Michael Feinstein Accuses Kennedy Center of 'Government-Sanctioned Censorship' for Pride Event Cancellation

Five-time Grammy nominee Michael Feinstein accused the Kennedy Center of cowing to "government-sanctioned censorship" and the "silencing of creativity" Saturday in response to the center canceling its Pride Month programming. "The genesis of art is essential to our need to enlighten, entertain, educate and help ​each of us, as human beings​, connect to ​one another. Art, especially during the 20th century in America, offered every soul an opportunity to express or experience the diversity of culture," Feinstein wrote in an Instagram post titled "Fear of Queer? by Michael . . .