Defiant tour guide spills details on declining Kennedy Center: ‘Now it’s a black hole’

escorted by security, in what workers dubbed “Firing Fridays.” Longtime volunteers, once celebrated at a formal annual gala, now receive a brief reception and souvenir gifts like bottle openers.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed legislation in 1958 to establish the performing arts center, and its cause was championed by his successor John F. Kennedy,continue reading …