Kennedy Center Bans Concert

[Todd]

I'm sorry to read this.

This is what is known as passive aggressive.  Which is fine.

Do you actually like any of her songs/recordings?

She's a mediocrity.  If one of her old hits that still gets airplay pops on the radio, I typically change the station.

Or John Prine [Angel from Montgomery]?

I have never listened to Prine as an individual artist that I can recall.

And the people that she's played with (and hired)?

This question is too broad to answer.  It is also irrelevant.

Can you imagine what it was like in her time playing with a slide guitar...that and supporting other players...particularly those that were treated badly by the music industry?

No.  The question is irrelevant.  You are presenting your personal moral concerns pertaining to the music industry, to the extent your understanding of it is accurate, as meaningful.  They are not.

I know that you have a big brain:  think.

More passive-aggressive posting.  Again, fine.

Your response is riddled with question begging and leaps to defend a celebrity.  It's cult of celebrity behavior. 

[owlice]

Programming layoffs hit Kennedy Center ahead of two-year closure
This is the second round of cuts since Trump announced the center would be closing in July.

The Kennedy Center's layoffs continued Friday, as the capital's premier arts institution prepares for a two-year shutdown for renovations.

Programming was impacted in the cuts, according to multiple people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a personnel matter. It is unclear how many departments were affected or how many people were terminated.

One person familiar with the cuts said much of the programming department's work has been either terminated or redirected toward campus rentals, where venue fees have to be paid up front.

"Everything is a rental now," the person said. "If it's not making money, we don't do it."
Among those laid off were Ryan Hamilton, senior director of broadcast, comedy and special programming; and Sammy Miller, senior director of music programming, according to several staff members. Both were installed by the center's former president, Richard Grenell, the Trump loyalist appointed to lead the center's transformation.

More here: https://archive.is/hrnLV#selection-229.0-229.91

[arpeggio]

A friend provided me with a link to the following article:

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/04/inside-kennedy-center-shutdown-drama/686801/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK3xDLJM23SXratNn6C59_f6M&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share