The Billie's Summerstage Jazz Series incorporates stellar artists from the neighborhood and beyond.Will Calhoun from Living Color band with his trio, Rome Neal Quartet with Patience Higgins on saxophone, Carla Cook, Central Brooklyn Jazz, Anthony Ware and band, two time grammy nominated artist Claudia Acuna with her band and many more artists to be announced.
Free - No Tickets RequiredSet against the high-energy, high-stakes world of show-style marching bands, "Drumline" is a fish-out-of-water comedy about a talented street drummer from Harlem who enrolls in a Southern university, expecting to lead its marching band's drumline to victory. He initially flounders in his new world before realizing that it takes a more […]
Free - No Tickets RequiredDeena (Beyoncé Knowles), Effie (Jennifer Hudson) and Lorrell (Anika Noni Rose) form a music trio called the Dreamettes. When ambitious manager Curtis Taylor Jr. (Jamie Foxx) spots the act at a talent show, he offers the chance of a lifetime, to be backup singers for a national star (Eddie Murphy). Taylor […]
Free - No Tickets RequiredChris, an African-American man, decides to visit his Caucasian girlfriend's parents during a weekend getaway. Although they seem normal at first, he is not prepared to experience the horrors ahead.Rated R | Runtime 1 hour 44 minutes | 2017Director: Jordan PeeleAbout The Black Joy Film Festival:Family-friendly films that engage audiences in […]