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Voices in Protest of Kennedy Center Leadership are more Resonant than Boycotts
recent posts
- SHADOW NOTES: Rite of Spring WOKE Art Causes a RIOT
- OUR VALUES: Solidarity with Community- We Choose to Defend our Institutions.
- Our Community’s VOICES in a Chorus Of Protest are More Resonant than Propaganda Peddled by Those in Power
- The Kennedy Center Board Lacks Legal Authority to Change its Name
- Reporting on Ticket Sales Slump Gets Under Grenell’s Skin, Leads to Obfuscation
Category: Call to Action
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What do you call a group of more than 4 Bassoons? Not Firewood. A Riot. Stravinsky only wrote for 2 bassoons, but he got a riot! When asked about the origins of The Rite of Spring, Stravinsky recalled in his book Conversations, “I had dreamed of a scene of pagan ritual in which a chosen…
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You have likely heard a lot lately about the controversial renaming of the Kennedy Center. Yes, we are outraged that a sitting president and his board of sycophants would desecrate a slain president’s memorial by slapping his name on top. It is the equivalent of a vandal’s spray paint. BUT! This fight is much larger…
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Standing up in support of artists, musicians, and union workers at the Kennedy Center can take multiple forms. On Saturday, Dec 20, 2025, we joined hands with a coalition of like-minded folks, including Hands off the Arts and the Kennedy Center United Arts Workers Union, to say loud and clear to the Kennedy Center Board,…
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November and December are the time of year that you can reliably start to hear the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, both at the Kennedy Center and in the halls of your local mall or on the 24-hour, 7-day-a-week holiday music channel on the radio. If it is the last week in November,…
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Shadow Notes are our Shadow Program Notes for Select Kennedy Center Productions, where we provide our spin on the performances at the Kennedy Center. In a nutshell: As they prepare for their marriage, Suzanna sings about avoiding the advances of her mistress’s husband- the count, while Figaro measures space for their wedding bed. Figaro and…
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Ever since Trump announced he was replacing the non-partisan board of directors at the Kennedy Center with his hand picked partisan sycophants, announced himself as the chairman of the board and appointed Ric Grenell as the President of the Kennedy Center, many have responded in anger, frustration, and rightfully were looking for a way to…
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Below is our Sign on Petition to be delivered to Ric Grenell and the Kennedy Center Board. Please sign on to show your support for Kennedy Center Musicians, Artists, and employees. Our voices in protest are more resonant than a boycott. Dear President Ric Grenell and Kennedy Center Board Members, WE ARE THE AUDIENCE, PATRONS,…
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We all know the guy on our row at a performance who falls asleep and starts snoring- head bobbing up and down mid-concert. No one likes to sleep through a performance. We prefer to be awake! Such is art. Let’s awaken our neighbors from their slumber. To make art is to awaken the soul. Art…