“We’re talking about freedom of expression.”Officials at Lincoln Center refunded Ms. Heinz’s ticket, but this week they declined to discuss why she had been blocked from the performance. PhotoTimothy Biel, a fellow patron, who met Ms. Heinz outside the concert on the night she was turned away, later sent a letter of complaint to Lincoln Center. “From a policy point of view, what Lincoln Center is saying doesn’t make very much sense,” Mr. Siegel said. Those performances produced vocal protests by demonstrators who rallied inside barricades that lined Columbus Avenue outside Lincoln Center but did not reach into the plaza. “The arts have always been political,” Ms. Heinz said.

Source: New York Times February 22, 2017 22:18 UTC