Greetings! With the Thanksgiving holiday weekend upon us, happy and safe travels to the many preparing for travel across the tristate and points beyond across the USA.

Baby its cold outside! The 29th annual New York Cares Coat Drive is underway! This year, the goal is to collect 125,000 winter coats. Our city is depending on you to provide warmth to your neighbors in need. An updated map of drop-off locations is available at www.newyorkcares.org/coat-drive/map. You can make a difference. Make it so.

Dionne Warwick, Grammy Award-winning artist is among the confirmed speakers at The Washington Post’s “Pathways to Progress: Combating the HIV/AIDS Epidemic,” Tuesday, Dec.5, a program exploring the fight against HIV/AIDS, an ongoing crisis in America that has faded from the spotlight but remains an urgent problem.

Our condolences to the longtime fans of Della Reese, who recently died in her home in California at the age of 86. Ms. Reese was wife, mother, grandmother, friend and pastor, as well as an award-winning actress and singer. Her career took her from pop and jazz stardom in the ’50s and ’60s, to becoming a nationally popular TV actress on “Touched by an Angel” and other shows,

THEATER

“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.

“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.

MUSIC

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.

The Colors of Christmas, featuring Peabo Bryson, Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr., Ruben Studdard and Jody Watley, Tuesday, Dec. 5, at 8 p.m., State Theatre, 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick, N.J. For information, call 732-246-7469 or visit ticketmaster.com.

K. Michelle, Thursday, Dec. 7, at 11 p.m., Highline Ballroom, 431 W. 16th St., New York, N.Y. For information, visit ticketmaster.com.

Fantasia, Monday, Dec. 11, at 8 p.m., Highline Ballroom, 431 W. 16 St., New York, N.Y. For information, visit ticketmaster.com.

Christmas with Aaron Neville, Friday, Dec. 15, at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, 237 W. 42nd Street, New York, N.Y. For information, call 212-997-4144 or visit ticketmaster.com.

Fantasia, Christmas After Midnight, Wednesday, Dec. 18, at 8 p.m., Apollo Theater, 253 W. 125 St., New York, N.Y. For information, call 212-531-5305 or visit ticketmaster.com.

Charlie Wilson, Sunday, Dec. 31, at 7 p.m., New Jersey Performing Arts Center, 1 Center Street, Newark, N.J. For information, call 888-466-5722 or visit njpac.org.

DANCE

An Evening with Savion Glover, Thursday, Dec. 7, at 7 p.m., New Jersey Performing Arts Center, 1 Center St., Newark, N.J. For information, call 888-466-5722 or visit njpac.org.

The Hip-Hop Nutcracker, featuring Kurtis Blow, Friday, Dec. 15, at 7 p.m., New Jersey Performing Arts Center, 1 Center St., Newark, N.J. For information, call 888-466-5722 or visit njpac.org.

Forces of Nature Dance Theatre, Saturday, Dec. 16, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. New Jersey Performing Arts Center, 1 Center St., Newark, N.J. For information, call 888-466-5722 or visit njpac.org.

COMEDY

D.L. Hughley, Friday, Nov. 24, and Saturday, Nov. 25, at 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m., Carolines on Broadway, 1626 Broadway, New York, N.Y. For information, visit ticketmaster.com.

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.

FILM

Academy Award winner Denzel Washington is back in another iconic character portrayal in the film “Roman J. Israel, Esq.” Available at selected theaters. Check your local Listings

“Last Flag Flying,” starring Laurence Fishburne, is a film about three Vietnam War veterans taking an unexpected trip to accompany the coffin carrying the body of the slain Marine son of one of the friends to New Hampshire for burial. Check your local listings.

COMMUNITY

Harlem Liberation School wants to help Black people get on the same page and eliminate confusion over important ideas, people and social movements. They are offering a 10- to 12-week Political Education Course for the Black Community, meeting the second and last Monday of each month, 6:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. at 2031 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd., New York, N.Y. Nominal admission fee per session. Call 347-806-9384 for more information.

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.