Greetings! October is GBE Black Arts Month 2017 and Black History Month for our brothers and sisters in the United Kingdom. We also bring focused attention to National Breast Cancer Awareness Month across the USA.
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2017 is a chance to raise awareness about the importance of early detection of breast cancer. Make a difference! Spread the word about mammograms and encourage communities, organizations, your families and individuals to get involved. For more information, call 1-800- CDC-INFO (800-232-4636) or visit www.cdc.gov/cancer/breast. Pass it on.
THEATER
“The King Fish, With Music” pays tribute to the “Original Kings of Comedy.” Kingfish was one of the stars of the first all-Black television comedy shows ever. Controversial? Yes. But Kingfish helped set the foundation for all the Black comedies that followed, even to this day. Oct. 20 to Nov. 5., Carl Clay’s Black Spectrum Theatre, Roy Wilkens Recreation Center,177th Street and Baisley Boulevard entrance, Jamaica, N.Y. Public transit: Q5, Q85 or Q83 bus to Merrick Boulevard and Baisley Boulevard. For information, call 718-723-1800 or visit blackspectrumtheatre.com
“Me the People: The Trump America Musical,” Triad Theater, 158 W. 72nd St. New York, N.Y. Visit triadnyc.com for more information.
“Black Angels Over Tuskegee,” now in its eighth year off Broadway. St. Luke’s Theatre, 308 W. 46th St. between Eighth and Ninth avenues. For more information, call 212-239-6200 or visit telecharge.com.
“Sistas: The Musical,” St. Luke’s Theatre, 308 W. 46th St. between Eighth and Ninth avenues, running through January 2018. For information, call 212-239-6200 or visit telecharge.com.
MUSIC
The Temptations and The Four Tops, Saturday, Oct. 14, at 8 p.m., Mid-Hudson Civic Center, 14 Civic Center Plaza, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. For information, visit ticketmaster.com.
Tamar Braxton with special guest, Joe, Thursday, Oct. 19, at 8 p.m., New Jersey Performing Arts Center, 1 Center St., Newark, N.J. For information, call 888-466-5722 or visit www.njpac.org.
Patti LaBelle, Saturday, Oct. 21, at 8 p.m., The Grand Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino, 39 Norwich Westerly Rd., Mashantucket, Conn. For information, call 800-200-2882 or visit ticketmaster.com.
Smokey Robinson, Saturday, Oct. 21, at 8:30 p.m., Tilles Center Concert Hall, 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville, N.Y. For information, call 516-299-3100 or visit ticketmaster.com.
George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, second annual Halloween Funkdown, Tuesday, Oct. 31, at 8 p.m., B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, 237 W. 42nd St., New York, N.Y. For information, call 212-997-4144 or visit ticketmaster.com.
Oleta Adams, Friday, Nov. 3, at 8 p.m., B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, 237 W. 42nd St., New York, N.Y. For information, call 212-997-4144 or visit ticketmaster.com.
Wyclef Jean, Friday, Nov. 3, at 8 p.m., the Wellmont Theater, 5 Seymour St., Montclair, N.J. For information, visit ticketmaster.com.
An Evening with Gladys Knight, Thursday, Nov. 9, at 8 p.m., Kupferberg Center for the Arts, 153-49 Reeves Ave., Queens, N.Y. For information, visit ticketmaster.com.
Lalah Hathaway, Monday, Nov. 13, at 8 p.m., Highline Ballroom, 431 W. 16th St., New York, N.Y. For information, visit ticketmaster.com.
Musiq Soulchild, Wednesday, Nov. 15, at 8 p.m., B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, 237 W. 42nd St., New York, N.Y. For information, call 212-997-4144 or visit ticketmaster.com.
The Whispers in Concert, Saturday, Nov. 18, at 8:45 p.m., Newark Symphony Hall, 1020 Broad St., Newark, N.J. For information, visit ticketmaster.com.
R&B Holiday Bash, Friday, Nov. 24, at 8 p.m., Kupferberg Center for the Arts, 153-49 Reeves Ave., Queens, N.Y. For information, visit ticketmaster.com.
The Great Xscape Tour, Saturday, Nov. 25, at 7:30 p.m., Prudential Center, 25 Lafayette St., Newark, N.J. For information, visit ticketmaster.com.
JAY-Z 4:44 Tour, Sunday, Nov. 26, and Monday, Nov. 27, at 8 p.m., Barclays Center, 620 Atlantic Ave. (at the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Flatbush Avenue), Brooklyn, N.Y.
TV
“Star Trek: Discovery,” the latest edition of the pioneering science fiction series, stars African-American actress Shanequa Martin-Green as lead. CBS All Access by subscription.
“Whitney: Can I Be Me,” never-before-seen video, candid interviews and behind-the-scenes performances in an intimate portrait of Whitney Houston, who died suddenly after years of struggling with addiction. Check your Showtime listings.
COMEDY
Marlon Wayans, Sunday, Oct. 22, at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., Carolines on Broadway, 1626 Broadway, New York, N.Y. For information, visit ticketweb.com.
Tracy Morgan Live Onstage, Friday, Oct. 27, at 8 p.m., Bergen Performing Arts Center, 30 N. Van Brunt St., Englewood, N.J. For information, visit ticketmaster.com.
Paul Mooney and Marsha Warfield, Thursday, Nov. 2, at 7:30 p.m., B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, 237 W. 42nd St., New York, N.Y. For information, call 212-997-4144 or visit ticketmaster.com.
COMMUNITY
Starting Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017, in Queens, and Sunday, Oct. 22, in Harlem, the Committee to Eliminate Media Offensive to African People and the Board of Education for People of African Ancestry will conduct a free four-week course in computer science for Queens high school students with a focus on construction and repair at John Henrik Clarke House from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The course will introduce students to disassembling and assembling a PC. Only 10 highly motivated students will be accepted into the class. Interested students should have their parents call 347-907-0629. Parents are welcome and encouraged to attend each session.
The Adapt Community Network Family Connect Center presents “My Child Has Autism: Now What?” Thursday, Oct. 26, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave., N.Y., 10 a.m. to noon. Visit Familyconnect @adapt community network.org or www.adaptcommunitynetwork.org.
The Schomburg Center presents “Black Power!” on view in the Main Exhibition Hall, curated by Dr. Sylviane A. Diouf. The concept was introduced by Stokely Carmichael and fellow Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee worker Willie Ricks in June 1966. Visit nypl.org.
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,” Friday 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Archived online at www.wbai.org. For bookings or to reach us about your GBEvent or for comments, email co-editor Nyerere Shannon @ nyerere1@aol.com, find us at Imhotep Gary Byrd on Facebook or follow us on Twitter @GBELIFE or call 212-592-3279.