Historymakers Hosts 'Evening with Smokey Robinson' Benefit
Chicago Defender › October 15, 2009
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A large contingent of proud family members on hand included Ertharin 's mom, Anne Cousin; son, Maurice; and daughterin-law, Jenetta Cousin; sisters, Tybra Arthur and Zina and Yuvette Riley; brother-in-law, Maurice Arthur; brother. Julius Riley; and nieces and nephews. Also on hand: Patrick F. Kennedy, the State Dept.'s undersecretary for management; [Gwen IfUl] ¿fill, PBS commentator; Michele Norris, of NPR's All Things Considered; Athelia Knight, retired Washington Post journalist; and Bill and Susan Sweeney etc.
Newsy Names - Real Men Cook cofounder and brand builder par excellence, Yvette Jackson Moyo, who trans- formed how Famers' Day is cel- ebrated, will have changed her mari- tal status by this time next year. She's marrying Derrick ("my real man") Gillard, a Nordstrom All Star. Yvette will continue as the leading crusader for men and fatherhood, and in a leadership role with Real Men Charities. Congrats, Yvette! . . . Elder Marianne Stallworth gives the Women's Day message at Sixth Grace Presbyterian Church on Sunday at the 11 a.m. service . . . Happy b'day to Rev. Otis Moss DH, Gloria Cooke, \ alinda [Quincy Jones] and Ouida Jones . . . Ooops! My bad! Last edition, we sent a b'day wish to Denise Gresham Rawls, it should have been to Denise Gresham Knox. Sorry 'bout that!TV Time - Actor, director, producer and writer Mario Van Peebles' half-hour reality series, Mario 's Green House, premieres Sunday, 7 p.m., with back-to-back episodes on TV One. In the environmental "how to" comedy, Mario and his family offer an entertaining and accessible take on how to make one's everyday life support a sustainable future. Along with his wife, Chitra, and his five high-energy kids, Mario embarks on a massive ecosensitive renovation of his house as part of a newfound commitment to green living.Suzanne de Passe, CEO of de Passe Entertainment and first African American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for screen writing (Lady Sings the Blues starring Diana Ross), comes this way Oct. 10 to emcee when Julieanna Richardson's HistoryMakers presents a PBS-TV taping of An Evening with Smokey Robinson at Northwestern Univ.'s Thome Auditorium. Newsy Names - Real Men Cook cofounder and brand builder par excellence, Yvette Jackson Moyo, who trans- formed how Famers' Day is cel- ebrated, will have changed her mari- tal status by this time next year.See the full content of this document
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Historymakers Hosts 'Evening with Smokey Robinson' Benefit
Suzanne de Passe, CEO of de Passe Entertainment and first African American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for screen writing (Lady Sings the Blues starring Diana Ross), comes this way Oct. 10 to emcee when Julieanna Richardson's HistoryMakers presents a PBS-TV taping of An Evening with Smokey Robinson at Northwestern Univ.'s Thome Auditorium....
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