Groundhog Day For Black Man take the premiss from the 1993 comedy Grounghog Day and applies it to police violence against blacks. Continue reading
Category: Out and About NYC Magazine
11/6/17 The Morning Funnies: Paul Manafort’s House Cold Open- SNL
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