Scholar Rebecca Marks Jimerson portrayed Bessie Smith, a famous blues singer, during the fourth evening performance of "Anything Goes: America in the Roaring Twenties" in the Northwestern Oklahoma ...

JANESVILLE -— Bessie’s Diner, located at Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport in Janesville, will host its 7th annual Fly-In or Drive-In pancake breakfast on Saturday, June 14, and Sunday ...

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Holiday claimed Bessie Smith as one of her biggest influences, though she was never so explicit about her queerness in her act. A same-sex love song or dress in drag could be seen as a playful nod ...