EVENTS NEW YORK
February 19 to 21, 2009
Vera Moore Cosmetics Partners with MACY's
 WHO: Vera Moore Cosmetics and Skincare partners with MACY's one of the nation’s premier retailers.
ABOUT: Since 1979, Vera Moore has successfully distributed her cosmetic and skincare line domestically and internationally. Vera’s journey has lead to national recognition on the covers of Black Enterprise Magazine, Network Journal’s 25 Influential Black Women in Business, Networking Women Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, Upscale Magazine and Beauty Store Business.
WHEN: February 19,20, 21st 2009 from 10:00 am – 9:30 pm.
WHERE: Macy's Kings Plaza Mall, Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn,
MORE INFO: Special VMC giveaways with $25 purchase.
VISIT: veramoorecosmetics.com
February 14, 2009
THE POINTER SISTERS and KOOL & THE GANG
 WHAT: Lehman Center for the Performing Arts presents an unforgettable Valentine’s Day evening as two legendary, multi-GRAMMY® Award-winning superstar groups – THE POINTER SISTERS and KOOL & THE GANG – perform a high-energy double bill.
WHO: THE POINTER SISTERS, who recently celebrated their 30th anniversary, have had over two dozen chart-topping hits, including “He’s So Shy,” “I’m So Excited,” “Automatic,” “Neutron Dance,” “Jump (For My Love)” and “Slow Hand.” KOOL & THE GANG, one of the most popular R&B groups of all time, has sold over 70 million albums worldwide and influenced the music of three generations with such hits as “Celebration,” “Cherish,” “Jungle Boogie,” “Summer Madness” and “Joanna.”
WHEN: Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 8pm
 WHERE: Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, located on the campus of Lehman College at 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, NY 10468. Accessible by #4 or D train to Bedford Park Blvd.; by car off the Saw Mill River Parkway and the Major Deegan Expressway. Free parking is available
TICKETS: Tickets are $100, $85, $75 and $55 and available at the box office at 718.960.8833 (10AM–5PM Monday-Friday and day of concert beginning at noon), or through 24-hour online access at www.LehmanCenter.org.
February 15 and 16, 2009
TERRY STEELE – UNPLUGGED
 WHO: Grammy Nominated singer/songwriter, Terry Steele w/ Kimo Cornwell (Hiroshima) on keyboards
ABOUT: TERRY STEELE is a Grammy nominated singer and songwriter whose songs have sold millions of copies and have touched the hearts and souls of millions of people around the world. His current musical revue, Terry Steele, Here & Now, the Legacy of Luther Vandross has been touring the United States for the past year. As the principal writer of the blockbuster hit, Here And Now, Steele garnered a Grammy nomination for “Best Rhythm and Blues Song” in 1990. That same year, his composition won Luther Vandross his then first Grammy in the "Best R&B Male Vocal Performance" category. Steele has recorded three internationally released solo albums and has recorded five albums as lead singer for the renowned Jazz-fusion band Hiroshima.
WHAT: An evening of love songs. Terry Steele sings the music of the legendary Luther Vandross, up close and personal.
WHEN: Sunday, February 15 8:30pm and Monday, February 16, 8:30pm
WHERE: Feinstein’s at Loews Regency, 540 Park Avenue @ 61st Street
TICKETS: 212- 339-4095
February 19, 2009
WHO: Voza Rivers, New Heritage Group, celebrating their 45th Anniversary, Community Works, and the Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce in association with the Museum of the City of New York will present Artspeak: Speaking with Tsidii - Remembering Miriam Makeba
 ABOUT: In "Speaking with Tsidii" we learn about the impact and influence of the late Miriam Makeba on our art and society. It is a rare insight into the lives of Tsidii and Ms. Makeba - two lives of different generations - and newly opens our eyes and ears to the experience of growing up as a child of color in apartheid South Africa. Against all odds Tsidii made her way alone to a foreign country with a dream to lend her voice to a profound vision and purpose through the arts, mentored by her history and work with Makeba.
