Hi, this is Your Girl Cheryl with What’s Hot for the Weekend!
Friday, December 30
The Reginald F. Lewis Museum celebrates the 50th anniversary of Kwanzaa with all eyes on the principle of Nia ("Purpose"). Craft-making, storytelling and African dancing and drumming by SANKOFA DANCE THEATRE. The festivities begin at noon, lewismuseum.org.
Monster jazz piano and CYRUS CHESTNUT closes the weekend with performances, Friday and Saturday at Blues Alley, two shows, 8 and 10pm on Friday and 6:30 and 10pm on New Year’s Eve, bluesalley.com
JOSHUA GINSBURG and TIM GREENE come together again for two shows at An Die Musik in Baltimore, 8 and 9:30pm, andiemusiklivecom
Saturday, December 31 – New Year’s Eve
MAZE featuring FRANKIE BEVERLY excites audiences at Constitution Hall in Washington, DC with all the hits, all the moves and all the white caps we can find. The show starts at 10pm, 202.397.SEAT (7328)
YASIIN BEY, former hip hop artist ‘MOS DEF’ makes his final US appearance at the Concert Hall at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts through January 2 with special guests. Showtime 8pm, kennedy-center.org
From TV’s Living Color and comedy stages around the country, funny man TOMMY DAVIDSON returns to the Baltimore Comedy Factory, for this special night with early and late evening shows, baltimorecomedy.com
At Cabaret at Germano’s, the COLDSPRING JAZZ QUARTET takes on the big night with straight ahead jazz, in two shows, 6 and 9pm, 410-752-4515.
KINDRED, THE FAMILY SOUL appears at the ultimate party at the Chrystal City Hilton in Arlington, VA with two floors of R&B, old school, reggae, neo soul, hip hop and more, 8pm, 202.681.6830
Sunday, January 1 – HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Celebrate New Year’s Day 2017 with a smooth Sunday and saxophonist PHILLIP “DOC” MARTIN at Maryland Live Casino on Arundel Mills Boulevard. Doors open at 5pm, marylandlivecasino.com
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