About this Event
Former NBA Player, Kevin Johnson's Fixin's Soul Kitchen, Detroit, hosts a one-of-a-kind Book Talk and Dinner event with Emmy Award-winning actress Victoria Rowell at an All-Star Anniversary event, not to be missed.
Date: August 27
Time 6-8
Reading & Q&A
Mingle & Dinner Served
Photo Op.
Prix Fixe Menu
-appetizers
-entrees
-sides
-dessert
-drinks (non alcoholic)
-libations (cash bar)
Ticket price: $70
(incl meal, book, tax, grat)
Seating Limited: First Come, First Served
Coming to LA, Sacramento, and Tulsa.
Victoria Rowell is a 3x Emmy-nominated, 12x NAACP Image Award-winning actress, and is also recognized for her outstanding literary work, The Women Who Raised Me. Victoria has received dozens of Civic Awards for community service. She is a veteran of the big and small screen, best known for her work with Samuel L. Jackson, Eddie Murphy, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Jim Carey, and Dick Van Dyke on Diagnosis M**der as well as her iconic role as Drucilla Winters on CBS’s number one daytime drama, The Young and the Restless.
Born a ward of the state in the State of Maine, the child of a Yankee blueblood mother, Dorothy (Collins) Rowell, and a Black Marine, Levi (Cowan) Wilson, from South Carolina, Victoria Rowell beat the odds that befall many foster children. The Women Who Raised Me Legacy Edition is the remarkable story of her rise out of the foster care system to attain the American Dream and of the myriad women who lifted her up, inspired her, and seeded her with the drive and commitment it took to claim her place in the world. The Women Who Raised Me Legacy Edition is a loving tribute to the stalwart, honorable women…from pianist and horticulturist, Agatha Armstead, a Black Bostonian, and Victoria’s primary foster mother who noticed her spark for creativity and innate passion for ballet to Esther Brooks, her first official ballet teacher and benefactress at the prestigious, Cambridge School of Ballet in Massachusetts. As pivotal was Vicki’s no-nonsense social worker, Linda Webb. The sheer determination of these diverse women fortified Victoria during her unlikely arrival in New York City at age seventeen with a full scholarship to study at the American Ballet Theater School. Transfixing and redemptive, The Women Who Raised Me Legacy Edition is both heartbreaking and heartwarming, ultimately inspiring. The Legacy Edition of her NY Times bestseller is a tribute to all the children who deserve to have someone to hold their hand, and their space, and to remind them everyone deserves love, beauty, and everything is possible.
Host Kevin Johnson, a former NBA All-Star, Founder of St. Hope Leadership Academy, and past Mayor of Sacramento, Kevin Johnson and his wife, Michelle, founded Fixins Soul Food to combine his love of Black culture and her obsession with great food. Combine that with the world of words, and you have a winning combination.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
FIXING restaurant-Soul Food (corner RAndolph and Centre), 1435 Randolph Street, Detroit, United States
USD 74.49
