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.

1/22/24 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Jennifer Lopez – Can’t Get Enough

Can’t Get Enough is by R&B artist Jennifer Lopez. It was released on January 12, 2024, by Nuyorican Productions and BMG as the first single from her upcoming ninth studio album This Is Me Now Continue reading

1/22/24 O&A NYC THE MORNING FUNNIES: Trump Courthouse Cold Open – SNL

Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) speaks to the media after appearing in court for his E. Jean Carroll defamation trial. Continue reading

1/21/24 O&A NYC DANCE REVIEW: Ronald K. Brown /Evidence

By Walter Rutledge

Ronald K. Brown /Evidence presented their 2024 New York season January 16 through 21 at the Joyce Theater. The nine-member ensemble offered two works Walking Out the Dark (2001) and Torch (2012). The program provided an overview of the range and diversity of choreographer Brown and his company in what is best described as an American artist’s declaration of his diasporic roots. Continue reading

1/19/24 O&A NYC WITH WALESTYLEZ FASHION: Louis Vuitton | Fall Winter 2024/2025 | Menswear

Louis Vuitton staged its Fall/Winter 2024 menswear presentation on Jan. 16. With Pharrell at its helm, the luxury brand displayed Skateboard P’s latest vision as Creative Director in a showcase implementing a rodeo theme, taking place at the Jardin d’Acclimatation in Paris. Continue reading

1/19/24 O&A NYC SHALL WE DANCE FRIDAY: Four Corners- Ronald K. Brown and Evidence: A Dance Company

Ronald K. Brown’s Four Corners was originally commissioned for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 2014. Dancers depict spiritual seekers amid four angels standing on the corners of the earth, holding the four winds. Continue reading

1/18/24 O&A NYC THE MORNING FUNNIES: Greer Barnes – I Smoke Weed and I Watch Nature Shows – Full Special

Greer Barnes is an African-American standup comedian and actor. He is known for clever wordplay, observational humor, sketch comedy, mimicry, and energetic physical comedy. Continue reading

1/18/24 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra – Take The A Train (1962)

Take the A Train is a Jazz standard by Billy Strayhorn that was the signature tune of the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Continue reading

1/17/24 O&A NYC WILDIN OUT WEDNESDAY: That’s Ludacris!


We all understand that Donald Chump Trump, the former president , is not known to waste time on spell check. And rapper/actor Ludacris sets the record straight. But this is ludicrous! Continue reading

  1/15/24 O&A NYC INSPIRATION TUESDAY: How Lenny Kravitz Discovered He’s Black

Lenny Kravitz shares that he never thought about his parents being of different ethnicities until a pivotal moment in first grade. From that day forward Lenny realized he was Black, and that society would see him as only that. Continue reading