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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Several artists have cancelled their upcoming performances at the newly renamed Trump-Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., publicly ...

Legendary banjo player Béla Fleck, winner of 18 Grammy Awards, is the latest artist to cancel a performance following the ...

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

The Kennedy Center changed its bylaws earlier this year to limit voting to board members appointed by the president. The Kennedy Center currently has 34 presidentially-appointed board members, ...

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 ...

The musician claimed the institution has become "charged and political" in the wake of the addition of President Donald Trump ...

"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 ...

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

Several artists have cancelled their upcoming performances at the newly renamed Trump-Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., publicly voicing their opposition to President Donald Trump’s name being added ...