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Kennedy Center board votes to add Trump inscription and close for renovations

The Kennedy Center board, largely composed of allies of President Donald Trump, has voted to re-add an inscription of his name to the building’s facade. The proposed text reads, ‘The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Restored and Renovated By President Donald J. Trump.’ Additionally, the board voted to rename the grounds ‘President Donald J. Trump Plaza.’

This decision directly challenges a May ruling by U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, who determined that the center cannot be renamed without an act of Congress and ordered Trump’s name removed. The name was previously stripped from the facade in June following that ruling.

Alongside the naming dispute, the board approved a plan to close the Kennedy Center’s main building for up to two years to undergo extensive renovations. During this period, programming is expected to shift to the REACH, a separate building on the campus, to allow for continued limited operations.

Separately, a D.C. Superior Court judge ordered the Kennedy Center to pay jazz musician Chuck Redd $252,479.70 in legal fees. The ruling follows a dismissed lawsuit the center filed against Redd after he canceled a Christmas Eve performance in protest of the initial name changes.

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Christopher Cooper · Christopher R. Cooper · Chuck Redd · Donald Trump · Joyce Beatty · Kennedy Center · National Symphony Orchestra · Tanya Jones Bosier

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