Greetings! The 2015 Global Citizen Festival takes place Saturday, Sept. 26 in New York City’s Central Park, featuring Beyonce, Pearl Jam, Coldplay and Ed Sheeran and hosted by Stephen Colbert, Kerry Washington and Salma Hayek. Some free tickets may still be available on a “Take Action” level only! Visit www.globalcitizen. org for more information.
City Parks Foundation and Capital One Bank have announced a private, free, exclusive concert for Capital One Bank customers only, featuring the Roots with special guests Thursday, Oct. 8 at SummerStage in Central Park. Visit www.summerstage.org for festival information.
THEATER
“The Maafa Suite: A Healing Journey,” Thursday, Sept. 24 and Friday, Sept. 25, performances at 7 p.m. at St. Paul Community Baptist Church, 859 Hendrix St., Brooklyn, N.Y. Call 718-257-1300 or visit www.spbc.com.
“Hamilton: An American Musical” Lin-Manuel Miranda takes the stage as the unlikely Founding Father determined to make his mark on a new nation as hungry and ambitious as he is. An astonishing new musical exploration of a political mastermind, Richard Rodgers Theatre, 226 West 46th Street, NYC 10036. For information call (800) 276-2392 or visit: boxoffice.broadway.com
Taye Diggs (“Private Practice,” “The Best Man,” “Rent”) returns to Broadway in the Tony Award-winning, gender-bending, fourth wall-smashing musical sensation “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” now through Oct. 11 at the Belasco Theatre, 111 W. 44th St., between Broadway and Sixth Avenue. For information, visit www.hedwigbroadway.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 Sept. 27 at 4:30 p.m. at St. Luke’s Theater, 308 W. 46th St., New York City. Call 212-239-6200 or visit telecharge.com.
MUSIC
R. Kelly, Friday, Sept. 25 at 8 p.m. Barclays Center, 620 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. For information, call 917-618-6700 or visit barclayscenter.com.
The Chantels, Saturday, Sept. 26 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., NYCB Theater at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury, N.Y. For information, call 516-334-0800 or visit ticketmaster.com.
The Whispers, Friday, Oct. 9 at 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m., at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, 237 W. 42nd St. For information, visit bbkingblues.com or ticketmaster.com or call
212-997-4144.
Smokey Robinson, Sunday, Oct. 11 at 7 p.m., NYCB Theater at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury, N.Y. For information, call 516-334-0800 or visit ticketmaster.com.
Stevie Wonder, in a historic, one-night-only event, presents “Songs in the Key of Life,” Sunday, Oct. 11 at 8 p.m., XL Center, One Civic Center, Hartford, Conn. For information, call 8600249-6333 or email xlcenterinfo@xlcenter.com.
Stevie Wonder, in a historic, one-night-only event, presents “Songs in the Key of Life,” Wed, Oct. 14 at 8 p.m., Prudential Center, 25 Lafayette St., Newark, N.J. For information, call 973-757-6600 or visit ticketmaster.com.
War, Wednesday, Oct. 14 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.
The world famous Apollo Theater kicks off its 2015-2016 season with “Amateur Night,” “Apollo Music Cafe” and “and Breakin’ Convention,” an international festival of hip-hop theater and more. Visit www. apollotheater.org.
Patti LaBelle, Friday, Oct. 16 at 8 p.m. at the State Theater, 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick, N.J. For more information, call 732-246-7469 or visit ticketmaster.com.
Musiq Soulchild, Wednesday, Oct. 21 and Thursday, Oct. 22 at 7:30 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.
Mint Condition, Oct. 30 at 8 p.m., B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, 237 W. 42nd St. For information, visit bbkingblues.com or ticketmaster.com or call 212-997-4144.
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 Avenue and 32nd Street, New York City. For more information, call 212-465-MSG1 or visit ticketmaster.com.
COMEDY
Dave Chappelle, Sunday, Sept. 27 at 7 p.m., Toyota Oakdale Theater, 95 South Turnpike Road, Wallingford, Conn. For information, call 203-265-1501 or visit ticketmaster.com.
Dave Chappelle, Monday, Sept. 28 at 9 p.m. and 11:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 30 at 9 p.m. and 11:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 31 9 p.m. and 11:30 p.m., Gramercy Theater, 127 E. 23rd St., New York City. For information, call 212-614-6932 or visit ticketmaster.com.
COMMUNITY
The Elombe Brath Foundation will commemorate the life of the late Elombe Brath on the eve of what would have been on his 79th birthday Saturday, Sept. 26, 2 to 5:30 p.m. at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The fundraising event will feature music by Bobby Sanabria, African dancers, original and limited edition prints of artwork from Nomsa Brath. The event will be hosted by Dr. Camille Yarborough, Assemblyman Charles Barron, Dr. Leonard Jeffries, state Sen. Bill Perkins and Dr. James Macintosh, just to name a few. A donation for admission is required. For more information, call 917-795-6356, email elombebrathfoundation@gmail.com or visit www.elombebrathfoundation.org.
Sigma Gamma Sorority Inc. Kappa Sigma New York City Alumnae Chapter, in partnership with Grace Congregational Church of Harlem, invites you to their third annual Health Living Expo Saturday, Sept. 26, noon to 4 p.m. at the Garner Center, 318 W. 139th St., between Frederick Douglass Boulevard and Edgecombe Avenue. There will be free screenings for diabetes, blood pressure and HIV, in addition to educational materials, exercise and fitness demos, FDNY fire prevention and safety information, Medicaid and Medicare information, free giveaways and healthy snacks. For more information, call 718-643-1536.
The Harlem Harvest Festival, Oct. 10, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., is set for A. Phillip Randolph Square, located on St. Nicholas Avenue, between 116th and 117th Streets, hosted by DJ Stormin’ Norman. It’ll be fun for the whole family, with food, music, a farmers’ market, arts and crafts, kid’s yoga class, adult yoga class, NYPD rock climbing wall, the Bubble Man, salsa, cook-off, bake-off and more!
The 20th anniversary of the Million Man March, with the theme “Justice or Else!” is returning to the nation’s capital, Washington D.C., Oct. 11.Visit justiceorelse.com for more information. Get on the bus!
Hear Imhotep Gary Byrd on 107.5 WBLS-FM weekly with “Express Yourself,” Sunday evenings from 7 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.