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Amid an overhaul at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, a musician is calling out the interim president for an "unprofessional and rude" email exchange. Guitarist and composer ...
Guster performing with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center (Photograph by Justin Goodhart) On Friday night, the first of the two shows, we played an incredibly moving set ...
WASHINGTON — A heated email exchange between guitarist Yasmin Williams and Kennedy Center Interim Executive ... one of the nation’s most prominent performing arts institutions.
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Williams asked Grenell about reported walk-backs of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at the center. The Trump Administration removed president ...
On February 12, 2025, I received a call from a staff member of the Kennedy Center, where I had been ... unless we removed the “drag-adjacent” performance by my friend and collaborator Anthony ...
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Bette Midler, Berry Gordy among new Kennedy Center honorees The Kennedy Center Honors will return in December with a class that includes Motown Records ...
the Kennedy Center featured Drag Shows specifically targeting our youth — THIS WILL STOP.” Judging by the numbers from the March 29 performance, he is well on track to keep his promise. The ...
Williams asked. "What, if anything, has changed about the Kennedy Center regarding hiring practices, performance booking, and staffing?" Within two hours, Grenell responded: "Let me ask you this ...