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The Washington National Opera has decided to end its longstanding partnership with the Kennedy Center, citing financial challenges and changes in the center's policies under the Trump administration, and plans to operate independently and seek new venues for performances.
The Kennedy Center is experiencing a wave of performance cancellations from artists protesting the recent renaming of the venue to include Donald Trump's name, amid political tensions and declining ticket sales, with some artists citing the politicization of the venue as their reason for withdrawing.
Several high-profile performances in New York City, including "Hamilton" and "Camelot," have been canceled due to the aftereffects of wildfire smoke in Canada drifting down into the U.S., causing extremely poor air quality across much of the eastern area of the country. With air quality alerts in effect from New England to the Southeast, more than 100 million Americans have been impacted. The air quality in New York City was the worst among the world's major cities for a time Tuesday morning, according to IQAir.