The black family in America has long been an institution seemingly under attack. For the past half-century, since Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote his infamous report on the growing crisis in “The Negro Family,” the breakdown in the black family has been blamed for just about every ill that plagues black America. So when Bill Cosby [...]
ABS Honors Bill Cosby For TV Show That Transformed Image of Black Family
February 25, 2013 | Posted by
Bill Cosby On Hand to Help Open Bay Area’s $64M SFJazz Center
January 25, 2013 | Posted by
“Congratulations,” Bill Cosby told a roomful of jazz patrons on Wednesday, near the outset of the opening-night concert at the SFJazz Center here. “This is your place, you know.” The crowd, which filled the 700-seat Robert N. Miner Auditorium, laughed appreciatively at Cosby’s line, which was no less welcome for being obvious. The SFJazz Center, [...]
Tananarive Due to Present Ava DuVernay’s ‘Middle of Nowhere’
September 22, 2012 | Posted by
Award-winning director Ava DuVernay will break down the business of filmmaking during a discussion on Black to the Future: Era of the Artist Entrepreneur. Presented by 2012-2013 William and Camille Cosby Endowed Professor in the Humanities, Tananarive Due, the evening with the screenwriter and director will feature a clip from DuVernay’s prize-winning film Middle of [...]
Bill Cosby Killed Off in Another Twitter Death Hoax
August 28, 2012 | Posted by
Twitter killed off Bill Cosby again. The legendary comedian was the subject of Twitter death rumors, with fans spreading the falsehood across the Internet for hours—sending others to actual news sources to verify whether the rumor was true. Cosby, 75, was the subject of a similar Internet death hoax in 2010. That time he went [...]
Bill Cosby Emcees Playboy Jazz Festival for Last Time
June 18, 2012 | Posted by
As a jazz fan, you really have to savor the select moments of the Playboy Jazz Festival, which began its 34th installment Saturday at its longtime home, the Hollywood Bowl. Because as a stand-alone, multi-day barometer of the state of the music, the festival doesn’t measure up to internationally known siblings such as Newport or [...]
Ben’s Chili Bowl Serves Up D.C. Flavor
June 7, 2012 | Posted by
The scene: Many of the places I visit that are steeped in history and local color deliver in terms of ambiance but come up short on the food front; while many that serve great food have little to no personality. Fortunately for the many visitors to the nation’s capital, that is not the case at [...]
