This weekend R. Kelly heads into his hometown in what should be the weekend’s most soulful show. But just about everyone else in contemporary hip-hop and R&B is headed to Philadelphia for the Powerhouse 30 concert starring Maybach Music Group, Usher and Keyshia Cole, as well as an old-school show in a separate location with SWV, Jagged Edge and 112. BET covers the election in the second part of their BET new election documentary and Halle Berry and Tom Hanks cover thousands of years of history in “Cloud Atlas” opening this weekend. For more of what’s happening around your way this weekend, read on.
ON TV
All Times Eastern
Friday, October 26
“Second Coming: Will Black America Decide 2012 Election?” on BET at 9 p.m.
Part 2 of BET News doc on the election and Black America
Saturday, October 27
“Kevin Hart: Seriously Funny” at 10 p.m. on Comedy Central
Hart performs live from the Allen Theater in Cleveland (from 2010)
Sunday, October 28
“Football Night in America – Saints vs. Broncos” at 8:20 p.m on NBC
Battle of the QB’s as Drew Brees takes on a renewed Peyton Manning. Broncos won the last meeting in 2008.
ONSCREEN
“Cloud Atlas”
Halle Berry and Tom Hanks star as people who have gone through many lifetimes; the idea is that every person and every action has ripples that last long into the future
R
“Silent Hill: Revelation 3D”
Spooky horror about a father and daughter on the run from evil forces that eventually catch up with them
Carrie Ann Moss and Radha Mitchell star
R
ON SHELVES
“The Dead Man’s Wife” by Solomon Jones
A struggling marriage is ended by a mysterious killer. When suspicion falls on the wife, her ex is the only one who can help her.
Friday, October 26
TJMS PICK
ADDISON, TX
DeRay Davis
Chicago native DeRay Davis has been making his rounds for over a decade now, writing and working on some of the most popular comedy stages in the country. He recently appeared in “Jumping the Broom” and on the TV show “Entourage” and was the guy behind the comedy interludes on Kanye West’s “Late Registration” and “College Dropout” CD’s. Davis drops into the Dallas, TX area this week with several shows at the Arlington Improv. For info and tickets, click here.
ROANOKE, VA
Roanoke Civic Center
7 p.m.
PHILADELPHIA, PA
Usher, Meek Mill, 2 Chainz, Rick Ross, Trey Songz, Keyshia Cole
Wells Fargo Center
6 p.m.
UPPER DARBY, PA
Powerhouse Old School Show: SWV, Ginuwine, Jagged Edge, 112
Tower Theater
8 p.m.
CHICAGO, IL
Arie Crown Theater
8 p.m.
LOS ANGELES, CA
Hollywood Black Film Festival hosted at The W Hotel
October 25 – 28, 2012
Saturday, October 27
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ
The Borgata
8 p.m.
ANAHEIM, CA
City National Grove of Anaheim
8 p.m.
RICHMOND, VA
"Now World Listen Up! Women Are Talking" women's forum
Trinity Family Life Center 3601 Dill Road in Richmond
3 p.m.-6 p.m.
Sunday, October 28
ANASTASIA ISLE, FL
St. Augustine Amphitheatre
8:30 p.m.
HBCU Classics
Augusta City Classic, Albany State University vs. Benedict College in Augusta, Georgia
Shreveport Classic, Prairie View A&M University vs. Southern University in Shreveport, Louisiana
Magic City Classic , Alabama A&M University vs. Alabama State in Birmingham, Alabama