Mama’s Boyz Honor Family
by Cesca Janece Waterfield
With the release of his first book Mama’s Boyz: American as Sweet Potato Pie in 1997, comic artist Jerry Craft entered a market saturated with cynical comic strips and crude animated cartoons. His positive and family-appropriate humor continues to contrast with some national sitcoms. But with each book release, Jerry’s audience grows [...]
Richmond Novelist Has a Formula for Success
by Cesca Janece Waterfield
Charles Carroll Lee recently released his fourth novel “Preacher Man,” a complex story of greed, lust and betrayal that surrounds a fictional Richmond church and the Reverend Darren McCade. The Hull St. Branch of the Richmond Public Library invited him to teach a workshop on how to self-publish. On Oct. 22, he [...]
African American Equestrians Jump Racial Hurdles
by Cheryl Williams
African-American equestrians are the minority within a minority as equestrianism remains an interest among a few people, primarily white. Few women make it to the top of equine sports.
Shayla Wilson is determined to be one of those few. An honors graduate (2008) of Virginia Intermont College, the nation’s top equine university, Shayla was [...]
Frugal Fashionista, Vanita Baugh
Photographed by Cesca Janece Waterfield
My Closet-Your Treasures is a designer consignment shop located at 5224 Lakeside Ave. Owner Vanita Baugh opened the boutique in Oct. 2007 with the vision of establishing a “bargain hunter’s dream.” It offers women’s clothing, shoes and accessories, many of which feature distinctive labels such as Gucci, Prada, BCBG, Bebe, Fendi [...]
Fashion Designer Michael Taylor Has the Gift
by Jenna’e Rainney
Fashion has always captivated the attention of Americans as well as others all over the globe. From television shows such as Project Runway to America’s Next Top Model, fashion is everywhere. On the other hand, there are the designers, the brilliant and creative minds behind these pieces of clothing that we pick out [...]
