Greetings! November is GBE Black Business Month. It’s also American Diabetes Month (call the American Diabetes Association at 800-DIABETES, email askada@diabetes.org or visit www.diabetes.org/in-my-community/american-diabetes-month for more information) as well as Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness Month (call 800-331-2020 or 312-363-6001, fax 312-363-6052, email info@preventblindness.org or visit www.preventblindness.org).
THEATER
In “Hamilton: An American Musical,” Lin-Manuel Miranda takes the stage as the unlikely Founding Father making his mark on a hungry, new nation at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, 226 W. 46th St. For information, call 800-276-2392 or visit boxoffice.broadway.com
“The Gin Game,” featuring James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson, at the John Golden Theater, 252 W. 45th St., running now through Oct. 31. For information, call 800-BROADWAY or visit broadway.com.
A rare New York revival of “In White America”—the 1963 Drama Desk Award-winning documentary play on the history of Blacks in America from slavery through the Civil Rights Movement—will be presented by Woodie King Jr.’s New Federal Theatre at the Castillo Theater, 543 W. 42nd St., now through Nov. 15. Performances run Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Group sales are available. For tickets, call 866-811-4111 toll-free or visit www.castillo.org. For more information, visit www.newfederaltheatre.com.
“Sistas” tells of the struggles, the joy and the triumphs of being Black and being a woman in America, Saturdays and Sundays, now through January 2016 at St. Luke’s Theater, 308 W. 46th St., New York City. Call 212-239-6200 or visit telecharge.com.
Tyler Perry’s “Madea on the Run,” Thursday, Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, Nov. 20 at 8 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 21 at noon, 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.; and Sunday, Nov. 22 at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at Kings Theatre, 1027 Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. For information, call 718-856-5464 or visit ticketmaster.com.
MUSIC
Stephanie Mills, Friday, Nov. 6 at 8 p.m., B.B. King Blues Club and Grill, 237 W. 42nd St. For information, visit bbkingblues.com or ticketmaster.com or call 212-997-4144.
Hugh Masekela and Larry Willis, “Best of Friends,” Friday, Nov. 6 at 9:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 7 at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., Jazz Standard, 116 E. 27th St., New York City. For information, call 212-576-2232 or visit jazzstandard.com.
Chaka Khan, Nov. 8 at 7 p.m., Ulster Performing Arts Center, 601 Broadway, Kingston, N.Y. For information, call 845-339-6088 or visit ticketmaster.com.
Rakim, Nov. 11 at 9 p.m., SOB’s, 204 Varick St., New York City. For information, call 212-243-4940 or visit sobs.com.
Angie Stone, Friday, Nov. 13 at 8 p.m., B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, 237 W. 42nd St., New York City. For information, call 212-997-4144 or visit bbkingblues.com, ticketmaster.com.
Carnegie Hall presents the New York Pops Sophisticated Ladies, Friday, Nov. 13 at 8 p.m., celebrating the centennial year of Billie Holiday’s birth and other groundbreaking icons, from Ella Fitzgerald to Sarah Vaughn and Dinah Washington, featuring guest artists Montego Glover, Capathia Jenkins and Sy Smith.
The “My Sisters and Me Tour,” featuring Deniece Williams, Karyn White, CeCe Peniston and Kathy Sledge, Saturday, Nov. 14 at 8 p.m., the Grand Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino, 39 Norwich at Westerly Road, Manshantucket, Conn. For informaton, call 800-200-2882 or visit ticketmaster.com.
Mavis Staples, Saturday, Nov. 14 at 8 p.m., Bergen Performing Arts Center, 30 N. Van Brunt St., Englewood, N.J. For information, call 201-227-1030 or visit ticketmaster.com.
Mary J. Blige, Sunday, Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. at the Grand Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino, 39 Norwich at Westerly Road, Mashantucket, Conn. For information, call 800-200-2882 or visit ticketmaster.com.
Stevie Wonder, in a historic, one-night-only event, presents “Songs in the Key of Life,” Tuesday, Nov. 24 at 8 p.m., Madison Square Garden, Seventh Ave. and 32nd Street, New York City. For more information, call 212-465-MSG1 or visit ticketmaster.com.
George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, Tuesday, Nov. 24 at 8 p.m., B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, 237 W. 42nd St., New York City. For information, call 212-997-4144 or visit bbkingblues.com, ticketmaster.com.
Kem’s “Promise to Love Tour” with special guest star Tamar Braxton, Wednesday, Nov. 25 at 7:30 p.m., the Theater at Madison Square Garden, 4 Penn Plaza, New York City. For information, call 212-465-6741 or visit ticketmaster.com.
“Ladies Night Out” featuring Keith Sweat, Guy and Johnny Gill, Saturday, Nov. 28 at 8 p.m., the Grand Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino, 39 Norwich at Westerly Road, Manshantucket, Conn. For informaton, call 800-200-2882 or visit ticketmaster.com.
Erykah Badu, Wednesday, Dec. 2 at 8 p.m., Kings Theatre, 1027 Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. For information, call 718-856-5464 or visit ticketmaster.com.
COMEDY
Whoopi Goldberg performs Saturday, Nov. 7 at 8 p.m. at the St. George Theater, 35 Hyatt St., Staten Island, N.Y. For information, call 718-442-2900 or visit ticketmaster.com.
COMMUNITY
2015 Rangel Career Day, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the City College of New York, Great Hall of Shepard Hall, West 13th Street and Convent Avenue. Please bring multiple copies of your current resume. Wear business attire. No backpacks or large bags allowed inside. RSVP at http://rangel.house.gov/careerfair2015. For more information, email NY13Jobs@mail.house.gov or call 202-225-4365.
The annual education conference of the Association of Black Educators of New York will take place Saturday, Nov. 7, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Harlem’s Frederick Douglass Academy, 2581 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. The theme this year is “Transforming Lives Through Literacy.” Registration for workshops is recommended but interested participants may register on the day of the conference. Interested vendors should call 917-412-9099 or email
sheilahbobo@gmail.com.
Esteemed educator-activist Queen Mother Dr. Adelaide L. Hines Sanford’s 90th birthday celebration is set for Saturday, Nov. 21, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at MIST Harlem, 46 W. 116th St. For ticket information, visit www.eventbrite.com/e/dr-adelaide-l-hines-sanfords-90th-birthday-celebration-tickets-18993837078.
Hear Imhotep Gary Byrd on 107.5 WBLS-FM weekly with “Express Yourself,” Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and simulcast over WLIB 1190AM. The full show can also be heard on HD radio at WBLS-HD2 and at WBLS.com.WLIB.com and iHeartRadio. IGB is also heard on WBAI-FM 99.5 with Radio GBE: “The Global Black Experience” and “The Global Beat Experience,” Fridays 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Both shows are archived online at www.wbai.org. To contact us for bookings or to reach us about your event or for comments, email igbexp@gmail.com, find us at Imhotep Gary Byrd on Facebook or follow us on Twitter @GBELIFE or call 212-592-3279.