Donald Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center- Page 7

[SisterGeorge]

Posted: 2/13/25 at 7:41pm

I have tickets for ABT's Crime and Punishment (ironically) tomorrow night at the Kennedy Center and I'm truly torn as to what to do. Attending a performance there just 48 hours after the seizure seems at best like not caring about what happened and at worst like condoning it. On the other hand staying home seems like abandoning one of America's great ballet companies which I have loved and supported for decades, not to mention all the employees at the Center, some of whom I know personally as I worked there throughout the 80s and 90s.

[whatever2]

Posted: 2/13/25 at 8:19pm

SisterGeorge said: "I have tickets for ABT's Crime and Punishment (ironically) tomorrow night at the Kennedy Center and I'm truly torn as to what to do. Attending a performance therejust 48 hours after the seizure seems at best like not caring about what happened and at worst like condoning it. On the other hand staying home seems like abandoning one of America's great ballet companies which I have loved and supported for decades, not to mention all the employees at the Center, some of whom I know personally as I worked there throughout the 80s and 90s."

the performers are probably all basket cases at this point ... go and support them!

[KevinKlawitter]

Posted: 2/13/25 at 8:30pm

Tour of Helen Hayes-nominated children's show FINN THE MUSICAL cancelled

A "purely financial decision" (yeah, right).

[ACL2006]

Posted: 2/13/25 at 8:41pm

it's not even a month in and he's destroying this country. unless, of course, you're white, straight-Christian American. Otherwise, there's no need to worry.

[SingingEachtoEach]

Posted: 2/13/25 at 10:03pm

ACL2006 said: "it's not even a month in and he's destroying this country. unless, of course, you're white, straight-Christian American. Otherwise, there's no need to worry."

I mean my white, straight, Presbyterian sister was riffed today.  So add scientists, researchers, feds, and anyone with a brain to those that need to worry.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 2/13/25 at 10:30pm

Has Jeffrey Finn (the Broadway producer who runs theatre programming) been fired or quit…?

[MezzA101]

Posted: 2/14/25 at 7:24am

Kennedy Center staff describe climate of fear as events drop from calendar

Comedian, actress and Hollywood creator Issa Rae said on Instagram that she was pulling her sold-out show, “An Evening With Issa Rae,” from the slate of programming, becoming the first major artist to publicly cancel an upcoming show at the Kennedy Center.

 

https://wapo.st/40Qnnk4

[kdogg36]

Posted: 2/14/25 at 11:16am

ACL2006 said: "The National Park Service has REMOVED mentions of transgender people being involved with Stonewall. Not only did they remove the word "Transgender" but changed "LGBTQ+" to "LGBQ+"."

As of right now, it actually uses "LGB," which is an even more in-your-face label embraced online by the worst kind of transphobe.

[whatever2]

Posted: 2/14/25 at 11:38am

Eureka Day is scheduled to open in three weeks and there's still no cast listed on the KC website.

[Luminaire2]

Posted: 2/14/25 at 3:16pm

Breaks my heart seeing a long running, relatively well regarded art institution, crumbling before our eyes. All because of one ridiculous, petty, small, vindictive, horrible man. 
 

Kennedy Center Honors will have no meaning now. The institutions reputation now damaged, potentially beyond repair. A sad day. 

[MezzA101]

Posted: 2/14/25 at 3:56pm

How did Trump so easily take over the Kennedy Center? Ask Sean Spicer.

In September 2021, Sean Spicer — the former Trump administration press secretary and peripatetic cable news opinionator — received a politely threatening email from President Joe Biden’s White House.

The note offered him a choice: “please” resign from a Naval Academy advisory board that President Donald Trump had appointed him to before leaving office, or Biden would fire him — that very evening.

The tersely worded, four-line missive set in motion a series of events that would, in ways both sinuous and counterintuitive, make it easier for Trump to abruptly purge the Kennedy Center board of Biden loyalists last week, install himself as chairman and give himself an unprecedented role in shaping American arts. It was as Trump himself has crowed, “a takeover.”

https://wapo.st/41eDCZG

[JSquared2]

Posted: 2/14/25 at 4:14pm

MezzA101 said: "How did Trump so easily take over the Kennedy Center? Ask Sean Spicer.

In September 2021, Sean Spicer — the former Trump administration press secretary and peripatetic cable news opinionator — received a politely threatening email from President Joe Biden’s White House.

The note offered him a choice: “please” resign from a Naval Academy advisory board that President Donald Trump had appointed him to before leaving office, or Biden would fire him — that very evening.

The tersely worded, four-line missive set in motion a series of events that would, in ways both sinuous and counterintuitive, make it easier for Trump to abruptly purge the Kennedy Center board of Biden loyalists last week, install himself as chairman and give himself an unprecedented role in shaping American arts. It was as Trump himself has crowed, “a takeover.”



