Yasmin Williams Continues Booking Kennedy Center Shows Amid Restructuring

Following years of tumultuous restructuring, Yasmin Williams isn't going to let the music stop at the Kennedy Center if she can help it. Last year, after a mass exodus of artists from the center's committee in protest of Trump firing several board members and installing new ones who then elected him chairman, Williams continued to fight for the center's integrity and its union members. That included playing a show there last September, where she was heckled by Trump supporters. This summer, Ben Folds brought the episode back into the spotlight while testifying before Congress about Trump's takeover of the institution.

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