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Kennedy Center renaming prompts a new round of cancellations
Headline from Delaware Public Media, on the newest of 2 developments
The Kennedy Center is ending the year with a new round of artists saying they are canceling scheduled performances after President Donald Trump's name was added to the facility.
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More artists have canceled scheduled performances at the Kennedy Center following the addition of President Donald Trump’s name to the facility, with jazz
After the Trump-picked board voted to add Trump’s name, a handful of artists have canceled their performances, which the Trump-selected chairman has called “a form of derangement syndrome.”
Jazz supergroup the Cookers canceled two performances, days after a Christmas Eve jazz concert was also canceled in the wake of the addition of President Trump’s name to the facility.
The Kennedy Center has been hit with a string of abrupt cancelations in the wake of its board of trustees’ adding President Donald Trump’s name to the landmark performing arts institution.
A second group has canceled performances at the Kennedy Center after President Donald Trump's name was added to the facility. Jazz supergroup The Cookers announced their withdrawal from a New Year's Eve concert.
A veteran jazz ensemble and a New York dance company have canceled events at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, intensifying the fallout at one of the nation’s preeminent arts centers after it was renamed to include President Donald Trump.
Jazz performers and dance companies have canceled their Kennedy Center shows after the venue was renamed 'Trump-Kennedy Center,' citing concerns over artistic freedom.
Some artists who recently canceled shows at the Kennedy Center in protest of the board voting to change the name to the "Trump-Kennedy Center" had low ticket sales prior to their cancelation.
The Kennedy Center is ending the year with a new round of artists saying they are canceling scheduled performances after President Donald Trump's name was added to the facility.
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