The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., has dissolved its Social Impact division, which partnered with local organizations to bring in diverse artists and audiences.
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I’m surprised they haven’t announced a Lee Greenwood residency there yet where he will play 3 hours of ‘Proud to Be American’ over and over and over again.
This bums me out so much. It's a wonderful performing arts center, named for a man who left us too soon and who would have fought this with every breath in his body.
Caving to a dictator is no sign of strength. Great way to spit on the grave of one of this country's greatest Presidents. Maybe we should rename it, Trump's Glorious Compromised Center for What He Deems Art, as a tribute to the only convict ever to rule by extortion from the Resolute desk.
Another establishment to boycott. We’re going have a lot of free time and money after boycotting all these fascism supporters. We should take that time and money and invest in democratically run businesses like worker coops to further undermine these fascists.
Conan receiving mark Twain prize seems a fitting end prior to the four years sabbatical for Kennedy Center. Arts Orgs boycott the “whatever hell dim wit name it is falsely annointed”
Caroline Kennedy should insist they drop her father's name from this hellhole that is about to honor Kid Rock, Rush Limbaugh, Ted Nugent and Scott Baio.
We will just have to accept that the Kennedy Center will be functionally dead for the next 4 years. Hopefully, the next administration will be able to resurrect it. The first action should be to remove Trump and anyone he appoints to its board.
If we don't have hope, we have already lost. That is what the autocrat wants. We fight because we have no other choice. I know that I don't like living in the Trump autocracy and will do what is necessary to fight it.
Those would have been nice. Conan made some not so subtle jabs toward the administration, but something like this would have led to, at least, more of that.
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So many must of been preparing to perform and to be told because they aren’t white they can’t.
How I hate trump.
Soon we’ll be awarded with the vocal stylings of soulful Lee Greenwood & mesmerizing Kid Rock! Ohh joy!!!
Next up it’ll be renamed
“The Donald Trump golf course and Hegseth square dance jamboree place”
The wonderment of creative diverse art is indelible in many of my fellow humans *
At most, some presenters might have bailed on it.