NEW YORK, Oct. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The Apollo
Theater and SiriusXM announced today that they will present Say
It Loud…With Your VOTE!, a bi-partisan political special at the
Apollo on Thursday, November 1 at
7:00 pm. The exclusive event,
produced in association with SiriusXM, is part of the Apollo
Theater Uptown Hall series and will air across multiple SiriusXM
channels debuting on November 2.
Moderated by SiriusXM's Urban
View channel hosts Karen
Hunter and Reverend Al
Sharpton, Say it Loud…with Your VOTE! will
feature a panel of SiriusXM hosts and contributors from across its
wide-ranging talk and political channels, including Urban View host Joe
Madison; former Chairman of the Republican National
Committee Michael Steele;
Progress' Zerlina Maxwell and
Jess McIntosh; SiriusXM's
Chief Washington Correspondent Olivier
Knox; and Breitbart contributor and Patriot channel host
Sonnie Johnson.
Say It Loud…with Your VOTE! will address a variety of
issues at the forefront of voters' minds leading up to the midterm
elections. The event will also feature insights from L.
Joy Williams – host of Sunday
Civics on Urban View - and
performances by the National Action Network's Change Choir, Urban
Word NYC's Dena Igusti, and New World Warrior. DJs Torae and
Nina 9 from SiriusXM's Hip-Hop Nation channel will provide pre-show
entertainment. Voter registration tables will also be set up
in the lobby of the Apollo Theater.
"We are thrilled to collaborate with the Apollo Theater on this
important discussion ahead of the midterm elections," said
Dave Gorab, SiriusXM's Vice
President and General Manager of Talk Programming. "Together
with the Apollo, we have assembled an outspoken panel from across
the political spectrum to engage with a passionate and civic-minded
audience for what will be an unforgettable event."
"For nearly 85 years, the Apollo Theater has been a space for
engagement, attracting speakers ranging from artists to activists,
pundits to presidents. We are happy to work with SiriusXM for
Say It Loud… With Your VOTE!, an event that continues that
tradition," said Kamilah Forbes,
Apollo Theater's Executive Producer.
The Apollo's Uptown Hall series is a gathering place for people
from across New York City to have
community conversations about key issues. Past Uptown Hall
presenters include Harry Belafonte,
Majora Carter, David N. Dinkins, Michael Brandon Dougherty, Michael Eric Dyson, Nelson George, Melissa
Harris-Perry, Akemi Kechiyama, Felicia Mabuza-Suttle,
Khalil Muhammad, Al Sharpton, Melinda
Weeks-Laidlaw, and Armstrong Williams. For more information,
visit www.apollotheater.org.
Say It Loud… With Your VOTE! will take place on
Thursday, November 1, 2018 at
7:00 pm ET. The midterm
election-themed event is free to the public with advanced
registration. Tickets are available at the Apollo Theater Box
Office at 253 West 125th Street, New
York, NY or
https://www.apollotheater.org/event/apollo-uptown-hall-say-it-loud-vote/.
SiriusXM subscribers will have the opportunity to win tickets to
attend this event through an invitation sent by e-mail to qualified
subscribers who have consented to e-mail marketing from SiriusXM
and registered their interest in Political Issues with us at
https://www.siriusxm.com/perks.
Say It Loud…With Your VOTE! will air across several of
SiriusXM's talk and political channels, including P.O.T.U.S.
(channel 124), Patriot (channel 125), Urban
View (channel 126), and Progress (channel 127) – premiering
on Friday, November 2 at 6:00 pm ET on Urban
View. Please visit www.siriusxm.com for a complete
list of re-air dates and times.
SiriusXM subscribers with streaming access can hear Say It
Loud…With Your VOTE! on a wide variety of connected devices
including smart TVs, Amazon Alexa devices, Apple TV, Sony
PlayStation, Roku, Sonos speakers and more. Go to
www.SiriusXM.com/AtHome to learn more.
About the Apollo Theater
The legendary Apollo
Theater—the soul of American culture—plays a vital role in
cultivating emerging artists and launching legends. Since its
founding, the Apollo has served as a center of innovation and a
creative catalyst for Harlem, the city of New York, and the world.
With music at its core, the Apollo's programming extends to
dance, theater, spoken word, and more. This includes special
programs such as the blockbuster concert Bruno Mars Live at the
Apollo, 100: The Apollo Celebrates Ella, the annual
Africa Now! Festival, and the New
York premiere of the opera We Shall Not Be Moved. The
Apollo is a performing arts presenting organization that also
produces festivals and large-scale dance and music works organized
around a set of core initiatives that celebrate and extend the
Apollo's legacy through a contemporary lens; global festivals
including the Women of the World (WOW) Festival and Breakin'
Convention; international and U.S.-based artist presentations
focused on a specific theme; and Special Projects,
multidisciplinary collaborations with partner organizations.
Since introducing the first Amateur Night contests in
1934, the Apollo Theater has served as a testing ground for new
artists working across a variety of art forms and has ushered in
the emergence of many new musical genres—including jazz, swing,
bebop, R&B, gospel, blues, soul, and hip-hop. Among the
countless legendary performers who launched their careers at the
Apollo are D'Angelo, Lauryn Hill,
Machine Gun Kelly, Miri Ben Ari, Ella
Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan,
Billie Holiday, James Brown, Michael
Jackson, Gladys Knight,
Luther Vandross, and Stevie Wonder; and the Apollo's forward-looking
artistic vision continues to build on this legacy.
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