I didn’t want to be right: Trump closing Kennedy Center for Two Years
I didn’t want to be right about this. The Kennedy Center will be closing for an extended time. Supposedly because of renovations – but we know the real reason.
I didn’t want to be right about this. The Kennedy Center will be closing for an extended time. Supposedly because of renovations – but we know the real reason.
We’re in a culture war, but let’s take it as an opportunity to listen to different views of the place of arts in society from people who are operating in good faith.
The arts generally flew under the radar under the first Trump Administration, getting by with the strategies that arts advocates had been using for years: focus on Congress for support by highlighting the spending happening in their districts and “speak their language” by emphasizing economic development and warm and fuzzy community connection strategies and arts … Continue reading Kennedy Center takeover and why it matters