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Blue Owl

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9. I hope the National Symphony can find an alternate venue to perform at

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Sun Nov 2, 2025, 10:38 PM

Nov 2025

The resident arts organizations themselves shouldn’t have to suffer because of the artless Great Fatsby.

Joe and Barack should invest in an abandoned venue in the DC area and call it the “Biden-Obama Arts Center” and they should move there.

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Picture--Kennedy Center auditorium almost completely empty: [View all] tblue37 Nov 2025 OP

Trump fans are there, all at the keg getting a beer. dem4decades Nov 2025 #1

ETTD. tblue37 Nov 2025 #2

Not unexpected.. surfered Nov 2025 #3

Everything trump touches, dies Bayard Nov 2025 #4

Follow the links. usonian Nov 2025 #5

Kennedy Center is FULL of Cha Nov 2025 #10

That's great news!!!! Klarkashton Nov 2025 #6

Good ol Schadenfreude For when Cha Nov 2025 #11

I hope that he feels really insulted. Klarkashton Nov 2025 #12

Will wrestling matches be in its future? Diamond_Dog Nov 2025 #7

more pics and info Celerity Nov 2025 #8

That's mid performance too. Klarkashton Nov 2025 #14

What narcassistic president needs to stick his orange face everywhere? BlueWaveNeverEnd Nov 2025 #15

I hope the National Symphony can find an alternate venue to perform at Blue Owl Nov 2025 #9

More performers than audience BlueWaveNeverEnd Nov 2025 #13

The Trumpery Center. tanyev Nov 2025 #16

Maybe they can perform Professor Peter Schickele's music. usonian Nov 2025 #17

Um, I saw a P. D. Q. performance at the Kennedy Center back in the early 70s, generalbetrayus Nov 2025 #18

I was going to link a video of his concerto of piano versus orchestra. usonian Nov 2025 #20

I still have his album. "The Wurst of P.D.Q. Bach" progressoid Nov 2025 #22

Iphigenia in Brooklyn from his first album has to be one of the most hilarious musical satires I have ever heard. generalbetrayus Nov 2025 #24

The use of double reeds without the use of oboes and bassoons. progressoid Nov 2025 #25

I was in high school, too, when my sister bought it. I played French Horn in my high school band generalbetrayus Nov 2025 #29

A Gallagher tribute show TommyT139 Nov 2025 #26

Great job to the Washington Post researchers NJCher Nov 2025 #19

4121 comments? usonian Nov 2025 #21

My kid's Jr High band concerts were better attended. progressoid Nov 2025 #23

You can only watch Leni Riefenstahl so many times. Kid Berwyn Nov 2025 #27

The point was to kill the arts and the Kennedy brand. Irish_Dem Nov 2025 #28