120 | The Kennedy Center: you want to name it what?

We're living in an environment that is really tough for the arts. Why do names and show cancelations matter? Republicans want to rename the Kennedy Center Opera House after Melania Trump (Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, Jul 22, 2025) The Kennedy Center Opera House Might Be Renamed for Melania (Olivia Craigshead, The Cut, Jul 24, 2025) The Kennedy Center was built with a bipartisan mission. The room where art happens is now divided (Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, Mar 6, 2025) New board elects President Trump chair of Kennedy Center (Neda Ulaby, NPR, Feb 12, 2025) House Republicans push to name Kennedy Center's opera house after Melania Trump (Veronica Stracqualursi and Sarah Ferris, CNN, Jul 22, 2025) Review: 1776 at Kennedy Center (David Friscic, Broadway World, Jul 2, 2023) Stephen Colbert is Practically Daring CBS to Shut Him Down Early (Judy Berman, Time, Jul 25, 2025) Why We Need Fools: Jesters, Power, and Cults of Personality (Brian Klaas, The Garden of Forking Paths, Apr 7, 2024)