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Yasmin Zaher’s remarkable novel The Coin has won the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize for writers under the age of 40.
Others, like comedian W. Kamau Bell and the band Guster, decided to move forward. Yasmin Williams and Cathy Fink, two musicians with deep ties to the cultural center, emailed the Center’s ...
Recently, musician Yasmin Williams shared on Instagram and in a CNN interview an alleged email exchange with Grenell where she asked about the organization’s direction. In the message ...
That's how it feels to watch Yasmin Williams play the acoustic guitar. Williams is one of the best and brightest young artists to come out of the folk world. On her new album, Acadia, she's in ...
RELATED: Kennedy Center cites sales, artists for canceled shows Recently guitarist Yasmin Williams went viral for a heated email exchange with interim executive director Richard Grenell.
Kennedy Center Interim Executive Director Richard Grenell said, 'The programs are so woke that they haven’t made money. Yes, I cut the DEI bulls**t ...' A musician who contacted John F Kennedy ...
Washington D.C.-based guitarist Yasmin Williams has shared on Instagram a series of contentious emails she exchanged with Richard Grenell, the interim executive director of the John F. Kennedy ...
Director Ric Grenell sent a series of angry emails to guitarist Yasmin Williams, questioning her own judgement and motives. The back-and-forth began when Williams sent a message to Grenell ...
Guitarist Yasmin Williams, a renowned finger-style guitarist from Virginia, called Grenell’s response “completely unprofessional and rude” after she questioned him about the controversial ...
One artist who does not wish to boycott the Kennedy Center, however, is Virginian guitarist Yasmin Williams. According to screenshots of her email exchange that she posted online, Williams had ...