I always had the fears of coming out, or my family finding out,' Thais-Williams told The Times. 'I found myself there.' ...

Catch One, which she opened in Los Angeles in 1973 in the face of local animosity, became a glittering sanctuary for a ...

Jewel’s Catch One became a kind of West Coast Studio 54, with disco-era visionaries like Donna Summer, Chaka Khan, Sylvester, Rick James and Evelyn “Champagne” King performing to packed rooms.