Piece of the Kennedy Center's ceiling falls amid heavy rain in DC area

Preservationists worry board may seize on incident ‘to make the point that the whole thing needs to be shut down’ Falling debris from a ceiling in the grand foyer of the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts may have complicated a battle over renovations of the…

No one was injured when a piece of the ceiling inside the Kennedy Center's grand foyer partially collapsed Friday evening, said Roma Daravi, the center's vice president for public relations.

A portion of the ceiling inside the Kennedy Center’s Grand Foyer collapsed Friday evening as heavy rain swept through the Washington, D.C. area, prompting officials to temporarily close the main building. No one was injured in the collapse, according to the Kennedy Center, which…

No one was injured, according to a Kennedy Center statement, but debris and dust were spread across a wide area of the red carpet that patrons would typically walk on.