• Time for an awards ceremony

    We’ve had some good news on the family front. My niece is a documentary film producer who worked on the 2022 Academy Award winning documentary “Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised),” about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, an event that rivaled Woodstock but was completely ignored by the mainstream media.…


  • Kentucky chefs miss out on award and coverage

    The James Beard Awards were announced last night in Chicago. Two Kentucky chefs were in the running for Best Chef: Southeast. The winner announced last night, however, was Jake Howell of Peninsula in Nashville. The CJ, of course, was late to recognize this and published a story yesterday, essentially not giving the Kentuckians a chance…