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

but what about the Kennedy Center Honors? Yes, President Donald Trump has made a compelling case for the paucity of good, wholesome, or even mildly edifying programming at the performing-arts ...

Trump is now the Kennedy Center's board chairman, giving him control over a beloved arts institution that regularly interacts ...

The president solidified his grip on the performing arts complex as the center’s longtime president, Deborah F. Rutter, was ...

President Donald Trump wants to lavish his personal friends with Kennedy Center Honors, after parachuting himself into the ...

He and First Lady Melania Trump broke precedent set by his predecessors and skipped the Kennedy Center Honors during his first three years in office (the 2020 ceremony was postponed due to the ...

He came about that posture through the Center’s annual Kennedy Center Honors, in which a handful of artists or groups are honored for contributions to American culture. The President and First ...

when he announced that he and first lady Melania Trump would not attend the Kennedy Center Honors in 2017, after some award recipients that year threatened a boycott. The White House considers ...

as he eschewed an unspoken tradition for presidents to attend the Kennedy Center Honors — an esteemed, bipartisan award ceremony — and tried to withdraw government financial support for other ...

The Kennedy Center oversees the National Symphony Orchestra, as well as the Washington National Opera, in addition to presenting theatrical shows, the Kennedy Center Honors and more.