The inaugural Black History Month Cookout Party takes place Saturday, Feb. 22 at 4:30 to about 9:30 p.m. The Broom Closet is located at 719 Walnut St. in Red Bluff. Monique Charles is the co-owner ...

I have conducted decades of research on cookout etiquette and their significance to Black folks. Cookouts mark time, people, and space. We take record of who attends and who is no longer with us.

Chef Kia Damon poses at Lalito restaurant in New York City. Damon is one of two Black women participating in The Cookout. She became an executive chef at 24. Courtesy of South Beach Wine & Food ...

This was the setting for The Cookout: An Event Honoring Black History in Tennis. For six hours, 200 tennis players would run, swing and hit on four of the venue’s 12 courts. Some were beginners.