#johnfkennedycenterfortheperformingarts — Public Fediverse posts

Kennedy Center claims re-adding Donald Trump’s name is only way to avoid bankruptcy

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/kennedy-center-closure-trump-name

https://www.europesays.com/ie/670337/ An Iconic Part of the Kennedy Center Comes Down #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #ArtsAndDesign #ArtsDesign #Design #Éire #Entertainment #IE #Ireland #JohnFKennedyCenterForThePerformingArts #KennedyCenter #PublicArt #TrumpAdministration #TrumpKennedyCenter

https://www.europesays.com/3216773/ Trump Threatens To Demolish Kennedy Center Unless He Can Put His Name on It #CulturalCenter #DonaldTrump #JohnFKennedy #JohnFKennedyCenterForThePerformingArts #TheWhiteHouse #TrumpAdministration

https://www.europesays.com/news/43059/ Democrat Slams Tarped Kennedy Center As “Lifeless Husk” #Headlines #JohnFKennedyCenterForThePerformingArts #KennedyCenter #News #TopStories

U.S. Rep Joyce Beatty Slams Kennedy Center Management For “Lifeless Husk” As No Programming Scheduled; Calls Tarp “Petty Act Of Defiance”
#News #JohnFKennedyCenterforthePerformingArts #KennedyCenter

https://deadline.com/2026/06/kennedy-center-lifeless-husk-1236963308/

Trump Name Removed From Kennedy Center Live Feed

https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/trump-watch/trump-name-removed/

https://www.europesays.com/people/111384/ Judge denies Kennedy Center request for pause in ruling ordering Trump’s name removed from building #DonaldTrump #JohnFKennedyCenterForThePerformingArts #Trump

https://www.europesays.com/people/110777/ If and when Trump’s name is removed from the Kennedy Center, you can watch it live #AlanEtter #ChrisRaleigh #DonaldTrump #HandsOffTheArts #JohnFKennedyCenterForThePerformingArts #KennedyCenter #POTUS #PresidentDonaldJTrump #PresidentDonaldTrump #PresidentOfTheUnitedStates #PresidentTrump

Maria Shriver Celebrates Judge’s Kennedy Center Decision, A “Great Birthday Gift” For JFK
#News #Politics #DonaldTrump #JohnFKennedy #JohnFKennedyCenterforthePerformingArts #KennedyCenter #MariaShriver

https://deadline.com/2026/05/maria-shriver-celebrates-judge-kennedy-center-decision-1236930882/

‘Real Time’: Bill Maher Hits Back At Trump Over Mark Twain Prize, Hopes POTUS Will “Show Up” To Ceremony
#News #BillMaher #DonaldTrump #JohnFKennedyCenterforthePerformingArts #KennedyCenter #MarkTwainPrize #MarkTwainPrizeForAmericanHumor

https://deadline.com/2026/03/real-time-bill-maher-hits-back-trump-mark-twain-prize-1236768418/

Trump announced Sunday that he would shut down the #JohnFKennedyCenterforthePerformingArts. He said THAT would allow his administration to transform what he called “a tired, broken, and dilapidated Center,” into “the finest Performing Arts Facility of its kind.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...

Trump Says Kennedy Center Will...

Kennedy Center vice president steps down 12 days after appointment

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Kennedy Center vice president steps down 12 days after appointment

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Canceled shows and record lows: How Trump is killing the Kennedy Center

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/donald-trump-kennedy-center-cancellations

Canceled shows and record lows: How Trump is killing the Kennedy Center

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/donald-trump-kennedy-center-cancellations

Kennedy Center President Threatens Lawsuit Against Musician Who Canceled Christmas Eve Concert Because Of Venue Renaming After Trump
#News #Politics #ChuckRedd #DonaldTrump #JazzJams #JohnFKennedyCenterforthePerformingArts #KennedyCenter #RichardGrenell

https://deadline.com/2025/12/kennedy-center-lawsuit-christmas-concert-cancellation-trump-1236657438/

Former ‘South Park’ Writer Bought Trump-Kennedy Center URLs In Anticipation Of Venue Renaming
#News #DonaldTrump #JohnFKennedyCenterforthePerformingArts #SouthPark #TobyMorton

https://deadline.com/2025/12/trump-kennedy-center-south-park-writer-domain-names-1236657141/

