11/7/17 O&A NYC THE MORNING FUNNIES: Groundhog Day For A Black Man

Groundhog Day For Black Man take the premiss from the 1993 comedy Grounghog Day and applies it to police violence against blacks.  Continue reading

11/6/17 The Morning Funnies: Paul Manafort’s House Cold Open- SNL

President Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) checks in on Paul Manafort (Alex Moffat) and sends Melania Trump (Cecily Strong) to Asia in his place.

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11/7/18 O&A NYC DANCE: Bill Bojangle Robinson – Stair Dance from Harlem Is Heaven (1932)

The Stair Dance featured in Harlem Is Heaven (1932): one of the first movies to ever feature an all-black cast, this film also boasts one of the earliest recorded versions of Bill Robinson’s famous stair dance routine, where he tapped up and down two flights of five steps joined by a shared platform. Continue reading

11/5/17 SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Shirley Horn– Here’s To Life

Shirley Horn performs Here’s To Life at North Sea Jazz Festival with Het Metropole Orkest, 1994 Continue reading

11/5/17 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Travis Greene – You Waited

Travis Greene’s new single You Waited from his 2017 album Crossover: Live From Music City. Continue reading

11/4/17 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Ed Sheeran – Perfect

Perfect is a song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. After his album’s release it charted at number 4 on the UK Single Chart. On August 12, 2017, Billboard announced that Perfect would be the fourth single from the album.  Continue reading

11/4/17 O&A NYC SATURDAY MORNING CONCERT: Michael Jackson 30th Anniversary Billie Jean Live 30th Anniversary 2001


Michael Jackson performs Billie Jean in Brazil on the South American leg of his 30th Anniversary tour (2001). Continue reading

11/4/17 O&A NYC WITH WaleStylez ART: Brooklyn Museum Presents Soulful Creatures: Animal Mummies In Ancient Egypt

By Adewale Adekanbi Jr

In the ancient burial ground at Saqqara, Egypt one animal cemetery alone has yielded over four million individual ibis mummies. And the nearby dog cemetery contained over seven million mummies, with countless others found throughout Egypt. Continue reading

11/3/17 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: N.E.R.D. & Rihanna – Lemon

N.E.R.D. release a wonderful track with Rhianna states itself Lemon. Not only does the song feature Barbadian songstress Rihanna, it also finds Rihanna debuting her first entirely rapped verse. Shout out and much love to Pharrell and his team, but it’s safe to say that Rihanna dominated the song. Continue reading

11/3/17 O&A NYC SHALL WE DANCE FRIDAY: Viengsay Valdes And Brooklyn Mack- Diana And Acteon

For Brooklyn Mack, a principal dancer at The Washington Ballet, it is a dream come true: performing in the land of his ballet idol Carlos Acosta, one of the outstanding stars of the Royal Ballet of London.

Mack is one of over 20 U.S. based dancers who participated in the 24th International Havana Ballet Festival,  October 28th through Friday, November 7th, 2014. 

Viengsay Valdes & Brooklyn Mack – Diana & Acteon