L @lbligh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Believe it or not, I made this sign BEFORE I drove to the Kennedy Center Plaza to find these new matching orange barriers. How did they know? 010
L @lbligh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I can hardly wait! The two weeks will just fly by while we hold our breath. 010
L @lbligh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Six theaters are dark. Our National Symphony Orchestra performs elsewhere. The next two NSO concerts are Thursday evening and Friday morning at Schlesinger Hall in Alexandria. Apparently it makes more sense to send the orchestra elsewhere than to use the Concert Hall they already have? 010
L @lbligh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I'm also skeptical about the prospect of attracting an audience for the live event that won't look embarrassing in the Arena; booking stars to pay onstage tribute to Honorees; contracting for TV coverage; and getting anyone to watch the broadcast. 010
L @lbligh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It's already October. Have any potential Honorees agreed to receive the Kennedy Center Honors - from Trump - at Capital One Arena? 120
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L @lbligh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Early evening at the Kennedy Center. These steps are supposed to be full of people on their way to performances in 6 theaters. Instead, nobody. The sign has a little history, too. A nice couple who joined me here for an hour of protest a few weeks ago left it with me when they had to catch a plane. 030
L @lbligh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Support preserving the outside art at the Kennedy Center as well as the inside art! 020
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L @lbligh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Wednesday, September 30, 2026. It's mostly just the security guards and I on the Plaza today, plus some spotted lanternflies. If you don't understand today's sign, use this gift link - "The Kennedy Center was solvent when Trump took over. Then its finances collapsed." wapo.st/4dg5MJj 043
Reposted by Lelijahplovejoy.bsky.social @elijahplovejoy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026After Eric Schmitt's colossal fuck-up today, Rudy Giuliani is breathing a [wheezy] sigh of relief about the whole Four Seasons thing. 051
L @lbligh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Trump-appointed Kennedy Center Board is appealing the Judge's May 29th ruling, and their brief was docketed last night. Here's my thoughtful reaction. 011
L @lbligh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. In one of the attached photos, you see Local 22 of IATSE, re-rigging the Kennedy Center flagpoles for new flags. Nobody knows rigging like union stage technicians! 000
L @lbligh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Remember the first day of Carter's presidency, he gave amnesty to Vietnam draft dodgers? He put solar panels on the White House and attended 28 performances at the Kennedy Center. 130
L @lbligh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Carter presidency, definitely. Less because of Carter (though I admired him) than because it was pre-Reagan and pre-Gingrich. 130
L @lbligh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Sunday, September 27, 2026. The Kennedy Center is quiet today but the media is full of the story that employees have been trying to tell us for months: After the Trump takeover, long-planned repairs that were fully funded were put on hold, including roof repairs. 110
L @lbligh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The reader comment about the Bernstein Mass sent me into tears because I listen to that when I protest on the Plaza. 020
L @lbligh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Friday, Sep 25, 2026. They have blocked the bottom of the Kennedy Center steps now. And Judge Cooper issued a MINUTE ORDER: Defendants shall file a further status report on the temporary closure and emergency repairs no later than Friday, October 2, 2026. 000
L @lbligh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Wed, Sept 23. The Kennedy Center building is still "temporarily" closed, and is now scheduled to remain so for another week. Tourists are still stopping by, disappointed they can't go inside. They get my standard speech: "The tarp is ridiculous but the important story is that six theaters are dark." 010
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L @lbligh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Tue., Sept 22. The rain is keeping the cyclists and tourists away. The building is still closed. New filings justifying the "safety emergency" are due to the judge by tomorrow midnight. Please write your Senators and representatives (unless you live in DC) to urge them to protect the Kennedy Center! 000
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L @lbligh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The NYT has published a major investigation of what has happened to the Kennedy Center, and it is extraordinary. Internal emails, the art-removal plan, the tarps, the closure, the dirty Grand Foyer carpet, the hole in the ceiling - it’s all here. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...nytimes.comHow President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center (Gift Article)Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection. 000
L @lbligh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I was back on the Kennedy Center Plaza today with the attached sign (in response to Trump's characterization of the building as "a dump"). One of the Trump-as-Baby balloons was still there on the flagpole. 011
L @lbligh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Not according to Vance’s spokesperson, who told Atlantic Magazine, “The Second Lady spent a year on the board concluding her service on February 11, 2026.” Note that she is no longer listed on the KC website. 000
L @lbligh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026If you want to see compelling crowd images from last night's hugely successful protest at the Kennedy Center, look at the coverage by the professionals. My favorite wide crowd image is Craig Hudson's for the Washington Post. 010
L @lbligh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Actually Usha Vance left the Board in the spring prior to those particular meetings 100
L @lbligh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026If anyone at the protest is looking for me - I wanted to be findable so I wore the most lurid shirt I could find! 000
L @lbligh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The. Building. Is. Closed. This may feel like a legal victory to you, Norm, but I consider it a devastating failure for the Rule of Law. 011
L @lbligh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Thursday, September 17, on the Kennedy Center Plaza. Note the two signs. I began with a sense of positivity for Rep. Beatty's legal team, and ended in a rage that the Rule of Law no longer matters. 010
L @lbligh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Small factual correction: Trump announced his plan for a two-year Kennedy Center closure on February 1, 2026, while his name was still on the Kennedy Center. The lettering was not removed until June 13. (But thank you for passionately supporting the Kennedy Center!) 030
L @lbligh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Wednesday, September 16, 2026. On Day 12 after the debris fell, the Kennedy Center management finally allowed the maintenance staff to begin repairing the ceiling hole. The entire building is closed to the public, in violation of a court injunction. These were my signs today. 010
L @lbligh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Tuesday, September 15, 2026. Day 11 for the Kennedy Center's failure to clean up the carpet. ("Why would they remove it? It's a prop," someone commented yesterday.) Worse things happened later in the day so I forgot to post this until now. 120
L @lbligh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Day ten. The Kennedy Center has left this dirt on the rug for ten days. And they expect us to trust them with a two-year $250M renovation project? #kennedycenter 020
L @lbligh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026He planted the seed and is wisely letting others nourish the issue 090
L @lbligh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Sunday, September 13, 2026. For the NINTH DAY, the rug in the Grand Foyer is still uncleaned. So we're supposed to trust these people to handle a $250M renovation? I wouldn't trust them to feed my goldfish. 012
L @lbligh.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Saturday, September 12, 2026. It's Day 8 since some debris fell onto the rug. The rug has still not been cleaned and the Grand Foyer is still closed. "They made a decision for security and safety reasons that the Grand Foyer is closed to the public at this time," is what I was told. 000
L @lbligh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Friday, September 11, 2026. The mess is still on the rug. It's been a whole week since some debris fell from a hole in the ceiling during a storm, and the Kennedy Center management still has not cleaned it up. This is disgusting. 011
L @lbligh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Kennedy Center management has not yet had the debris cleaned up from last week's minor roof leak. It's been sitting there on the rug for nearly a week now. (The snapshot of the mess was taken this morning.) The Grand Foyer is still closed to visitors. 011
L @lbligh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026My symphony orchestra friends say that if they hear that, they wonder "Who died?" 001
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