Kennedy Center Christmas Eve Jazz Concert Canceled Over Trump Name On Building
#News #ChuckRedd #DonaldTrump #JazzJams #JohnFKennedyCenterforthePerformingArts

https://deadline.com/2025/12/kennedy-center-jazz-concert-trump-1236656837/

American College Theatre Festival Severs Affiliation With Kennedy Center After 58 Years
#News #AmericanCollegeTheatreFestival #JohnFKennedyCenterforthePerformingArts

https://deadline.com/2025/12/american-college-theatre-festival-kennedy-center-1236655236/

Trump Dishonors the Kennedy Center

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/trump-dishonors-the-kennedy-center

Trump Dishonors the Kennedy Center

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Workers Add Donald Trump’s Name To Facade Of Kennedy Center
#News #Politics #DonaldTrump #ElectionLine #JoeBiden #JohnFKennedyCenterforthePerformingArts #KennedyCenter

https://deadline.com/2025/12/trump-kennedy-center-facade-1236653693/

The board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which U.S. President Donald Trump filled with allies earlier ​this year, has decided to rename the institution the Trump-Kennedy Center, https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/19/world/kennedy-center-rename-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #donaldtrump #us #art #johnfkennedycenterfortheperformingarts

Kennedy Family Members Blast Decision To Add Trump’s Name To Arts Institution & Memorial To JFK: “Insult,” “Beyond Comprehension,” “Weird”
#News #Politics #DonaldTrump #ElectionLine #JohnFKennedyCenterforthePerformingArts #KennedyCenter

https://deadline.com/2025/12/kennedy-family-trump-kennedy-center-1236652954/

Kennedy Center board votes to rename ‘Trump-Kennedy Center,’ White House says – The Washington Post

Kennedy Center board votes to rename to ‘Trump-Kennedy Center’

Trustees voted to rename the center after President Donald Trump, who is also the board chair. It was unclear whether such a change is legal.

Updated, December 18, 2025 at 2:33 p.m. EST, 36 minutes ago, 4 min

By Kelsey Ables and Janay Kingsberry

The board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has voted to rename the storied arts institution the “Trump-Kennedy Center,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on X on Thursday afternoon.

The Kennedy Center confirmed the vote in an email to The Washington Post. It was unclear whether such a change is legal.

“The Kennedy Center Board of Trustees voted unanimously today to name the institution The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts,” wrote Roma Daravi,the center’s vice president of public relations. “The unanimous vote recognizes that the current Chairman saved the institution from financial ruin and physical destruction. The new Trump Kennedy Center reflects the unequivocal bipartisan support for America’s cultural center for generations to come.”

The apparent change comes after months of President Donald Trump repeatedly joking about it, including at the Kennedy Center Honors earlier this month. It follows a year of upheaval at the center, after Trump overhauled the institution in February, sparking a wave of firings and resignations. Trump is chairman of the Kennedy Center board. Ticket sales have fallen sharply in the center’s three largest venues, according to an October analysis by The Post.

Follow Trump’s second term

“I was surprised by it. I was honored by it,” Trump said at an executive-order signing Thursday afternoon. “You know, we’ve, we’re saving the building. We saved the building.”

He noted Congress’s $257 million appropriation for repairs and maintenance at the center and recent private donations, adding: “This was brought up by one of the very distinguished board members, and they voted on it. And there’s a lot of board members, and they voted unanimously.”

“I was muted on the call and not allowed to speak or voice my opposition to this move,” Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), an ex officio member of the board, said in an X post.

“I’m devastated but not at all surprised,” said a former center staff member, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal. The president “has been floating that change since the beginning almost.”

In her social media post, Leavitt congratulated the president, calling the move the result of “the unbelievable work President Trump has done over the last year in saving the building. Not only from the standpoint of its reconstruction, but also financially, and its reputation.”

“Congratulations to President Donald J. Trump, and likewise, congratulations to President Kennedy, because this will be a truly great team long into the future! The building will no doubt attain new levels of success and grandeur,” she added.

Officials did not immediately cite an authority for the board’s ability to change the institution’s name.

The Kennedy Center is a public-private institution founded to be the nation’s cultural center and a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy. Its founding statute mandates that the board “assure” that “no additional memorials or plaques in the nature of memorials shall be designated or installed in the public areas” of the building.

