April Gibson Nominated for 2023 B Free Award
April Gibson accepting her 2019 B Free Award For her role as producer of The Noshing with Nina Show , April Gibson has been nominated to receive several B Free Awards. She has, in fact, been the winner of the award three times: twice in the First Amendment category, and once in the B Entertaining category. But last night's nomination - in the B Informed category - was special, because for the past two years, April has been looking after her mother in Louisiana, who has been struggling with dementia. She is handling all aspects of caretaking, from overseeing her mother's financial affairs, to chauffeuring her to various doctors' appointments. She has had to sacrifice her life and success in New York City, in order to be present for her mother in her time of need. The episode that was nominated was the show's coverage of the International Conference on James Baldwin, which took place in the South of France in June of 2022. It happened at the tail end of intern...