President Donald Trump ended the third week of his second term by firing the board of the Kennedy Center. He has since named ...

On Feb. 12, the Kennedy Center board appointed President Trump as the new chair after he fired several Biden-appointed board ...

It’s still called the Kennedy Center. But after President Trump’s takeover, drag performers protested outside while audience ...

Richard Grenell, the center’s new president, told a conservative gathering that the “big change” at the center would be a ...

Kennedy Center President Deborah F. Rutter, brought on by Rubenstein in 2014, resigned soon after the board shake-up. Trump ...

Donald Trump is not only upending American governance; he also intends to wield cultural influence. So he is taking on an ...

After mostly steering clear of the national cultural center during his first term, Trump has moved quickly to take control as ...

WASHINGTON − The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has been America's premiere stage for decades. But more recently, the cultural center has been in the headlines not for art but ...

This public-private performing arts center relies on some $85 million in donations every year. Will its sudden politicization ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Deborah Rutter, former head of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in her ...