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BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival is pleased to present a free concert headlined by beloved Egyptian singer Hakim on Friday, July 15. Hakim replaces Algerian rocker Rachid Taha, who is no longer able to perform due to unanticipated travel issues. The concert, which takes place at the Prospect Park Bandshell (9th St. & Prospect Park West) is free to the public (with a suggested $5 contribution at the gate) and begins at 7:30 P.M. with an opening performance by London-based Ethiopian three-piece Krar Collective.

The United Nations entity tasked with promoting gender equality this week announced the appointment of Academy Award-winning American actor Anne Hathaway as global Goodwill Ambassador.

Extraordinary sisters Isabelle and Katherine Adams help bring accessible clean water to people around the world using their love of origami in an all-new episode of The HALO Effect, 'Paper for Water,' premiering Friday, June 17, at 8:30 p.m.

The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director; Evans Haile, Interim Executive Director; David McCoy, Chairman of the Board), celebrates Pride Month with the June installment of the game show for musical theater lovers, TUNE IN TIME, presented by Amy Engelhardt and Heather Shields, hosted by Emily McNamara, with Musical Director Nate Buccieri and annoyingly insistent timekeeper Sheila Head, and featuring celebrity guest judges drag performers Marti Gould Cummings, Judy Darling and Brita Filter, on Monday evening, June 20, 2016 beginning at 7:30 p.m. at The York Theatre Company at Saint Peter's (Citicorp Building, entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue).

Though it opens with a burst of convivial laughter at a dinner party for two couples who are long-time friends in an upscale New York apartment, Tanya Barfield's THE CALL takes up thorny topical issues around international and cross-racial adoption that are no laughing matter.

The Classical Theatre of Harlem (CTH) (Ty Jones, Producing Artistic Director; David Roberts, Managing Director), will present Macbeth as its annual free Uptown Shakespeare in the Park production.

This Today, May 20, 11-piece Ethiopian funk-rock group, Debo Band, releases their sophomore album, Ere Gobez.

Debo Band raises the roof on the Ethiopian musical past, picking up where political upheaval of the 1970s and 1980s quenched the energy of one of East Africa's most prolific, vibrant scenes.

This Friday, May 20, 11-piece Ethiopian funk-rock group, Debo Band, releases their sophomore album, Ere Gobez.

The Africa Centre is pleased to announce the artists selected by The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center as part of its 2015 Artists In Residency Programme.

A big top spectacle of global proportions, the 2016 production of UniverSoul Circus takes fans of all ages on an unforgettable journey of light, sound and soul. Get ready for electrifying, edge-of-your-seat performances, including extreme motorsports, mind-bending contortionists, freshly-painted clowns, free-flying aerial acts and much much more. Hailed as the most interactive circus in the world, UniverSoul Circus plays the Cleveland metropolitan area at Southgate Gate USA between Warrensville and Northfield Road in Maple Heights, May 17-30. Tickets ON SALE NOW at Ticketmaster.com and range in price from $16-$30 each!

NBC Sports Group concludes “Marathon Month” in April with live coverage of the 2016 London Marathon today, April 24, at 3:30 a.m. ET on NBCSN.

Columbus, Ohio coffee roaster Crimson Cup Coffee & Tea, Roast magazine's 2016 Macro Roaster of the Year, is seeking out new coffees and strengthening existing relationships with coffee growers in Ethiopia.

NBC Sports Group concludes “Marathon Month” in April with live coverage of the 2016 London Marathon this Sunday, April 24, at 3:30 a.m. ET on NBCSN.