President Donald Trump dismissed half the appointed trustees of the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ board on ...

For the arts institution, which receives only a small portion of its budget from federal funding, the perennial challenge is ...

What will a thin-skinned showman do with an institution central to Washington’s cultural life? One expectation is more ...

After mostly steering clear of the national cultural center during his first term, Trump has moved quickly to take control as ...

This public-private performing arts center relies on some $85 million in donations every year. Will its sudden politicization ...

The battle for America's future won't just be won or lost at the ballot box, but on screens, at concert venues, and at ...

President Trump takes over Kennedy Center, vowing to end 'woke' culture. Changes 18 board members, sparking debate on artistic expression and national identity.

Canadian author Louise Penny has joined the growing list of people from the arts and culture communities to cancel events or ...

It’s another signal of how an authoritarian leader can use state power to defeat the opposition,” one democracy watchdog ...

"Arts institutions are one area that should be immune from our corrosive political culture," said the band's Adam Weiner ...

The Kennedy Center Honors may be where Trump's new involvement plays out most ... Conan O’Brien—who is set to be feted next month—has largely steered clear of politics but did back Biden in 2020.) The ...

He skipped the Kennedy Center Honors in 2018, traditionally attended by sitting presidents ... Several had been appointed by ...