"Chuck Redd has led the Kennedy Center's "Jazz Jams" Christmas concert since 2006. But last Friday, he pulled the plug on this year's performance following Donald Trump's hand-picked board of trustees voting to rename the venue "The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts." "When I saw the name change on the Kennedy Center website and then hours later on the building, I chose to cancel our concert," Redd confirmed to The Associated Press."
"Now, Kennedy Center president Rick Grenell has responded by saying he plans to seek $1 million in damages from Redd over what he called "this political stunt." "Your decision to withdraw at the last moment - explicitly in response to the Center's recent renaming, which honors President Trump's extraordinary efforts to save this national treasure - is classic intolerance and very costly to a non-profit Arts institution," Grenell wrote in a letter obtained by The Associated Press."
Chuck Redd canceled his annual "Jazz Jams" Christmas concert at the Kennedy Center after the board voted to rename the venue "The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts." Redd led the concert series since 2006 and said he canceled after seeing the name change on the Kennedy Center website and on the building. Kennedy Center president Rick Grenell announced plans to seek $1 million in damages from Redd, calling the withdrawal a "political stunt" and "classic intolerance." Grenell said the renaming honors President Trump's efforts to preserve the institution. The conflict raises issues of protest, nonprofit finances, and reputational impact.
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