Author: Anastasia Tsioulcas

The board’s vote to shutter the historic arts center came amid concerns about financial, structural problems.

The judge ruled that the arts center’s board may not put Trump’s name back up on the building, saying such a change needs Congressional approval.

In two board resolutions made public Monday, the arts institution says it is in a dire financial and physical state — and that only President Trump can “rescue” it.

The formerly prominent, widely recorded conductor was sentenced Wednesday to nearly six years of probation for five counts of possession of child sex abuse material in Indianapolis.

A lawsuit seeks to block President Trump’s name from going back on the center. The center’s board warns that if renovation plans don’t go forward, it may be demolished.

Joyce Beatty, a Democratic representative from Ohio, asked a federal judge to stop the Kennedy Center trustees from putting President Trump’s name up in three places at the arts complex.

Lawyers for Rep. Joyce Beatty asked a judge to rule speedily on the complex’s renovation and entrance tarp. The National Symphony Orchestra also announced its new season, away from the Kennedy Center.

The board voted to close the Washington, D.C., arts complex’s main campus for a $250 million renovation — three months after a federal judge temporarily blocked a similar closure.

Chuck Redd canceled his annual Christmas Eve performance to protest Trump’s name being added to the complex. In June, a superior court judge dismissed the Kennedy Center’s lawsuit against Redd.