How far in advance do you RSVP to an event?  They say that gay men typically wait until the last minute – probably because we are waiting for a better offer.  Personally, I can change my mind about going to something even as I’m parking!  So I find it fascinating that our “president” (such as he is) and his spousal equivalent have opted out of attending the Kennedy Center Honors in DECEMBER!  That, of course, assumes he is still our president in December.  Given the current political climate, it is conceivable that had he gone, he’d have had the worst night in the theatre of any president since Lincoln!

This move by Mr. Trump came after two arts-connected events.  1) Three of the five Kennedy Center Honorees stated they would skip the reception with the President at the White House and B) the entire 17-person President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities resigned en masse.  This is significant since it is the first entire White House department to resign.  Some have quipped that nobody cares about the actions of people in the arts.  I’d call that shortsighted.  Many people go to foreign lands to visit museums and architecture.  Almost nobody ever visits historical sites of accountants and economists.  Arts matter.  Arts endure.