After defending its actions last week , the Music Hall in Portsmouth is now apologizing for its decision to cancel a fundraiser for the Lovering Center, a Seacoast-based sexual health service provider, scheduled for earlier this month.

“The Music Hall team recognizes that they should have more productively engaged Lovering in the decision-making process. And for that, we apologize and are committed to making things right,” said Jude Blake, chair of the Music Hall board of trustees, in a statement to NHPR.

The board chair says the theater also reached out to the Lovering Center to apologize directly, offered to host a future event, is planning on hosting listening sessions with key community groups, and is reevaluating its security and rental protocols.

But the Lovering Center — and

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