Kennedy Center

[camille70]

A lawsuit has been filed.

Can the Kennedy Center be renamed under US federal law?

Federal law governs the Kennedy Center as a national memorial. Here’s what the statute says about renaming it and whether Congress must approve.

www.lawyer-monthly.com

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/us/politics/lawsuit-trump-name-removal-kennedy-center.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-08.J7e1.6-oajddc5-QB&smid=url-share

 

[DaisyDay]

How much do you want to bet that they run out of funding for the new sign after they get Trump on but before Kennedys name is added.

They just stuck his name above the real name.

Trump's name quickly added to facade of Kennedy Center

The Trump administration moved quickly to add the president's name to signage for the newly branded Trump-Kennedy Center.

www.usatoday.com

 

[DaisyDay]

Congresswoman Joyce Beatty with Roland Martin Unfiltered discussing the lawsuit in response to Trump’s unlawful renaming of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

 

[essentialsaltes]

'Smallest audience ever': Kennedy Center Honors tank on CBS after Trump takes over

"The Kennedy Center Honors" reportedly drew its lowest ratings ever after President Donald Trump announced he would host the event."According to preliminary Nielsen data, 'The Kennedy Center Honors' on CBS drew its smallest audience ever on the night of December 23, 2025, averaging an estimated...

www.rawstory.com

 

[durangodawood]

Sad to see Trump vandalizing this memorial to murdered president - for his own vanity.

 

[Fantine]

I don't associate the Trump name with culture. His flambuoyant golden decorating style, crude vulgarity, and overall behavior is the antithesis of culture.

So for me, attending a concert or theater performance at the "Trump" Kennedy Center would be like looking for an evening dress at Wal-Mart.

 

[Say it aint so]

Kennedy Center’s Christmas Eve Jazz Show Canceled After Trump Name Added to Building​

 

[essentialsaltes]

Kennedy Center criticizes musician who canceled show after Trump name added to venue​

The venue's president, Richard Grenell, said he would seek $1 million in damages “for this political stunt.”​

Kennedy Center criticizes musician who canceled performance after Trump name added to building

The venue's president, Richard Grenell, said he would seek $1 million in damages “for this political stunt.”

www.nbcwashington.com

 

[Hans Blaster]

Kennedy Center criticizes musician who canceled show after Trump name added to venue​

The venue's president, Richard Grenell, said he would seek $1 million in damages “for this political stunt.”​

Rick Grenell is an internet troll that Trump confused for an intel expert. Of course it would be a nitwit like Grenell making such a claim.

 

[essentialsaltes]

More musicians cancel Kennedy Center concerts after board votes to add Trump's name to the building​

Recent cancellations have left the performing arts center in Washington with gaps in programming for Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.

The canceled performances to date include shows previously promoted for Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve and Jan. 14.

The Cookers, a jazz band that was scheduled to perform Wednesday night, did not cite a specific reason in announcing their decision, but their statement hinted at politics.

“Jazz was born from struggle and from a relentless insistence on freedom: freedom of thought, of expression, and of the full human voice. Some of us have been making this music for many decades, and that history still shapes us,” the statement read. "Our hope is that this moment will leave space for reflection, not resentment."

Kristy Lee, who was scheduled to perform Jan. 14, announced her cancellation on Instagram, saying canceling shows hurts, “but losing my integrity would cost me more than any paycheck.”

 

[Goonie]

There’s nothping wrong for asking for proof that Donald is dead before performing at his and JFKs memorial.

 

[Fantine]

My fear is that the renamed center will try to transform American culture by dumbing it down.
A new culture identified by the "Ugly American" persona--brash crass trash.

 

[Always in His Presence]

Love it! Not just because it honors one of America's greatest President, but because the name alone exposes people for who they truly are.

 

[wing2000]

The cancellations on Monday came days after musician Chuck Redd pulled out of his annual Christmas Eve jazz concert, and after folk singer Kristy Lee announced she had canceled a concert scheduled for mid-January.

“When American history starts getting treated like something you can ban, erase, rename, or rebrand for somebody else’s ego, I can’t stand on that stage and sleep right at night,” Lee wrote on social media last week.

Bravo.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/ente...bc0f387992457c/32/99/6953bc6d6465085e2782354a

 

[durangodawood]

Economist/YouGov Poll shows an overwhelming 18% of Americans approve of renaming the Kennedy Center.

Sometimes its little things like this that show us who signed the Trump commitment in blood.

 

[Fantine]

Kennedy Center criticizes musician who canceled show after Trump name added to venue​

The venue's president, Richard Grenell, said he would seek $1 million in damages “for this political stunt.”​

Kennedy Center criticizes musician who canceled performance after Trump name added to building

The venue's president, Richard Grenell, said he would seek $1 million in damages “for this political stunt.”

www.nbcwashington.com

As wielded by Trump and his underlings, lawsuits are weapons designed to threaten, intimidate, and silence all opposition, a manipulative tactic designed to bring down our democracy and replace it with a base and evil autocracy.

 

[Hans Blaster]

Love it! Not just because it honors one of America's greatest President, but because the name alone exposes people for who they truly are.

John Kennedy wasn't that great a president. Sorry if that bursts your bubble.

 

[Always in His Presence]

John Kennedy wasn't that great a president. Sorry if that bursts your bubble.

like I said

 

[Hans Blaster]

like I said

What? You just said it honors the memory of America's greatest president. Who other than JFK is it a memorial to?

 

[Aryeh Jay]

What? You just said it honors the memory of America's greatest president. Who other than JFK is it a memorial to?

Donald J Trump.