3/24/17 O&A NYC CELEBRATING WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH- MUSIC: Bobbi Humphrey- Jazz Trailblazer

Jazz trailblazer and icon Bobbi Humphrey sat down with O&A NYC Editor-In-Chief Walter Rutledge to discuss her storybook career prior to her March 25th performances of Bobbi Humphrey’s Homemade Jam in Harlem at Ginny’s Supper Club- Red Rooster.   Continue reading

3/14/17 O&A NYC FOOD- BLIZZARD BRUNCH: Jalapeño Popper Grilled Cheese Sandwich

This Jalapeño Popper Grilled Cheese Sandwich couldn’t be easier to make! And the combination of jalapeño, cheddar cheese, bacon, and cream cheese take the buttery toasted sandwich to another level on a snowy day.
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3/14/17 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY- CELEBRATING WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH: Trans Model Lenya Bloom

“When you accept us, you accept yourself”  Lenya Bloom trans model  Continue reading

3/14/17 O&A NYC DANCE: Paul Taylor’s Airs Performed by American Ballet Theatre (1985)

American Ballet Theatre performance of  Paul Taylor’s Airs featuring music by George Frideric Handel, filmed in San Francisco (1985). Continue reading

3/3/17 O&A NYC DANCE: A Conversation With Michelle Fleet

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A conversation with Michelle Fleet prior to the Paul Taylor Dance Company’s 2017 New York City season Tuesday, March 7 through Sunday, March 26 at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center.
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3/1/17 O&A NYC WILDIN OUT WEDNESDAY: How To Tell You’re A Basic Bitch


Doctors have created a new gauge to determined if you are a basic bitch. In recent years bitch mode has drastically increased. Here is some new guidelines to your level (or your partner’s level) of bitchiness. Continue reading

2/27/17 O&A NYC MONDAY MORNING FUNNIES: Winter Is Trumping! (Donald Trump In Game of Thrones)

Winter Is Trumping! from political satirist Huw Parkinson has created a spoof video for Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Insiders, which hilariously splices Mr Trump’s most controversial quotes with clips from the television show, giving us an insight into what to expect from Emperor Donald. Continue reading

8/5/17 (REPOST) O&A NYC ITS SATURDAY- ANYTHING GOES: Naomi Campbell Supermodel

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Naomi Elaine Campbell, an English-born model, of African Jamaican descent and Chinese Jamaican ancestry through her paternal grandmother, who carried the family name Ming. Recruited at the age of 15, she established herself among the top three most recognizable and in-demand models of the late 1980s and the 1990s, and she was one of six models of her generation declared supermodels by the fashion world. Continue reading

2/24/17 O&A NYC SHALL WE DANCE FRIDAY: Belly – Ballerina Featuring Lil Buck and Jessica Keller


Lil Buck and Jessica Keller have a shared love of high fashion and dance. The duet offered their version of recording artist Belly’s recent release Ballerina Continue reading

2/20/17 O&A NYC DANCE: Geoffrey Holder- A True Renaissance Man (REPOST)

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Geoffrey Holder- a true renaissance man. Includes rare footage and interviews with wife Carmen de Lavallade and son Leo Holder.  Continue reading