House Republicans have suggested renaming the building after the Trumps. Earlier this year, reviewing an amendment to a spending bill that would change the name of the Kennedy Center’s Opera House to the “First Lady Melania Trump Opera House,” David Super, a Georgetown law professor, told The Post that such a name change would require Congress’s permission.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: Kennedy Center board votes to rename ‘Trump-Kennedy Center,’ White House says – The Washington Post

Board Votes To Rename Kennedy Center As The ‘Trump Kennedy Center,’ Press Secretary Says
#News #Politics #DonaldTrump #ElectionLine #JohnFKennedyCenterforthePerformingArts #KennedyCenter

https://deadline.com/2025/12/trump-kennedy-center-rename-1236652757/

Inside Trump’s Artless Takeover of the Kennedy Center

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/inside-trumps-artless-takeover-of-the-kennedy-center

Understanding the Occupy Democrats Post on Facebook about the Kennedy Center – Perplexity & DrWeb

Editor’s Note: I had been following the Facebook group called “Occupy Democrats,” for some time. A post today in my timeline was surprising. I did read it. It on point in many ways, but feels over the top, dramatized, inflamatory? Not a slam on the group; I was (my bad) unaware of it’s background (duh). So I asked Perplexity to bring me up-to-speed, and this is the analysis of their post on the Kennedy Center. It notes their ofter post unsigned material, cited sources. I am not opposed to left wing groups; nor opposed to progressive Democrats. I know how these posts have a “slant” and strong POV. That’s what free speech is all about. Good wishes to Occupy Democrats!
A lesson even for an old whizbanger from the old days like me. Verify. Verify. Verify. –DrWeb

Understanding the Occupy Democrats Post on the Kennedy Center

The above message circulating from Occupy Democrats appears to be written in the editorial style typical of the organization, which is known for publishing unsigned, inflammatory content without individual bylines.1 This explains why there’s no signature or author name on the post.2

About Occupy Democrats

Occupy Democrats is a left-wing Facebook page and media outlet founded in 2012 by twin brothers Rafael and Omar Rivero.1 The organization is designed to operate as a “counterbalance to the Republican Tea Party” and has grown to become one of the largest progressive political pages on Facebook with over 10 million followers.1 Their content is characterized by hyperpartisan messaging, clickbait headlines, and highly emotional language that frequently uses terms like “BREAKING” and emphasizes outrage.3

The Rivero brothers manage the page collectively and rarely sign individual posts, treating Occupy Democrats as a brand voice rather than attributing content to specific authors.2 This is standard practice for their operation—they publish unsigned content that represents the organization’s collective perspective rather than individual authorship.1

The Kennedy Center Situation

The substance of what Occupy Democrats posted is largely accurate based on reporting from legitimate news sources. The Washington National Opera is indeed considering leaving the Kennedy Center due to Trump’s February 2025 takeover of the institution.45 Key facts include:

• Trump appointed himself chair of the Kennedy Center and installed Richard Grenell as president65
• Ticket sales have plummeted by approximately 40%, with performances now at 60% capacity compared to 80-90% before Trump’s takeover45
• Artistic Director Francesca Zambello did describe the building as “tainted” in interviews47
• Donors have fled and sent angry messages to the opera company, with some comparing the situation to 1930s authoritarianism57

The New York Times, The Guardian, The Washington Post, and other mainstream outlets have all reported extensively on this crisis at the Kennedy Center.68 The Occupy Democrats post appears to be a highly dramatized synthesis of these legitimate news reports, repackaged in their signature inflammatory style.13

Works Cited

1. “Occupy Democrats.” Wikipedia, 20 Aug. 2017, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_Democrats.

2. “Rafael Rivero.” Democracy Partners, https://democracypartners.com.

3. “Occupy Democrats Bias and Reliability.” Ad Fontes Media, 12 Aug. 2024, https://adfontesmedia.com.

4. “Washington National Opera Considers Exiting the Kennedy Center.” OperaWire, 7 Nov. 2025, https://operawire.com.

5. “Washington National Opera Considers Leaving Kennedy Center.” Evrim Ağacı, 8 Nov. 2025, https://evrimagaci.org.

6. “The Kennedy Center Crackup.” The New York Times, 7 Nov. 2025, https://nytimes.com.

7. “Washington National Opera Eyes Abandoning Kennedy Center amid Trump Takeover.” Raw Story, 8 Nov. 2025, https://rawstory.com.

8. “Kennedy Center Plagued with Dismal Ticket Sales as Patrons Stay Away.” Yahoo! News, 31 Oct. 2025, https://yahoo.com.

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