It's an institution wholly owned by the United States, it was first called The Cultural Center, only being renamed The Kennedy Center after John Kennedy's assassination, the Kennedy family has no controlling interest in it whatsoever
J.D. Vance accuses Europe of democratic deficits, while Trump appoints himself chairman of the Kennedy Center. As a culture journalist in Germany, I wonder what is happening to culture and cultural policy in the U.S. right now. It’s frightening.
This just makes me literally sick to my stomach! It reminds me of when Melania cut down Jackie Kennedy’s rose garden😢 Anything gaudy, tacky and tasteless and they love it. Money definitely cannot buy class.
As indicated by historian Henry Grosshans in his book Hitler and the Artists, Adolf Hitler who came to power in 1933 (quote): "saw Greek and Roman art as uncontaminated by Jewish influences. Modern art was [perceived by him as] an act of aesthetic violence by the Jews against the German spirit.
Will the Kennedy Center continue to have events? Not Trump’s 4-5 favorites list of entertainers or the type of entertainment common at CPAC, but real cultural events?
Or is this wonderful cultural institution now extinct?
Oh hell, just boycott it. Don’t support his new toy. Prove that ETTD.
Should if made them remove!! Why resign?!
Unbelievable how many people are just throwing their hands in the air and walking away. Not the energy we need..sorry but it looks weak
Horrible thoughts going through my head about how totalitarian regimes control artistic output. I know it's nowhere near that, but why on earth would Trump want to head it up? Scores to settle?
I read elsewhere that all 18 appointees by Biden were removed from the KC Board. Only his loyalists remain. If you recall, he never attended the Kennedy Center Honors during his past presidency. This is a hostile takeover. I hope the artists scheduled to perform in 2025 can cancel their contracts.
he never attended because the artists refused to go to a wh reception his first year in office, and that’s the reason for this takeover. revenge. the dumbest pettiest fuck in the universe.
Anything for more attention. I guess he doesn’t have enough to do, having delegated his main role to Elon. I’m sorry for the devoted artists and dancers who have to deal.
Soon the name Trump will be in full lights on top of the building, I sm sure. I have always loved seeing performances there but now will put that on total hold. Looking at the Folger’s or the Shakespeare theatre instead.
I think that he knows about the Kennedy Center because that's where the Correspondence Dinner is held every year. Recall Barack Obama f'd with him unmercifully. I don't think he has attended since. His ego needs to destroy it because the Washington elite laughed at & has hurt hims widdle feelings. 🙄
They should just all get back together under the newly created John f Kennedy center for the arts with mark cuban and Reid Hoffman and bill gates bank rolling the new center and just do what they were doing before but without the Trump government involved… pretty easy solution
At Correspondence Dinner circa 2010 and President Obama FRIED HIM ALIVE! It's hilarious and Trump was trapped in the middle of the room, BEET RED and had to take joke after joke after joke on the chin. The whole room was ROARING! Hopefully there's a copy of it online somewhere. 🤣😂🤣
The right thing. How long before the National Museum of African American History & Culture is closed for edits? This admin is abhorrent.
Interesting tv question, do all the federal procedural tv series need to fire their casts and recast? Can they run 2 months of federal employment litigation?
He's going to make it so classy! Cover everything in bright shiny gold, parfet floors that are peeling up in a couple of years, bathrooms with fancy chandeliers....
So interestingly, if you replace parquet floors with "dark red carpet". It kinda already looks like that. It's always been a bit gaudy but I figured it was a relic of it's time.
I don’t think I donated money to the KC but I’ve purchased tkts and attended shows. I just received the March-April 2025 Center Magazine but I called and had my name removed from their mailing list. I explained why. They also advised logging into my KC account and changing my preferences. Will do!
Good for her. I'm imagining future events there, similar to Trump's cabinet meetings where people fall over themselves to heap praise on him and he sits there with a smug smile basking in it. A whole evening of that. With Kid Rock. Ugh.
I can’t believe the board went along with this. Good for those who resigned. It will crumble into a dumpster fire…how sad for the denigration of the Kennedy name and a valued institution.
Not mentioned in the story is that he already fired all the people Biden had appointed to the board and replaced them with his loyalists. (It mentioned the people he appointed, but not that they were replacing Democratic-appointed board members rather than those previously appointed by Republicans.)
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Or is this wonderful cultural institution now extinct?
Oh hell, just boycott it. Don’t support his new toy. Prove that ETTD.
Unbelievable how many people are just throwing their hands in the air and walking away. Not the energy we need..sorry but it looks weak
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-skip-kennedy-center-honors-amid-boycott-threat/story?id=49308996
The Kennedy Center’s lost its grace.
Soon drenched in gold. A tacky place.
No Shakespeare left. No Sondheim plays.
Just Kid Rock crooning MAGA praise.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kennedy-center-cancels-acclaimed-kids-musical-over-sparkly-boys-creators-hint/ar-AA1z3SUg?ocid=msedgntp&pc=DCTS&cvid=2ffadc4d89f84491a642901be0a497ac&ei=14
Interesting tv question, do all the federal procedural tv series need to fire their casts and recast? Can they run 2 months of federal employment litigation?