By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
Airing tonight during the Grammy is featuring Nike’s powerful and serious new advertisement that sends a message regarding opportunity and discrimination. Continue reading
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Tag: Out and About NYC Magazine
2/13/17 O&A NYC MONDAY MORNING FUNNIES: Cartoon Donald Trump Gets Tucked Into Bed By Steve Bannon
There’s a new nightly ritual at The White House, and it might be the most disturbing thing we’ve seen yet from this administration. Continue reading
2/12/17 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Nina Simone: Live at Teatro Sistina in Rome (1968)
Nina Simone: Live at Teatro Sistina in Rome (1968), is a 25 min video recording including Black Is The Color of My True Love’s Hair, To Love Somebody, Suzanne, Save Me, and an impromptu medley of Porgy, I Is Your Woman Now / Today Is A Killer / I Loves You Porgy Continue reading
2/12/17 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Ain’t Gonna Let No Body Turn Me ‘Round- The Freedom Singers In Performance at the White House
(Ain’t Gonna let Nobody) Turn Me Round performed by The Freedom Singers at the White House Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement.
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2/12/17 O&A NYC SUNDAY MORNING FUNNIES: Trump People’s Court – SNL
It’s President Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) versus the Ninth Circuit Court judges (Kyle Mooney, Vanessa Bayer, Pete Davidson) on a new People’s Court. Continue reading
(REPOST) 2/11/17 O&A NYC DANCE: Clive Thompson- The Graham Years
By Walter Rutledge
To celebrate the Martha Graham Dance Company New York Season- February 14th thru 26th at the Joyce O&A NYC Magazine reposts Clive Thompson- The Graham Years
The life of a bank clerk at the Government Savings Bank in Kingston, Jamaica was not going be Clive Thompson’s fate; he had been a performer for most of his life. Clive and his sister Norma had been childhood favorites in the local talent shows and were part of the “opening act” in Children’s Corner Club at the Saturday matinees. After seeing the Katherine Dunham Dance Company perform and a chance encounter with modern dance teacher Ivy Baxter he began formal dance classes. Continue reading
2/12/18 O&A NYC FOOD/BRUNCH- VALENTINE’S DAY FANFARE: Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp
Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp, the sweet shrimp and smoky bacon combine for a succulent valentine treat. Continue reading
2/9/17 O&A NYC CELEBRATING FASHION WEEK: Pat Cleveland
Pat Cleveland is a trailblazing international model. One of the first black supermodels she rose to prominence in the 1970’s. Cleveland was a muse to the designers Halston and regularly opened his fashion shows. She also regularly appeared in the shows of Yves Saint Laurent and Stephen Burrows. Continue reading
(Repost) 1/7/21 O&A NYC LIFESTYLE: In My Father’s Footsteps
By Walter Rutledge
Every time we have a real snowstorm it brings back one the most lasting and endearing early memories I have of my father. I was six years old; we lived in a quiet residential Northeast Bronx neighborhood. (Yes there are quiet neighborhoods in New York City.) Back then we didn’t have a formal sidewalk the grassy front lawn meandered into a roughly paved street that seemed to be more dirt than asphalt. Continue reading
2/8/17 O&A NYC WILDIN OUT WEDNESDAY: Redd Foxx- Stand Up Routine
Redd Foxx started as a stand up comedian Foxx and gained notoriety with his raunchy nightclub acts during the 1950s and 1960s. Continue reading
