Donald Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center- Page 16

[KevinKlawitter]

Posted: 3/27/25 at 10:01pm

nmartin said: "Is this debt figure accurate? "

It's a non-profit. Who cares?

[ACL2006]

Posted: 3/28/25 at 7:26am

Kennedy Center has been in debt for years.

[nmartin]

Posted: 3/28/25 at 10:04am

Kevin said, "It's a non-profit. Who cares?"

I should hope someone in a position of authority at the Kennedy Center cares.

Forty million dollars in debt is inexcusable.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 3/28/25 at 10:17am

Nonprofits like the Kennedy Center rely heavily on contributions, grants, and fundraising efforts to offset operating costs. They often run annual deficits that are balanced by pledged or incoming donations, endowment draws, and other long-term funding streams.

[MezzA101]

Posted: 3/28/25 at 10:53am

'Fellow Travelers' Opera Releases Statement On Kennedy Center Withdrawal

https://deadline.com/2025/03/fellow-travelers-opera-kennedy-center-1236352623/

[MezzA101]

Posted: 3/28/25 at 12:03pm

Trump Orders Smithsonian Institution to Promote ‘American Greatness’

The president complained in an executive order that the Smithsonian had advanced “narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/arts/design/trump-smithsonian-institution-eo.html?unlocked_article_code=1.7U4.nTVZ.qQnBjstI54hK&smid=nytcore-android-share

[SisterGeorge]

Posted: 3/29/25 at 6:56pm

I'm starting to think that shows like Hamilton and Fellow Travelers that have strong progressive/liberal themes and messages should NOT cancel. Why make it so easy for the bigots? That way the the administration would either have to cancel the show themselves and then have to explain the censorship OR let them perform, which would probably make quite a few MAGA heads on the Board explode. I mean wouldn't it be fun to see the KC PR office or Richard Grenell try to spin the Hamilton cancellation into a poor-ticket-sales narrative?

Updated On: 3/29/25 at 06:56 PM

[whatever2]

Posted: 3/30/25 at 5:16am

SisterGeorge said: "I'm starting to thinkthat showslike Hamilton and Fellow Travelers that have strong progressive/liberal themes and messages should NOTcancel. Why make it so easy for the bigots? That way the the administration would either have to cancel the show themselves and then have to explain the censorshipORlet them perform, which would probablymake quite a fewMAGA heads on the Board explode. I mean wouldn't it be fun to see the KC PR office or Richard Grenell try to spin the Hamilton cancellation into a poor-ticket-sales narrative?"

except they just. don't. care.

they make up outrageous lies, parrot them ad nauseam, rinse and repeat. there's no embarrassing sociopaths.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 3/30/25 at 12:20pm

Actors Equity and IATSE have released statements condemning Trumps executive order ending collective bargaining rights for federal workers. 

[ACL2006]

Posted: 3/30/25 at 1:07pm

 

[MezzA101]

Posted: 4/8/25 at 9:24am

The Trump Show Comes to the Kennedy Center

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-lede/the-trump-show-comes-to-the-kennedy-center

[KevinKlawitter]

Posted: 4/10/25 at 10:53am

Musician Yasmin Williams Shares 'Unhinged' Email Exchange With Kennedy Center Interim Director Richard Grenell

[sinister teashop]

Posted: 4/10/25 at 1:43pm

ACL2006 said: "i do feel bad for people that work there. shows are getting cancelled and, of course, there's no sympathy or compensation from Dumpster."

And who have gotten no support from the major nyc and national nonprofit cultural organizations who are deluding themselves into thinking that by keeping their mouths shut Trump will go after their colleagues and not themselves.

[MezzA101]

Posted: 4/11/25 at 7:15am

Why My Kennedy Center Show's Cancellation Feels So Personal

 

https://time.com/7274637/kennedy-center-cancellation-essay/

[MezzA101]

Posted: 4/11/25 at 7:17am

Canceled Humanities Grants to Help Pay for Trump’s ‘Garden of Heroes’

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/arts/trump-garden-heroes-humanities.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-04.ku43.IGubM0vyDfVj&smid=nytcore-android-share

[MezzA101]

Posted: 4/24/25 at 7:32am

Trump to Host Tribute to his First 100 Days at the Kennedy Center

 

https://theviolinchannel.com/trump-to-host-tribute-to-his-first-100-days-at-the-kennedy-center/

[raddersons]

Posted: 4/24/25 at 7:47am

MezzA101 said: "Trump to Host Tribute to his First 100 Days at the Kennedy Center



https://theviolinchannel.com/trump-to-host-tribute-to-his-first-100-days-at-the-kennedy-center/"

The Shen Yun energy of this event is off the charts 

[pacificnorthwest]

Posted: 4/24/25 at 8:08am

MezzA101 said: "Trump to Host Tribute to his First 100 Days at the Kennedy Center."
https://theviolinchannel.com/trump-to-host-tribute-to-his-first-100-days-at-the-kennedy-center/"

OMFG. Glad I skipped breakfast.

[Kad]

Posted: 4/24/25 at 9:04am

I can’t find any other news source verifying details for that, but the event does have an official website and it’s pretty obvious it’s amateur hour. It is not an official Kennedy Center or White House-sponsored event, but rather a rental  by MAGA supporters who are not part of the administration, and according to a note on the site appears to have been canceled by the KC itself just this week. 

[MasterThespian 2]

Posted: 4/24/25 at 10:07am

No shock. Everything the short fingered vulgarian touches turns to sh*t. 

Updated On: 4/24/25 at 10:07 AM

[MezzA101]

Posted: 4/25/25 at 10:50am

The Kennedy Center’s future will shape the history of American arts

https://wapo.st/4jtDSdY

[MezzA101]

Posted: 4/25/25 at 11:48am

Trump Administration Seeks Artists for ‘Garden of Heroes’ Statues

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/arts/garden-of-heroes-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CU8.wp7a.aFKgnW7ziY02&smid=nytcore-android-share

[MezzA101]

Posted: 5/2/25 at 6:52am

Our Dad, Leonard Bernstein, Would Want His Music Played at the Kennedy Center

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/opinion/kennedy-center-leonard-bernstein-protest.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EE8.T7o4.soTiY2vb7E6K&smid=nytcore-android-share

[MezzA101]

Posted: 5/2/25 at 8:03am

Trump White House Seeks to Cease Federal Funding to PBS, NPR With New Executive Order

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/pbs-npr-blocked-federal-funding-white-house-1236384722

[MezzA101]

Posted: 5/2/25 at 6:16pm

Trump Seeks to Eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/arts/nea.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EE8.4M8K.WUrTcjY4hfp9&smid=nytcore-android-share