The debutante (from the French débuter, to begin) is a young woman, usually of age 17 or 18, who is formally introduced to affluent society at a ball or "coming out" party. The original purpose of the "debut" was to announce that young women of...

A debutante (or deb) (from the French débutante, "female beginner") is a young lady from an aristocratic or upper class family who has reached the age of maturity, and as a new adult, is introduced to society at a formal presentation known as her...

Theater News Debutante Balls is a bitchin' title, especially for a solo show by a transgender performance artist about being white and queer in the South. Scott Turner Schofield was a middle-class girl in England, an upper-class high schooler in Charlotte, North Carolina,...

ON THE ORDINARY CALENDAR, THIS IS THE LAST SUNDAY IN NOVEMBER, THE LAST CHANCE TO CATCH OUR BREATH BEFORE WE SLIDE FROM THANKSGIVING INTO THE DECEMBER RUSH. BUT IN SOME WEIRD RECESS OF MY MIND, I KNOW IT'S COTILLION SEASON. This information is utterly...

Jurors began deliberating Thursday in the murder trial of three men charged in the Christmas Eve shooting of a 19-year-old woman hours after she had been presented as a debutante.Michael Thorpe, 26, Webster Wilson, 25, and Kevin Huckabee, 21, killed Jennifer Ross for no reason...

Three men were convicted of murder Saturday in the death of a 19-year-old white debutante who was shot on the back during a mugging last Christmas Eve, sparking outrage among civic leaders who know her family.Michael Thorpe, 26, Webster Wilson, 25, and Kevin Huckabee, 21,...