Ms Makeba was an important ambassador of human rights, a music legend, instrumental in introducing Harry Belafonte to the world and through her voice and song opened a lens to the situation of apartheid South Africa. She dedicated her career to voicing her hope for a better world. Her history is not limited to that of South Africa and the African Diaspora, but also extends to embracing the civil rights era of the United States, where she lived and performed for a number of years. She was exiled from South Africa for nearly thirty years; during which time she, in addition was forced into exile from the United States.
WHEN: February 19, 2009 at 6:30 PM
WHERE: The Museum of the City of New York
TICKETS:Non-ticketed programs are free with Museum admission, except where otherwise noted. Museum programs subject to change without notice. For reservations or further information, please call 212-534-1672, ext. 3395
Now through February 2009
“SESSIONS”
 WHAT: Award winning playwright Al Tapper's sensational stage musical "SESSIONS"
ABOUT: Directed by Thomas Cote`, Choreographed by Penny Ayn Maas (with additional choreography by James Horvath) and Musically Directed by Steven Gross, “SESSIONS” centers around Dr. Peter Peterson, an affluent New York therapist who discovers his own life is as much in need of examination as those of his patients. Among those causing Dr. Peterson angst are the bickering Murphys, the loner George, the aptly named Sunshine, the troubled Mary, the millionaire Baxter, and Dylan who really believes he is THAT (Bob) Dylan. On top of it all is Leila, the femme fatale with eyes...and long, long legs...for Dr. Peterson.
WHO: John Hickok (Dr. Peterson), Maya Days (Leila), Al Bundonis, Natalie Buster, Scott Richard Foster, Ken Jennings, (Tony Nominee) Liz Larsen, Kelli Maguire and Sky Seals.
WHERE: THE ALGONQUIN THEATER (123 East 24th Street (Manhattan - Between Lexington and Park Avenues)
WHEN: Running Tuesdays (7:00 PM), Wednesdays - Fridays (8:00 PM) / Saturdays (2:00 PM & 8:00 PM) and Sundays (3:00 PM).
TICKETS: All seats are $50 and are available at SMARTIX (www.smarttix.com) or by calling 212 868-4444 / Discounts: Senior and Student tickets: $20.00
MORE INFO: sessionsthemusical.com
March 31, 2009
New York City Opera and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture collaborate in a celebration of City Opera’s Black History
WHO: New York City Opera and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
WHAT: In honor of Black History Month, City Opera co-presents a three-part series, Black History at New York City Opera, with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. A series of lively, informal events combining conversation, media and live music to celebrate opera’s connections to the visual arts, film, literature, the mass media and pop culture, the African-American experience and the world at large.
WHERE: The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, located at 15 Malcolm X Boulevard in New York City.
March 31, 2009
“Troubled Island”: 60th Anniversary Celebration, the program will feature discussion, a live performance, special guests, historic slides and audio and video clips.
ABOUT: This program celebrates the 60th anniversary of the first world premiere in City Opera history: Troubled Island by William Grant Still, so-called “Dean of African-American composers”, and Langston Hughes, “Poet Laureate of Harlem”, whose ashes rest in the foyer of the theatre named for him at the Schomburg Center.
First performed at City Opera on March 31, 1949 (exactly 60 years before this evening), TroubledIsland became the first work by an African-American composer to be presented by a major American opera company. Soloists from Harlem’s esteemed Opera Noire will offer a condensed, narrated concert performance of Troubled Island, based on the fascinating history of the Haitian slave rebellion of 1791. The evening will begin with an introductory talk by Howard Dodson, distinguished Chief of the Schomburg Center, and a brief talk by City Opera dramaturg Cori Ellison on the tempestuous history of this all-too-rare American masterwork.
WHEN: 7:00 PM
WHERE: The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, located at 15 Malcolm X Boulevard in New York City.
TICKETS: Tickets are priced at $10 each. To purchase tickets, call The Schomburg Shop at 212-491-2206, Tuesday–Saturday, 12–6 PM, or buy your tickets online with Telecharge.com.
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