{"id":134555,"date":"2025-02-13T18:06:12","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T23:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/02\/13\/issa-rae-cancels-kennedy-center-show-to-protest-donald-trumps-board-takeover\/"},"modified":"2025-02-13T18:06:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T23:06:12","slug":"issa-rae-cancels-kennedy-center-show-to-protest-donald-trumps-board-takeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/02\/13\/issa-rae-cancels-kennedy-center-show-to-protest-donald-trumps-board-takeover\/","title":{"rendered":"Issa Rae Cancels Kennedy Center Show to Protest Donald Trump\u2019s Board\u00a0Takeover"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tIssa Rae<\/a> has canceled her sold-out show at the Kennedy Center following Donald Trump\u2019s board takeover, with the actress calling the president\u2019s actions an \u201cinfringement on the values\u201d of the cultural organization.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tPresident Trump Elected Chair of Kennedy Center as Its Longtime President Is\u00a0Fired\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n

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\n\tIn a statement posted to Instagram Stories<\/a> on Thursday (Feb. 13), Rae thanked fans for buying tickets to her event titled \u201cAn Evening With Issa Rae\u201d before writing, \u201cUnfortunately, due to what I believe to be an infringement on the values of an institution that has faithfully celebrated artists of all backgrounds through all mediums, I\u2019ve decided to cancel my appearance at this venue.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tNoting that all tickets would be refunded, the producer added, \u201cThank you so much for understanding, and I hope to see you soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tRae\u2019s announcement comes shortly after Trump gutted much of the Kennedy Center\u2019s historically nonpartisan board of trustees and appointed his own supporters <\/a>in their places. Naming himself chairman, the twice-impeached POTUS also fired the institution\u2019s longtime president, Deborah F. Rutter; the board has replaced her with interim president Richard Grenell, who served as ambassador to Germany during Trump\u2019s first term in the White House.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Barbie <\/em>actress is just one of multiple people in the entertainment industry distancing themselves from the Kennedy Center amid the changes. Ben Folds<\/a> has left his position as adviser to the National Symphony Orchestra, while Shonda Rhimes has resigned as treasurer of the center\u2019s board.<\/p>\n

\n\tPhiladelphia rock band Low Cut Connie has also followed Rae\u2019s lead, with frontman Adam Weiner announcing Wednesday that the group would be pulling out of its scheduled March 19 concert at the iconic Washington, D.C., venue. \u201cOur little rock n roll act stands for diversity, inclusion and truth-telling,\u201d the musician wrote in a message announcing the cancelation on Instagram<\/a>. \u201cMaybe my career will suffer from this decision, but my soul will be the better for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tTrump first announced<\/a> his plans to overhaul the Kennedy Center leadership team last Friday (Feb. 7), writing on Truth Social, \u201cI have decided to immediately terminate multiple individuals from the Board of Trustees, including the Chairman, who do not share our Vision for a Golden Age in Arts and Culture.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSpecifically condemning the center\u2019s inclusion of drag shows in its past programming, the politician added that performances \u201ctargeting our children\u201d will come to an end under his supervision. \u201cThe Kennedy Center is an American Jewel, and must reflect the brightest STARS on its stage from all across our Nation,\u201d he concluded. \u201cFor the Kennedy Center, THE BEST IS YET TO COME!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Issa Rae has canceled her sold-out show at the Kennedy Center following Donald Trump\u2019s board takeover, with the actress calling the president\u2019s actions an \u201cinfringement on the values\u201d of the cultural organization. Related President Trump Elected Chair of Kennedy Center as Its Longtime President Is\u00a0Fired 02\/12\/2025 In a statement posted to Instagram Stories on Thursday […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134555\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}