb. 8 that President Trump was voted in as its new ...

On February 12, 2025, Trump was “unanimously” elected chairman of the Kennedy Center after ousting longtime president Deborah Rutter and appointing several allies, including former ambassador ...

What we know about the Kennedy Center’s “drag show targeting youth” that sparked Trump’s ire and kicked off his takeover.

The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor is a big honor, but that doesn't mean every would-be recipient accepted. Robin ...