Tome “Tao” Tasker shares his upper body workout designed to help you become strong, mobile and balanced torso just like the Black Panther. Continue reading
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4/26/18 O&A NYC DANCE: The Dance Of the Village Elders Celebrates Dudley Williams
By Walter Rutledge
The Dance Of the Village Elders will present Only In The Darkness Can You See The Stars the spring performance/fundraiser on Saturday, April 28, 3pm at St. Philip’s Church 204 west 134thStreet. The performance will celebrate Village Elders friend and supporter Ailey icon Dudley Williams, who danced the role of the elder minister at the works premiere April 30th, 2015, sadly this was Williams’ last performance. Joining the celebration are Harlem arts organizations Harlem School of the Arts dance division (under the direction of Aubrey Lynch), Uptown Dance Academy (Robin Williams Executive Director) pianist Charles Lovell (St. Philip’s Church) singing phenom LaFredrick Coaxner (Abyssinian Baptist Church) and Reverend Tykym Stallings (Lighthouse Ministries Inc., Harlem N.Y.). Continue reading
4/24/18O&A NYC WITH WaleStylez FASHION: Engineered Garments’ Latest Spring/Summer 2018
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr
Japanese label Engineered Garments delivers another Spring/Summer 2018 release of wardrobe staples, this time referencing floral patterns, short-sleeve boiler suits, African tribal prints and patchwork detailing. Continue reading
4/24/18 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: 5 Seconds Of Summer – Want You Back
Want You Back is by Australian rock band 5 Seconds Of Summer. It was written by Calum Hood, Asia Whiteacre, Jacob Kasher Handling, Ashton Irwin, Luke Hemmings, Steve Mac and Andrew Goldstein, with production handled by Goldstein and Andrew Wells. The song was released by Capitol Records on February 22,2018. Continue reading
4/24/18 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: Dr. Maya Angelou- Be a Rainbow in Someone Else’s Cloud
After hearing a 19th-century African-American song, Dr. Maya Angelou has never forgotten one important lyric: God put a rainbow in the clouds. Watch as Dr. Angelou shares how she honors those who employed kindness to help her, and find out how, she says, we can all “be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud,” no matter who they are. Continue reading
4/24/18 O&A NYC WITH WaleStylez MOVIE TRAILER: Venom – Official Trailer
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr
Tom Hardy is Venom in a leaked clip Sony has just released the full trailer for Ruben Fleischer’s highly-anticipated Venom. Continue reading
4/24/18 O&A NYC DANCE: : George Balanchine- Who Cares?
George Balanchine’s fun romp set to the music of George Gershwin performed by Het Nationale Ballet. Continue reading
5/10/21 (Repost) O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: The Great White Hope (1970)
The Great White Hope, the film and play are based on the true story of Jack Johnson and his first wife, Etta Terry Duryea and the controversy over their marriage and Duryea’s death by suicide in 1912. Continue reading
(Repost) 3/14/21 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: The Caravans – Mary Don’t You Weep featuring Inez Andrews
Robert Anderson started The Caravans in 1947. The group reached its peak popularity during the 1950s and 1960s, launching the careers of a number of artists, including: Albertina Walker, Delores Washington, Inez Andrews, Shirley Caesar, Reverend James Cleveland, Dorothy Norwood, Bessie Griffin, Josephine Howard, and Loleatta Holloway.
4/21/18 O&A NYC DANCE/REVIEW: newsteps- a choreographer’s series
By Walter Rutledge
The Chen Dance Center began the 34th consecutive newsteps; the semi-annual emerging choreographers’ series, Thursday, April 19 at the Chen Dance Center, 70 Mulberry Street in New York’s Chinatown. This season the three-performance spring showcase, which runs through Saturday, April 21, selected works from “non- dancers”. Professional artists, actors, musicians, singers, photographers, who applied their expertise of their respective art forms to the choreographic process. The five choreographers selected through an open audition for the April concerts are Kate Douglas, Bryndon Cook, Lauren Oliver, Alec Funiciello, and Sophia Zukoski. Each choreographer is given rehearsal space, an honorarium, mentoring from a member of the selection panel, and multiple (three) performances to give the works time to “find its own voice”. Continue reading
