Kennedy Center

The planet famous for its rovers went roving itself, departing the Kennedy Center’s REACH plaza and rolling east onto the roadway.

A planet blew away from the Kennedy Center’s new “Celestial Bodies” exhibit and rolled towards a highway in Northwest D.C. on Thursday. 

Comedian Conan O’Brien was honored with the Mark Twain Prize Sunday evening at the Kennedy Center. News4’s Tommy McFly reports from the red carpet.

On a night when half a dozen people made jokes about this being the last-ever Mark Twain Prize, Conan O’Brien made sure the ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts ended on a high note.

A now former Kennedy Center contract worker used nudity to express outrage at President Donald Trump’s takeover. “I may be out of a job, but I’m not out of hope,” Tavish Forsythe said. Forsythe is artistic director of Bird City Improv, which teaches improvisation for social change. Until Thursday, he was also a program director — a contract employee...

A now former Kennedy Center contract worker used nudity to express outrage at President Donald Trump’s takeover. News4’s Jackie Bensen spoke to them.

“When trans rights are under attack what do we do?” said an activist to a crowd of protestors. “Stand up, fight back”. The March for Drag began in Washington Circle and came together about a month after President Donald Trump posted on truth social, “No more drag shows or anti-American propaganda,” saying it was time for a “golden age of…

The LGBTQ+ community rallied in responded to changes at the Kennedy Center since President Donald Trump took over. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.

Weeks after President Donald Trump fired the board of supervisors for the Kennedy Center and installed himself as the chair, dozens of performances at D.C.’s arts center have been cancelled.

The megahit Broadway musical “Hamilton” is pulling out of plans to perform at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., next year. Organizers cited President Donald Trump’s shakeup of the institution’s leadership as their reason for canceling.

Extra security will be on hand for upcoming performances by the Shen Yun Performing Arts Company at the Kennedy Center after a bomb threat against the group. A threatening email claimed a bomb had been placed in the theater and would be detonated should Shen Yun be allowed to perform, according to the group’s spokesperson. Nothing was found. Thursday’s...

Extra security will be on hand for upcoming performances of the Shen Yun Performing Arts Company at the Kennedy Center after a bomb threat against the group.

The Kennedy Center has canceled an upcoming concert featuring the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC days after President Donald Trump fired the art institution’s board and named himself chair.

While excitement builds for WorldPride following the announcement of the acts performing at the World Pride Music Festival, local LGBTQ+ advocacy groups grapple with the Trump administration’s rollbacks of diversity, equity and inclusion. News4’s Dominique Moody talked with two local groups about the impact of those policies on the community and WorldPride.

Two dance companies are staging a dance protest at the Kennedy Center in response to President Donald Trump taking over as chair of the board of trustees. News4’s Jessica Albert talks to a member of UpRooted Dance about why they are protesting. 

A sold-out show featuring award-winning actress Issa Rae set for next month at the Kennedy Center has been canceled. News4’s Jessica Albert reports Rae alluded social media the reason behind the cancellation is President Donald Trump’s taking over as KenCen’s board chair.

Less than 24 hours after the announcement that President Donald Trump had been voted as chair of the board of trustees, the Kennedy Center is seeing fallout from featured performers and some of the remaining board members.

President Trump is officially the new chair of the Kennedy Center. News4 has reaction from audience members, performers and the Kennedy family.

The President has unique powers over the laws in Washington, D.C. that affect how the city is run — and while the mayor is a member of the Kennedy Center board, she is not a voting member. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

On Wednesday afternoon, the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees, comprised entirely of members appointed by President Donald Trump, voted to remove billionaire David Rubenstein and chair of the board and replace him with Trump.