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.

9/2/23 O&A NYC GOING BACK TO AFRICA WITH WALESTYLEZ: Bayanni ft. Jason Derulo – Ta Ta Ta

Abimbola Oladokun known professionally as Bayanni, is an Afrobeat artist.He signed a record deal with Mavin Records.While growing up, he was moved by musical instruments, which prompted him to learn music because his family are musically talented. Continue reading

9/1/23 O&A NYC THE MORNING FUNNIES: Cedric The Entertainer | Gotham Comedy Live

The Original King of Comedy, Cedric The Entertainer, blows the roof off the stage with an outrageous, live and uncensored set of standup from New York’s Gotham Comedy Club. Don’t miss the Barbershop star along with Butch Bradley, Subhah Agarwal, Dave Temple and Noah Gardenswartz. Continue reading

9/1/23 O&A NYC WITH WALESTYLEZ FOOTWEAR: Air Jordan 1 Palomino Adult + Grade School

The Air Jordan 1 Retro High OG Palomino has finally surfaced via official Nike photography. Prepped as part of Jordan Brand retro roster for Fall 2023, the sneaker features an understated color scheme.
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9/1/23 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: The Weeknd ft. Future – Double Fantasy

 

Double Fantasy is by R&B artist The Weeknd featuring Hip Hop extraodinaire Future. It was released on April 21, 2023, through XO and Republic Records originally serving as the lead single to The Idol Vol. 1, the now scrapped soundtrack album to the former’s HBO drama television series, The Idol which premiered on June 4, 2023. Continue reading

9/21/23 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: Whitney Houston – All The Man That I Need (Live at HBO’s Welcome Home Heroes, 1991)

Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston is the first ever solo televised concert and video “The Voice” Whitney Houston. Continue reading

8/30/23 O&A NYC WALESTYLEZ HIP HOP WEDNESDAY: Dababy – Ghetto Girls

Jonathan Lyndale Kirk  known professionally as DaBaby is a Hip Hop artist.  After releasing several mixtapes between 2014 and 2018, he rose to mainstream prominence with his debut album Baby on Baby. Continue reading

8/30/23 O&A NYC WILDIN OUT WEDNESDAY: Django 2 Chains- Django Parody by @KingBach


A parody of Quintin Tarantino controversial pre-civil war film Django Unchained (the D is silent). Continue reading

8/30/23 O&A NYC WITH WALESTYLEZ FASHION: Episode 2: @Laniveli on his Top PANIC Hats, Hat Club Releases, Lids Hat Drops | Chill’n With Bob

Chill’n With Bob Top 3 Hats had a chance to sit with @laniveli from the Off The Dome Podcast, where he gave a deeper dive into PANIC Hats, the Hat Culture today, having to wait on long lines for PANIC Hat releases and how he got started collecting Baseball hats. You don’t want to miss this episode, a lot of PANIC Hat drops, vintage hat drops and stories on how insane the Hat Culture has become. Continue reading

8/29/23 O&A NYC DANCE: Sneek Peek at THPAC Documentary- To The Souls of Our Feet

By Walter Rutledge

On August 18 and 19 the Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center (THPAC) began two days of interviews with dancers, choreographers and directors about their experiences with Thelma Hill and THPAC for the upcoming documentary To The Souls of Our Feet. The two days of filming captured the experiences of six artists, (George Faison, Alfred Gallman, Dyane Harvey Salaam, Abdel Salaam, Edisa Weeks, Jill Williams and Lakai Worrell), who lives and careers were directly impacted by Ms. Hill and/or THPAC.

THPAC Documentary Preview

Here is an excerpted from the upcoming documentary with the one and only dance and theater legend George Faison. The final filming will take place in the fall and we will keep you inform as our documentary “To The Souls of Our Feet” get one step closer to coming to a theater near you. For more information about the Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center and/or to make a donation to the “To The Souls of Our Feet” documentary project visit https://www.thelmahill.org/. An additional filming date will take place later in the fall.