Hosted by Uncle Bobbie’s

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NAACP Image Award winning actor, Jay Ellis joins us to discuss his first book, Did Everyone Have an Imaginary Friend (or Just Me)?. He will talk about his life, and his journey from being a kid in South Carolina to starring in one of the biggest and most culturally impactful shows on TV. Jay will be joined in conversation with Uncle Bobbie’s owner, Marc Lamont Hill. A Q&A will follow the conversation because we know you will definitely have your questions. All copies of Jay’s book will be signed. Don’t miss out!

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About the Book: Jay Ellis, star of HBO’s Insecure, tells the story of growing up with an imaginary best friend you will never forget—part Dwayne Wayne from A Different World, part Will Smith from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air—in this hilarious, vulnerable memoir. “So funny, poignant, and personal. I loved this and you will, too.”—Mindy Kaling, author of Why Not Me? and Nothing Like I Imagined What to do when you’re the perpetual new kid, only child, and military brat hustling school to school each year and everyone’s looking to you for answers? Make some shit up, of course! And a young Jay Ellis does just that, with help from his imaginary friend, Mikey. A testament to the importance of invention, trusting oneself, and making space for creativity, Did Everyone Have an Imaginary Friend (or Just Me)? is a memoir of a kid who confided in his imaginary sidekick to navigate parallel pop culture universes (like watching Fresh Prince alongside John Hughes movies or listening to Ja Rule and Dave Matthews) to a lifetime of birthday disappointment (being a Christmas-season Capricorn will do that to you) and hoop dreams gone bad. Mikey also guides Ellis through tragedies, like losing his teenage cousin in a mistaken-target drive-by and the shame and fear of being pulled over by cops almost a dozen times the year he got his driver’s license. As his imaginary friend morphs into adult consciousness, Ellis charts an unforgettable story of looking inward to solve to some of life’s biggest (and smallest) challenges, told in the roast-you-with-love voice of your closest homey.

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Doors open at 6:00pm. Street parking available. Wheelchair accessible entrance also available. All tickets are non-refundable