Daravi formerly served as the White House Deputy Director of Strategic Communications under Trump.
Were just not going to be part of it.
Amanda Rheaume also canceled her appearance scheduled for April 5.
The Kennedy Center is seen on a snowy night in Washington, DC on February 11, 2025.Craig Hudson/The Washington Post/Getty Images
On Feb. 22, Balun cancelled their appearance scheduled for Feb. 27.
Our safety, integrity, and commitment to justice come first, they wrote in a statement.
Our fight for justice continuesjust not from that stage.
On March 2, Peter Wolf cancelled his March 21 book event at the Kennedy Center.
Arts institutions are one area that should be immune from our corrosive political culture.
I sincerely wish for the Kennedy Center to return to a non-partisan community-building model of arts programming.
Until that occurs, I wont perform there.
