Kennedy Center

President Trump announced he plans to close the Kennedy Center for two years for remodeling, following massive backlash after his name was added to the building.

Sunday's Kennedy Center Honors ceremony was the first since Donald Trump became the Chair of the Board of Trustees. KISS, Sylvester Stallone and George Strait were among the honorees.

President Trump has made major changes at the Kennedy Center this year, ousting the board chair and president, and naming himself host of the organization's yearly awards show.

Parade, the Tony Award-winning musical about the 1915 lynching of a Jewish man, begins its run in Washington, D.C., amid an antisemitic backlash against the show's subject.

Trump announced the Kennedy Center Honorees on Wednesday. They are Sylvester Stallone, Gloria Gaynor, Kiss, George Strait and Michael Crawford.

Another departure from the Kennedy Center: Composer, pianist, educator and bandleader Jason Moran announced on social media that he is no longer the artistic director for jazz. Moran joined the Kennedy Center in 2011.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., has dissolved its Social Impact division, which partnered with local organizations to bring in diverse artists and audiences.

A spokesperson for the Kennedy Center says the threat targeted Shen Yun, a touring dance troupe that is banned in China, because it is associated with the religious group Falun Gong.

President Trump and his appointees are now solely in charge of the Kennedy Center. Performers protested by dancing.

Comedian W. Kamau Bell speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about his decision to perform at the Kennedy Center after President Trump assumed the organization's chairmanship.