Art that is sanctioned by the state without the ability to criticize the state, as Trump wants to see, is no better than ...

After more than five decades as the venue's resident ensemble, Washington National Opera has parted ways with the Kennedy ...

Numerous artists and musicians have canceled their scheduled appearances at the performing arts center after the board voted ...

A view of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts which was recently renamed the âThe Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the performing artsâ in Washington, DC on ...

"What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet." That question, posed by Juliet in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," seems to now occupy much of Washington. At a ...

Jan. 1, 2026 Updated Thu., Jan. 1, 2026 at 2:30 p.m. FILE -- The tarp is removed after workers added the name of President Donald Trump to the facade of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ...

Béla Fleck has withdrawn from an upcoming Kennedy Center engagement amid controversy surrounding its renaming for Donald Trump.

Legendary banjo player Béla Fleck, winner of 18 Grammy Awards, is the latest artist to cancel a performance following the move to add President Donald Trump’s name to the Kennedy Center. Fleck was ...

Two GW professors who double as Washington National Opera musicians voiced their support for the company’s decision to leave ...