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Ultimately, renaming the Kennedy Center after President Trump – or its opera house after his wife – may run afoul of the laws that created it.
The GOP bill is called the "Make Entertainment Great Again Act," but it focuses on one particular venue: the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Significant obstacles stand in the way.
House Republican proposals to name the Kennedy Center after President Trump and its opera house after Melania Trump would violate law, sources said.
When the Kennedy Center opened in 1971, the world premiere of Leonard Bernstein’s “Mass,” a theater piece for singers, dancers and musicians, was performed in the Opera House. Dignitaries ...
It's been the center of Washington's arts scene for decades, but how did one of the city's most famous monuments transform from something universally beloved to a hot rod for controversy.
Trump booed, cheered at Kennedy Center. Now opera house may be renamed for Melania Will the opera house at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, honor its chair with the name change to ‘First ...
House Republicans moved forward with an effort to rename the Kennedy Center Opera House after first lady Melania Trump just months after President Donald Trump seized control of the national arts ...
Republicans advanced an amendment to name the Kennedy Center's opera house after first lady Melania Trump to honor her support for the arts.
Republican lawmakers moved on Tuesday to rename the Opera House at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington after the first lady, Melania Trump.
Pop pianist Ben Folds' new record is a celebration of the National Symphony Orchestra, and a protest against President Trump's changes at the Kennedy Center.
July 18 (UPI) -- The Edward M. Kennedy Institute will give President Joe Biden a Lifetime Achievement Award at its 10th Anniversary Celebration this fall. Biden plans to attend the event on Oct ...