Kennedy Center Loses Case Against Musician Who Canceled Over Trump Naming Dispute
A judge sided with jazz performer Chuck Redd, who canceled a 2025 holiday concert after President Trump’s name was added to the building.
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A judge sided with jazz performer Chuck Redd, who canceled a 2025 holiday concert after President Trump’s name was added to the building.
The center’s general counsel also said that a federal judge’s order meant the president’s name must be taken off outdoor and indoor signage by June 12.
The president and first lady are scheduled to attend the opening night of the musical, one of his favorites, after he seized control of the cultural institution.
In accepting the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the comedian mounted a bristling political attack artfully disguised as a tribute.
The president, who recently took over Washington’s major performing arts center, reportedly said that he had not been encouraged to develop his musical talents.
As the center goes through changes after President Trump’s takeover, Gianandrea Noseda is extending his tenure at the National Symphony Orchestra, one of the center’s main groups.
A recording of President Trump’s private remarks at a Kennedy Center board meeting shows that he mused about bestowing honors on dead celebrities and people from outside the arts.
The president said more than 80,000 pages would be disclosed, with no redactions, which he allowed in 2017. An estimated 99 percent of the records are already public.
The president posted on social media that Hunter Biden would lose his security detail “effective immediately” and also identified the country he was vacationing in.
The president, who ousted Democrats from the board of the once-bipartisan institution and had himself elected chairman, planned to preside over a meeting of its trustees.