Profs & Pints DC: The Tragedy of the Kennedy Center

Profs and Pints DC presents: “The Tragedy of the Kennedy Center,” an expert’s analysis of the rise and falter of an iconic performing arts institution, with E. Andrew Taylor, associate professor and director of the Arts Management Program at American University.

The unraveling of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts—its programs, personnel, buildings, and budgets—might seem sudden. But the vulnerabilities exposed under President Trump were decades in the making.

Gain a much better understanding of the center’s past, current crisis, and potential future with E. Andrew Taylor, who has written extensively on the center, advised Washington Post coverage of its governance and finances, and submitted expert testimony in federal litigation concerning the center’s future.

He’ll describe how for more than 50 years the Kennedy Center has operated through an uneasy truce among different players with varied agendas. It has simultaneously served as a federal memorial, a congressionally chartered institution,…