Brothers’ Keeper to host radiothon

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Updated: December 26, 2011 1:48AM

Brothers’ Keeper is hosting a “radiothon” from 6 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Nov. 1, on WLTH-AM 1370 to raise money that will keep the men’s shelter operating.

Brothers’ Keeper, 2120 Broadway, is operated by executive director Mary Edwards and is in its 25th year assisting countless homeless men locally and beyond. The radiothon will be broadcast live on WLTH and www.wlth1370.com. You can call in and make your pledge at 882-4459, visit the shelter, or mail your check or money order to: Brothers’ Keeper, 2120 Broadway, Gary, IN 46407.

‘A Figment of Reality’

A reminder that the Gary Literacy Coalition’s dinner theater production of “A Figment of Reality” takes place at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, at the Genesis Convention Center, 5th Avenue and Broadway, Gary. “A Figment of Reality” was written by GLC board member, author and screenwriter Ben Clement and directed by West Side Leadership Academy Theatre Guild director and filmmaker Mark Spencer.

Proceeds will help the ongoing effort of GLC, partnered with Methodist Hospitals, to make Gary a “Reading City.” Call 885-2229 for more information.

Fisk Jubilee Singers

The Friends of Emerson presents the legendary Fisk Jubilee Singers and their music director Paul Kwami of Fisk University at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at First AME Church, 2045 Massachusetts St. The Wirt-Emerson Visual and Performing Arts Choir will join the Fisk Jubilee Singers in what promises to be an extraordinary concert event.

The Fisk Jubilee Singers are vocal artists and students at Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn., who are nationally and internationally known.

Fisk University treasurer and music professor George L. White created the nine-member choral ensemble of students to earn money for the university, which dealt with financial hardship five years after opening in 1866. In 1999 the Fisk Jubilee Singers were featured in the PBS television documentary “Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory.”

Tickets are $20 for adults and $5 for students with a student ID. Tickets are available at Wirt-Emerson Visual and Performing Arts Academy, 210 N. Grand Blvd., and at the Lake Street Gallery, 613 S. Lake St.

Friends of Emerson is hosting the concert and proceeds will go toward purchasing equipment for the school, and to award an annual scholarship to a graduating senior.

‘Cops for Kids’ dance

The Gary Fraternal Order of Police Ben K. Perry Lodge 61 is hosting its annual “Cops for Kids” fund-raiser dance beginning at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, and continuing until 1 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 6, at the Diamond Club, 500 E. 5th Ave. (the former Bennigan’s banquet hall next to the U.S. Steel Yard stadium).

Proceeds benefit the annual “Cops for Kids” shopping spree for needy children in December. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Call Gary police Det. Joseph Moxley, 512-8900, for tickets and additional information.