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Worried artists reached out to Kennedy Center president Richard Grenell. His responses didn't help
WSKG ^ | April 10, 2025 | Isabella Gomez Sarmiento

Posted on 04/11/2025 7:40:31 PM PDT by DoodleBob

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1 posted on 04/11/2025 7:40:31 PM PDT by DoodleBob
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“The arts are what connect us. We’re not connected by being divisive. We’re not connected by being hateful. We’re not connected by cryptic, two-sentence communications.”

I’m thinking this guy maybe sounds a lot like the Bud-Light guy.


2 posted on 04/11/2025 7:48:17 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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While Grenell could have been more professional, and I haven’t read the entire emails, he is not wrong about artists disparaging non-Liberals. Republicans pay money to see shows, get there and are subsequently insulted by the artists and some staff. It’s disgusting. I hope these 2 people have good intentions with their email contact but I doubt it. They are probably baiting him.
The things the Leftists have done there is unbelievable. I wouldn’t be suprised if Grenell quits.


3 posted on 04/11/2025 7:54:44 PM PDT by vivenne (7Come to think of it. )
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> “The arts are what connect us.” <

Well, maybe. But that “connection” should not require a single tax dollar. I’d advise Trump to sell the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Then let it stand or fall on its own.

After all, my local bowling alley connects different folks from different neighborhoods. Yet the bowling alley gets no federal funding. It survives because it offers a product that people will pay for.


4 posted on 04/11/2025 7:58:01 PM PDT by Leaning Right (It’s morning in America. Again.)
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“Worried artists reached out to Kennedy Center president Richard Grenell. His responses didn’t help”

Grenell’s responses all look fine to me ... the folks asking the questions simply don’t like his answers because of the little bubbles they all live in ...

i have no doubt that YUGE numbers of fantastic acts will be beating down the doors to perform in the Kennedy Center, which will no longer cater almost exclusively to freakazoids and moonbats that pretty much no one give a krap about anyway ...


5 posted on 04/11/2025 7:59:11 PM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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freakazoid and moonbat "performance artists" living in tiny bubbles who now don't have exclusive access to perform at the Kennedy Center are VERY unhappy that YUGE numbers of performances that regular folks will enjoy are now also allowed to perform in the Kennedy Center ...


6 posted on 04/11/2025 8:04:09 PM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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Well, bye.


7 posted on 04/11/2025 8:04:33 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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I don’t recall the name of the Republican who attended Hamilton, and was called to task by the actors from the stage. Real **ass act by the cast.


8 posted on 04/11/2025 8:13:42 PM PDT by healy61
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Mike Pence in 2016


9 posted on 04/11/2025 8:14:43 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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I can tell you that a painter can’t get a show of work in any gallery of prominence with art that supports Christianity, Patriotism or family values. No show, anywhere in a commercial gallery. And, if there is a religious theme, it must be sacrilegious.


10 posted on 04/11/2025 8:15:18 PM PDT by anton
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your vapidness

Wasn't that a line from Mork?

11 posted on 04/11/2025 8:19:20 PM PDT by Bernard (Issue an annual budget. And Issue a federal government balance sheet. Let's see what we got.)
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"… does the President actually care about artists cancelling shows at the Kennedy Center?"

The performers aren’t in charge of scheduling themselves.

The patrons decide what they want to see.

12 posted on 04/11/2025 8:20:47 PM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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Donna Arduin, alleging that the Kennedy Center has an operating deficit of over $100 million, do not account for donations and grants money embezzled from USAID slush funds that make up a significant portion of the nonprofit's revenue.
13 posted on 04/11/2025 8:24:56 PM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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I believe it. Leftists kind of own the arts.


14 posted on 04/11/2025 8:35:18 PM PDT by vivenne (7Come to think of it. )
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Yes, it was Pence and his wife. Such rude behavior to the VP (and O dont like the guy) and a paying customer.


15 posted on 04/11/2025 8:38:15 PM PDT by vivenne (7Come to think of it. )
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Grenell sounds like a man who is busy, professional and highly prioritized in every thing he does and says.
For that reason, I was surprised to see him using a term that sounded grammatically incorrect.

” your vapidness”
I think that should have been
“ your vapidity “
**Of course, many would say me being concerned about such a term, was showing myself to be somewhat ‘vapid’

Vapid equaling: overthinking/ insignificant/ jejune


16 posted on 04/11/2025 8:41:32 PM PDT by lee martell
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“I don’t recall the name of the Republican who attended Hamilton, and was called to task by the actors from the stage. Real **ass act by the cast.”

believe it or not, it was RINO VP Mike Pence that received that treatment from the assholes on stage ...


17 posted on 04/11/2025 8:41:55 PM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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Working people pay taxes so elites can have toys like the Kennedy Center. It should be auctioned off.


18 posted on 04/11/2025 9:36:14 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism. )
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THE BOOKKEEPING IS 18 MONTHS BEHIND???

HOW COMPLICATED CAN IT POSSIBLY BE FOR THAT ENTITY???

I was self employed for over 42 years-—working by myself—as a bookkeeper. Had as many as 19 clients at one time-—cheaper $69,000 a year gross to $3.5 Million a year gross.

I NEVER HAD A SINGLE CLIENT 18 MONTH STALE IN THEIR RECORDS.


19 posted on 04/11/2025 9:44:12 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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Rhiannon Giddens is an amazing performer and I really like several of her songs. She is an American musician known for her eclectic folk music. Her musical training, background and accomplishments are amazing.
20 posted on 04/11/2025 9:46:21 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (All we want is the same deportation policy that Martha's Vineyard has. That's it.)
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