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.

12/30/24 O&A NYC WITH WALESTYLEZ MOVIE TRAILER: Harry Potter: The Return Of The Dark Lord (2025) | Daniel Radcliffe

The successful Harry Potter movie franchise released eight blockbuster movies over a decade.This has resulted in some viewers of the video titled Harry Potter: The Return Of The Dark Lord (2025) – First Trailer uploaded by the KH Studio YouTube Channel questioning whether this is an official teaser for a new Harry Potter film. Continue reading

12/30/24 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: M.I.A – Marigold

Mathangi Maya Arulpragasam known professionally as M.I.A. is a British Hip Hop artist, record producer and song writer. Her music combines elements of alternative, dance, hip hop and world music. Continue reading

12/29/24 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ: Olivia Dean – Live At The Jazz Cafe

Olivia Lauryn Dean is a English Neo Soul artist.She has released one studio album: Messy and five EPs. In 2023, Dean was selected as BBC Music Introducing Artist of the Year. Continue reading

12/29/24 O&A NYC SUNDAY SCHOOL: The Birth of Christ (Animated Bible Movie)

Judah Stretch Animation‘s  bible movie Birth of Christ gives young audiences a version of the Nativity like never before experienced. Continue reading

12/29/24 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Tye Tribbett – Only One Night Tho

Singer, songwriter and a keyboardist Thomas Tyrone “Tye” Tribbett is the choir director and founder of the Grammy-nominated and Stellar Award-winning gospel group Tye Tribbett & G.A. (short for ‘Greater Anointing). In 2024, his album All Things New-Live in Orlando won another Grammy for Best Gospel Album. Continue reading

12/28/24 O&A NYC MILESTONE: Happy 70th Birthday Denzel Washington

O&A NYC would like to celebration the 70th Birthday of actor, philanthropist, and role model Denzel Washington. Whose life and career has enriched the lives of untold individuals. The Mount Vernon native remembers his roots and the people and places that shaped his life. Washington spoke about his days as a Club kid at the Boys & Girls Club of Mount Vernon. He credited the time he spent there and the mentoring he received from caring staff as key to his survival and success. In honor of this milestone we present a soliloquy from Malcolm X.

Malcolm X (Denzel Washington) delivers a powerful speech about how Black people have been led astray by politicians in America. From the 1992 biographical film from director and co-writer Spike Lee, starring Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, Al Freeman Jr. and Delroy Lindo. Happy Birthday to a prolific man in the arts. Continue reading

12/28/24 O&A NYC GOING BACK TO AFRICA WITH WALESTYLEZ: Bnxn, Rema – Fi Kan We Kan

Fi Kan We Kan thrives off the hypnotic percussion of Blaise Beatz, who has produced a number of records for BNXN.Following the release of  Phenomena his first 2024 solo single, comes this banging collaboration with Rema, who has the reputation of being one of the best feature acts around. Continue reading

12/28/24 O&A NYC SATURDAY MORNING CONCERT: Beyoncé’s Christmas Day Halftime Show

Hope your Santa hat was fastened, because Beyoncé gave us the ultimate Cowboy Carter gift this Christmas. The superstar spread holiday cheer during Wednesday’s Halftime Show at the Christmas Day Texans-Ravens NFL game in her hometown of Houston, Texas, marking the first time Beyoncé performed songs from her hit 2024 album “Cowboy Carter” in front of a live audience. Continue reading

12/27/25 O&A NYC DANCE/MILESTONES: Happy Birthday Joan Myers Brown!

By Walter Rutledge

Happy Birthday Joan Myers Brown! The nonagenarian dance icon was born on Christmas Day ninety three years ago in her beloved Philadelphia. Even as a child Brown understood the disparities between American of African decent and the local whites; and she wanted to shatter the social barriers prohibiting her people from becoming famous in the world of dance. In 1960 Brown established the Philadelphia School of Dance. The school was so successful she formed a dance company in 1970.  Now fifty four years later the Philadelphia Dance Company aka Philadanco and Joan Myers Brown are world renowned. Below is a 2019 article prior to Brown receiving the  2019 New York Dance and Performance Award for Lifetime Achievement in Dance, and video conversation with Brown and dance scholar Brenda Dixon Gottschild. 

“Happy Birthday Aunt Joan” 

Love,

Walter Continue reading

12/25/24 O&A NYC MERRY CHRISTMAS: March of the Wooden Soldiers

Babes in Toyland is a Laurel and Hardy musical film released on March 10, 1934. The film is also known by its alternate titles Laurel and Hardy in Toyland, Revenge Is Sweet (the 1948 European reissue title), March of the Wooden Soldiers and Wooden Soldiers (in the United States). Continue reading