On Feb. 12, the Kennedy Center board appointed President Trump as the new chair after he fired several Biden-appointed board ...

What will a thin-skinned showman do with an institution central to Washington’s cultural life? One expectation is more ...

President Trump and his appointees are now solely in charge of the Kennedy Center. Performers protested by dancing.

After mostly steering clear of the national cultural center during his first term, Trump has moved quickly to take control as ...

Proponents of President Trump’s shakeup at Washington’s Kennedy Center say the venue’s track record of politicizing art goes beyond a single drag show.

President Trump makes alarming changes at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; meanwhile, Frieze Los Angeles, ...

This public-private performing arts center relies on some $85 million in donations every year. Will its sudden politicization ...

Why must every president overplay his hand?” Christopher J. Scalia wrote on X the other day. Scalia, the son of the famed Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and hardly a raging progressive, was ...

Comedian W. Kamau Bell speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about his decision to perform at the Kennedy Center after President ...

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