John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

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'Hostile Takeover' Blamed for Drop in Kennedy Center Sales

Subscriptions are down 36%

(Newser) - Subscription sales at Washington, DC's Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts have fallen sharply—and insiders say the change in management is to blame. Sales of subscriptions to theater, dance, and other performances are down 36%, or around $1.6 million, year-on-year, the Washington Post reports. President Trump fired...

Kennedy Center Employees File for Vote on Unionizing

Workers criticize firings, lack of transparency at Trump-run institution

(Newser) - Employees of the Kennedy Center, which has been under new management since shortly after President Trump took office, have informed the National Labor Relations Board that they want to form a union. As reasons, the organizers on Thursday cited the firings of nearly 40 people and a lack of transparency...

Amid 'Climate of Fear' at Kennedy Center, Another Star Walks

Actor Issa Rae nixes March show for 'infringement' on institution's 'values' at the hands of Trump

(Newser) - Musician Ben Folds, opera singer Renee Fleming, and TV showrunner Shonda Rimes have all walked away from their posts at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in the wake of President Trump gutting the center's board made up of Biden appointees, then appointing a new group...

Trump Says He's Taking the Reins at the Kennedy Center

The president is gutting the board of the cultural institution and naming himself chairman

(Newser) - President Trump said Friday that he is firing members of the board of trustees for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and naming himself chairman. The AP reports he also indicated that he would be dictating programming at one of the nation's premier cultural institutions, specifically...

Landmark NY Library to Be Renamed for Donor

Wall Street financier donates $100 million

(Newser) - Following the style of sports stadiums, Manhattan's stately beaux arts library on Fifth Avenue will be renamed for a key contributor to a billion-dollar expansion of the library system. Private equity king Stephen Schwarzman is giving the library $100 million from his several-billion-dollar fortune, reports the New York Times. Schwarzman,...

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