2026-09-16T19:43:21.366Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：桑伦·瑟夫蒂、邓博尔
发布于 2026年9月16日，美国东部时间下午3:43
唐纳德·特朗普
2026年9月15日，华盛顿特区，从乔治城滨水区远眺约翰·F·肯尼迪表演艺术中心。
在这家艺术机构董事会举行一场戏剧性会议的次日，肯尼迪中心主楼内的灯光似乎已经熄灭。会上，许多与总统唐纳德·特朗普结盟的董事会成员投票决定关闭中心。
中心大门已于周二晚间6点上锁，入口处还堆放了自行车架以阻挡公众进入。
但正式关闭这座公共纪念建筑将违反一项法院命令，该命令要求中心保持开放，直至民主党众议员乔伊斯·比蒂提起的诉讼审结。
周三，美国地区法院法官克里斯托弗·库珀针对比蒂提出的紧急听证会申请作出裁决，下令特朗普政府于美国东部时间周四上午10点前就该建筑的现状答复相关问题。
比蒂提出该申请的背景是，她的一名法律团队成员被拒绝进入主楼，“多名安保人员告知该建筑目前不对公众开放”，她的律师在法庭文件中表示。
文件提到，肯尼迪中心的一名发言人称，大楼关闭是出于安全考虑，但比蒂的律师表示，他们向司法部寻求解释时未得到任何答复——他们认为这违反了法院命令。
2026年9月15日，华盛顿，约翰·F·肯尼迪表演艺术中心外的大门上张贴的告示。
当CNN周三探访时，主楼未看到任何显示状态变更的标识——尽管大门外已设置围栏和路障。
几名安保人员在楼外，当时建筑工人正在作业，外围搭建了带有白色窗帘的围栏。
主楼外的数字广告屏仍在宣传即将上演的剧目，一名园丁正在修剪树篱。员工们通过停车场入口进出大楼。其中一名员工告诉CNN，他们的工牌可以进入大楼，但只能走侧门。
CNN已联系肯尼迪中心，询问该建筑的最新状态。
一名独自抗议者站在外面，举着标语牌，上面写着：“别忘了，仍有禁制令！”以及“特朗普董事会可耻”。
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现场相对平静的表象之下，未来数日预计仍将上演激烈博弈。
司法部已表示计划于周五对要求中心保持开放的法院裁决提起上诉，而特朗普则警告称，除非能将他的名字镌刻在建筑上，否则中心可能不会重新开放。
与此同时，肯尼迪中心的附属艺术空间“探索馆”（The Reach）仍在开放。
周三，现场播放着歌曲《乔琳》。多莉·帕顿主题庆祝活动原定于9月25日举行。
当被问及该空间是否会继续开放时，一名工作人员冷淡地回答：“我们也不知道。”
Is the Kennedy Center closed? Question hangs over arts institution as judge orders update
2026-09-16T19:43:21.366Z / CNN
By Sunlen Serfaty, Boer Deng
PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2026, 3:43 PM ET
Donald Trump
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is seen from the Georgetown Waterfront on September 15, in Washington, DC.
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
One day after a dramatic meeting of the arts institution’s Board of Trustees, during which members – many of whom are allies of President Donald Trump – voted to close its doors, lights inside the Kennedy Center’s main building appeared to have been turned off.
The doors had been locked at 6 p.m. Tuesday night and bike racks were stacked up by entrances to block public access.
But officially closing the public monument would violate a court order requiring it remain open as a lawsuit brought by Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty continues.
On Wednesday, US District Court Judge Christopher Cooper, in response to an appeal for an emergency hearing filed by Beatty, ordered the Trump administration to answer questions over the status of the building by Thursday at 10 a.m ET.
Beatty issued the request after a member of her legal team was denied entry to the main building and “was informed by several security staff members that the building is currently closed to the public,” her attorneys said in a court filing.
A spokesperson for the Kennedy Center said the building was closed due to safety concerns, the filing noted, but Beatty’s lawyers said that when they asked for an explanation from the Justice Department, they did not receive a reply – a violation of the court order, they contend.
A sign is placed on a gate outside the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, on September 15.
Jacquelyn Martin/AP
When CNN visited on Wednesday, no signage was visible indicating any change of status to the main building – despite the fences and barricades over the doors.
A few security guards were outside as construction crews worked outside the building, where a fence with white curtains had been erected.
Outside the main building, the digital advertising boards still hype upcoming shows, and a landscaper was pruning the hedges. Employees came and went through a parking garage entrance. One of them told CNN that their badge worked for getting into the building – but only on the side doors.
CNN has reached out to the Kennedy Center for an update on the building’s status.
A lone protestor stood outside with a sign that said: “There is still an injunction, remember?” And “shame on the Trump board.”
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The relative calm of the scene belies the drama that is expected to continue in the days to come.
The Justice Department has said it plans by Friday to appeal the court’s decision forcing it to remain open, while Trump has warned that the center may not reopen unless his name can be affixed to the building.
Meanwhile, an annex of the Kennedy Center, a separate arts space known as The Reach, remains open.
On Wednesday, the song “Jolene” was being played. A Dolly Parton celebration is planned for September 25.
When asked if it will remain open, a worker there replied, dryly: “We have no idea.”
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