The Washington Post

The Kennedy Center Honors will continue during closure — with a new name

The Kennedy Center may be closing for two years, but its marquee awards show will continue, with a new name. The Kennedy Center Honors will go on after the center closes, around July 4, and will now be called the “Trump Kennedy Center Honors.”
NPR

It was called the Kennedy Center, but 3 different presidents shaped it

On Thursday, the Kennedy Center's name was changed to The Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts. By Friday morning, workers were already changing signs on the building itself, although some lawmakers said Thursday ...
Vanity Fair

At MAGA-fied Kennedy Center Honors, Trump Returns to Television Roots

When President Donald Trump introduced himself as the chairman of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the host of the 48th Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday night, the spectacle conjured the image of an alternate timeline: one in which ...
Variety

‘Kennedy Center Honors’ Will Be Renamed ‘Trump Kennedy Center Honors,’ With Program Moving to a Smaller Venue ‘Where Ticket Demand Will Be Even Higher’

“The Kennedy Center Honors” have been presented under that longstanding, historic name for the final time. (Or at least for the last time for the next three years.) To the surprise of probably few people, the awards program will henceforth be known as ...
Mediaite

The Kennedy Center Honors Will Continue — With a New Location and Name

The Kennedy Center Honors will continue in a new location and with a new name while the Performing Arts Center is closed for renovations, President Richard Grenell told Washington’s WTOP news radio. “It will definitely go forward,” Grenell said.