Sorry, but your post is one of the biggest crock of shi*s I've ever read in my life.

 

 

 

[Jarethan]

Posted: 2/14/25 at 4:19pm

MezzA101 said: "Kennedy Center staff describe climate of fear as events drop from calendar

Comedian, actress and Hollywood creator Issa Rae said on Instagram that she was pulling her sold-out show, “An Evening With Issa Rae,” from the slate of programming, becoming the first major artist to publicly cancel an upcoming show at the Kennedy Center.

Personally, I hope a lot more people do that, and that the subscription base dries up.  I would love to see the Kennedy Center experience serious issues in the next year or two.  

I imagine the Kennedy Center honors will be infected seriously.

https://wapo.st/40Qnnk4"

 

[Melissa25]

Posted: 2/14/25 at 7:47pm

A Night at the Donald J. Trump Center for the Performing Arts

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/arts/music/kennedy-center-donald-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xE4.IQwr.SoYRkXGZgEOc&smid=url-share

[broadfan327]

Posted: 2/14/25 at 9:40pm

Unfortunately, I don't agree with the last claim that the arts will always be here.  This administration will fight to destroy them.

[Robbie2]

Posted: 2/14/25 at 9:54pm

Why Trump’s Takeover of the Kennedy Center Will Reverberate in Hollywood and Beyond

A premier cultural institution may soon only draw artists comfortable standing alongside Trump.

I’m going to be chairman of it, and we’re going to make sure that it’s good and it’s not going to be ‘woke.’”

https://time.com/7221538/donald-trump-kennedy-center/

Updated On: 2/14/25 at 09:54 PM

[ACL2006]

Posted: 2/14/25 at 10:45pm

wouldn't be surprised if he tries to ban Pride events. nothing shocks me anymore with this fraud & felon.

[uncageg]

Posted: 2/15/25 at 12:53am

ACL2006 said: "wouldn't be surprised if he tries to ban Pride events. nothing shocks me anymore with this fraud & felon."

In my opinion, this whole thing with DEI and the Kennedy Center is just the tip of the Iceberg. 

 

[Robbie2]

Posted: 2/15/25 at 3:21pm

Board of Trustees 

https://www.kennedy-center.org/about-us/leadership/trustees/

 

Honorary Chairs

Melania Trump, First Lady of the United States

Dr. Jill Biden

Michelle Obama

Laura Bush

Hillary Rodham Clinton

 

The Kennedy Center Board of Trustees

Officers

President Donald J. Trump, Chair

Richard Grenell, President

 

 

 

[Kad]

Posted: 2/15/25 at 4:06pm

You’re leaving off the 33 actual board members, all appointed by Trump. 

[Robbie2]

Posted: 2/15/25 at 6:00pm

Kad said: "You’re leaving off the 33 actual board members, all appointed by Trump."

I thought you would copy and past for me and you counted but here you go:

 

Members Appointed by the President of the United States

Brian D. Ballard

Dana Blumberg

Pamela Bondi

Mary Helen Bowers

Hannah F. Buchan

Robert Castellani

Elaine Chao

Pamella Roland DeVos

Patricia Duggan

John Falconetti

Emilia May Fanjul

Jennifer Fischer

Lynette Friess

Sergio Gor

Pamela Gross

Lee Greenwood

Kate Adamson Haselwood

Laura Ingraham

Michele Kessler

Dana Kraft

Mindy Levine

Lynda Lomangino

Allison Lutnick

Douglas Manchester

Catherine B. Reynolds

Denise Saul

Dan Scavino

Cheri Summerall

President Donald J. Trump

Usha Vance

Susie Wiles

Andrea Wynn

Paolo Zampolli

[MezzA101]

Posted: 2/16/25 at 5:45am

Trump’s attack on the Kennedy Center is petty but powerful | Commentary | phillytrib.com

 

https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/trump-s-attack-on-the-kennedy-center-is-petty-but-powerful/article_6964f906-154b-5700-a64f-2a50a9ba3535.html

[MezzA101]

Posted: 2/16/25 at 5:47am

A list of events and shows canceled at the Kennedy Center (as of 4pm Saturday)

https://wapo.st/4hCPDxz

[MezzA101]

Posted: 2/16/25 at 11:44am

Why Donald Trump’s Kennedy Center Takeover Matters

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/trump-kennedy-center-cultural-power-grab-1235268600/

[MezzA101]

Posted: 2/16/25 at 5:31pm

Actors Equity Condemns Trump-Run Kennedy Center for Canceling Children’s Musical ‘Finn’: ‘Beyond Appalling’

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/actors-equity-condemns-trump-run-231247916.html