Phoebe Jacobs, Executive Vice-President of the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, will participate in a forum entitled “The Women in Louis Life” at the Old U.S. Mint on Friday, August 1 at 3:45 p.m. Born in the Bronx, New York City, June 21, 1918, Phoebe worked as a publicist for Benny Goodman, Eubie Blake, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Peggy Lee and Louis Armstrong.

On October 15, the Louis Armstrong House, located at 34-56 107th Street in Queens, New York, will open to the public....