President Trump announced he would close the Kennedy Center for two years just days after Philip Glass canceled a world ...

The center opened in 1971 and is one of America’s top cultural institutions. President Trump says he plans to transform the ...

The 89-year-old music icon Buddy Guy performed blues classics and shared stories during his annual concerts at his South Loop club.

The Washington National Opera announced Friday that it will move performances away from the Kennedy Center in another high-profile departure following President Trump's takeover of the U.S. capital's ...

The Washington National Opera is leaving the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, its home since 1971. Friday's news, shared with NPR in a statement via email from the opera company, comes ...

Kennedy Center interim President Richard Grenell said Thursday the upcoming film about the first lady, titled “Melania,” will premiere at the center Jan. 29. Grenell shared the announcement in a post ...

Banjoist Béla Fleck canceled his upcoming shows with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center. Fleck stated the venue has become "charged and political" since President Trump became ...

The film follows Melania in the first 20 days of 2025, leading up to the second inauguration of her husband Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

The Trump–Kennedy Center is pushing back on a recent media narrative that its annual Honors awards show suffered a ratings flop under President Donald Trump compared to years prior, arguing that the ...

Grammy-winning banjo player Béla Fleck has canceled three upcoming performances with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center, accusing the venue of becoming "charged and political" after ...

Nancy Cordes is CBS News' chief White House correspondent based in Washington, D.C. Cordes has won numerous awards for her reporting, including multiple Emmys, Edward R. Murrow awards, and an Alfred I ...

Multi-Grammy-winning banjo player Béla Fleck has become the latest artist to cancel planned performances at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts after President Trump’s hand-picked board ...