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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Entertainment
Christi Carras

Despite protests, Dave Chappelle's high school is finally dedicating a theater to him

After a recent visit to his former high school in Washington, D.C., took a tense turn, Dave Chappelle is going back for more.

On Monday, Duke Ellington School of the Arts is dedicating its theater to one of its most famous alumni after students at the school criticized the comedian in November. Some students' concerns about Chappelle's latest Netflix special, "The Closer," previously prompted the school to delay renaming its theater after the performer.

In December, the school announced that it would move forward with the dedication in the name of "art as a free and open form of expression to both reflect and challenge society."

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