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WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The Kennedy Center\u2019s management isn\u2019t making a commitment to scheduling new shows or building up its staff even as the performing arts venue considers options short of a full two-year closure that a federal judge blocked last month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
In a court filing Friday, Kennedy Center lawyers said the institution plans to \u201cmaintain an operational model\u201d after the July 5 date when it was initially scheduled to shutter for renovations. Under that status, the Kennedy Center’s public spaces will still be accessible but the stages may largely be silent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cThe Court\u2019s order did not affirmatively require the Board to reschedule programming that had previously been cancelled or to seek new programming,\u201d the lawyers wrote in the filing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The Kennedy Center has been forced to reassess its plans after a May ruling from U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper upended many notable moves imposed by a board dominated by President Donald Trump’s allies. Cooper said Trump’s name was illegally added to the building and ordered it taken down. He blocked the closure and gave the institution’s leadership \u2014 along with Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, an ex-officio board member who filed the lawsuit \u2014 until Friday to provide a status update.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The venue said its management would present the board with several renovation options to consider for a vote. The options would include a complete closure or a partial closure that would allow \u201csome continued public access and limited programming in spaces unaffected\u201d by the work. A third option would \u201cconsider a highly limited series of phased closures to address only the Center\u2019s most serious infrastructure needs while scheduling and maintaining a full slate of programming.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Kennedy Center lawyers said the recommendations have not been finalized and a vote would happen in mid-July.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Beatty’s lawyers, meanwhile, argued the Kennedy Center hasn’t fully complied with Cooper’s order. While Trump’s name has been removed from the building, they took issue with a tarp that was put in place to cover the areas where the letters had been installed. There appears to be no immediate effort to remove the tarp.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
They also argued that without making an effort to return to some form of programming, the Kennedy Center would effectively be closing the institution despite Cooper’s ruling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cHaving gutted staff and programming, Defendants believe they can sit back and allow their pre-planned shutdown to commence,\u201d Beatty’s lawyers wrote in the filing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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