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Longtime Washington theater patrons José Alberto Uclés and husband Tom Noll will receive the Gary Maker Audience Award at a ...
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will now permanently illuminate its exterior in red, white, and blue — a striking visual shift that marks a new era ...
How do you see that? I mean, I can't speak for the Kennedy Center just based on the email exchange that, again, Yasmin Williams, who's like a beautiful bluegrass musician, she just spent like a a ...
Kennedy Center Interim Executive Director Richard Grenell said, 'The programs are so woke that they haven’t made money. Yes, I cut the DEI bulls**t ...' A musician who contacted John F Kennedy ...
Washington D.C.-based guitarist Yasmin Williams has shared on Instagram ... star Issa Rae have distanced themselves from the Kennedy Center. Williams specifically asked Grenell, “does the ...
What, if anything, has changed about the Kennedy Center regarding hiring practices, performance booking, and staffing?” A post shared by Yasmin Williams (@guitar.yaz) When Trump staged his ...
What, if anything, has changed about the Kennedy Center regarding hiring practices, performance booking, and staffing?” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Yasmin Williams (@guitar.yaz ...
The acclaimed guitarist spoke with Pitchfork about her viral conversation with Trump ally Richard Grenell, her hopes for the future of the Kennedy Center, and more ...
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, has torn into a musician in a bizarre email spat regarding the commander-in-chief’s overhaul and DEI policies. Guitarist Yasmin Williams, a renowned ...
One artist who does not wish to boycott the Kennedy Center, however, is Virginian guitarist Yasmin Williams. According to screenshots of her email exchange that she posted online, Williams had ...
Yasmin Williams, photo by Ebru Yildiz In February, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts underwent drastic changes, as President Donald J. Trump was elected chairman and one of his allies ...