Ledisi’s moving around the country with the Robert Glasper Experience and if she’s heading your way, you won’t want to miss the tour in support of her latest release The Truth. Now that the NBA is back to focusing most of its attention the actual games, this weekend the playoffs will be in full swing as teams head into the home stretch to see who competes for the NBA finals. And if you haven’t had enough of the Real Housewives of Atlanta…and we know you haven’t, Part 3 of the reunion show airs this weekend.
If your idea of a great weekend is a spot on the couch with your boo thang, then BET’s got you because they are show the romantic classic Love Jones, not once but twice this weekend.
It’s cuffin’ season, for real. Here’s what else is going on this weekend.
HOT ON TV:
All Times Eastern
Friday, May 2
NBA Playoffs
ESPN, 8 p.m., 2nd game @ 10:30 p.m.
Now that we can refocus on basketball as a competitive sport, teams continue to vie for a short at the Larry O’Brien trophy
Saturday, May 3
Love Jones
BET, 9:30
One of the most beloved Black love stories in movie history stars Nia Long and Larenz Tate as young lovers in Chicago experiencing obstacles in their relationship (DVR alert: It airs again on BET on Sunday, May 4 at 7 p.m.)
Sunday, May 4
The Real Housewives of Atlanta Reunion Pt. 3
The ladies of RHOA: Atlanta are back for round, um, Part 3 of their reunion special.
READ IT:
Success Through Stillness By Russell Simmons
Get quiet and still – those are the true keys to success says the hip-hop mogul
SEE IT:
Walk of Shame
Elizabeth Banks has a one-night stand that turns into an epic fail of comedic proportions
R
Belle
A mixed-race woman with aristocratic lineage helps end slavery in England
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Emily Watson
PG
The Amazing Spider Man 2
Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone and Jamie Foxx star in the second edition of the Spiderman reboot
IN CONCERT/EVENTS:
Friday, May 2
NORFOLK, VA
Ledisi w/ The Robert Glasper Experiment
Chrysler Hall
8 p.m.
AUSTIN, TX
Bass Concert Hall
8 p.m.
Saturday, May 3
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Ledisi w/ The Robert Glasper Experiment
DAR Constitution Hall
8 p.m.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.
Wayne Brady
Music Box at the Borgata
9 p.m.
http://www.theborgata.com/shows/events
GRAND PRAIRIE, TX
Verizon Theater at Grand Prairie
8 p.m.
RALEIGH, N.C.
Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts
7 p.m.
ATLANTA, GA
Men of Soul (Jeffery Osborne, Peabo Bryson, Freddie Jackson)
Wolf Creek Amphitheater
7 p.m.
JACKSON, MS.
Black Panties Tour with R. Kelly and Tamar Braxton
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
7 p.m.
CHICAGO, IL
The Chicago Theater
8 p.m.
Sunday, May 4
BALTIMORE, MD
Ledisi w/ The Robert Glasper Experiment and Leela James
Pier Six Concert Pavilion
6:30 pm.
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