Out & About NYC Magazine was founded to offer the arts and lifestyle enthusiast a fresh new look at New York City. We will showcase the established and the emerging, the traditional and the trendy. And we will do it with élan, and panache with a dash of fun.

1/19/25 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ: Kokoroko – Colonial Mentality at Sofar London

1/18/25 O&A NYC ITS SATURDAY ANYTHING GOES: Michael Che – Marriage Is For Poor People

Michael Che explains how he and his friends came up with nicknames and breaks down why love and marriage are overrated. Continue reading

1/18/25 O&A NYC GOING BACK TO AFRICA WITH WALESTYLEZ: Runtown – Flow

Douglas Jack Agu  better known by his stage name Runtown, is an Afrobeat artist and producer. His music is a blend of Afrobeats,  R&B and reggae. Continue reading

1/18/25 O&A NYC SATURDAY MORNING CONCERT: Grace Jones Live- Stockholm June 16, 2024

To culminate the three days of Rosendal Garden Party you needed an artist that goes above and beyond and in 2024 this artist was no other than Grace Jones. Continue reading

1/17/25 O&A NYC SHALL WE DANCE FRIDAY: Happy Birthday Debbie Allen!!!

By Walter Rutledge


Happy Birthday to one of the dance world’s icons Debbie Allen. We had the opportunity to talk to Ms. Allen about a wide range of her life experiences from segregated dance classes in her native Texas, to heartless rejection and finally coming into her own in New York City. We pay tribute to a living dance legend and activist born on January 16th.- Walter Rutledge

In 2015 O&A NYC Editor-in-Chief Walter Rutledge interviewed Debbie Allen at the Faison Firehouse Theater for Dance Noir Magazine (DNM). The print article would discuss her relationship with Katherine Dunham. The video was produced as visual notes for the upcoming Dunham article. When the magazine suspended publication, out of respect for DNM Founder/Editor-in-Chief Carol Lloyd, we held the material with hopes of eventually printing the article for DNM. After eight years Ms. Allen’s words remain relevant, inspiring and informative and should be shared. We call this first installment Empathy. Continue reading

1/16/25 O&A NYC WITH WALESTYLEZ MOVIE TRAILER: Superman | Official Teaser Trailer

 

1/16/25 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY SPECIAL: Aaliyah – One In A Million

Aaliyah Dana Haughton, a talented R&B artist and actress, was born on January 16,1979 in Brooklyn,NewYork. From a young age , Aaliyah was passionate about music, beginning voice lessons  shortly after she learned to speak. Continue reading

1/16/25 O&A NYC THE MORNING FUNNIES: Comedian Trixx – African Dads Don’t Hold Back

1/16/25 O&A NYC DANCE: Jungle – Keep Me Satisfied

Directors Charlie Di Placido and J.Lloyd and choreographer Shay Latukolan bring you Keep Me Satisfied a fun music and dance video.
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