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.

10/28/25 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: Rudy – Fortune’s Truth (1993)

When he hears that Rudy (Sean Astin) has quit, Fortune (Charles S. Dutton) reveals that years back, he also quit the team and has regretted it ever since. Continue reading

10/28/25 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: The Citizens of Halloween – This Is Halloween

This Is Halloween is the opening song of The Nightmare Before Christmas composed by Danny Elfman. Continue reading

10/28/25 O&A NYC THE MORNING FUNNIES: The Merryville Brothers: Haunted Castle – SNL

When a ride malfunctions at an amusement park, three animatronic barbershop singers (Bruno Mars, Tom Hanks, Taran Killam, Bill Hader) known as the Merryville Brothers come to life and attack the patrons (Jay Pharoah, Vanessa Bayer). Continue reading

10/27/25 O& NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Frankenstein Legacy (2023)

England, 1875. A century after Victor Frankenstein’s doomed experiment, his journals have traded hands for decades. Frankenstein’s secrets did not die with him. As graves are torn up and patients disappear from the asylum, William Browning sets out to find who stole his father’s body – and finds horrors close to home as his mother descends into madness. Continue reading

10/27/25 O&A NYC THE MORNING FUNNIES: Bride of Blackenstein – Saturday Night Live

Everyone is familiar with Frankenstein – but you probably never saw the tale of Bride of Blackenstein starring Michael Che, Kenan Thompson and Nicki Minaj. Continue reading

10/27/25 O&A NYC HALLOWEEN: Silly Symphony – The Skeleton Dance

The Skeleton Dance finds a quartet of skeletons coming to life on a moonlit night in a graveyard, engaging in bone-rattling frivolity until the sun comes up. Continue reading

10/27/25 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Ty Dolla $ign ft. Chlöe – Wit It

Wit It by Ty Dolla $ign has released a music video featuring Chlöe, a standout from his new album TYCOON. The cinematic visual expands the world introduced in Ty’s TYCOON trailer, where “taikuns,” once great lords, now symbolize greed, excess and corruption.  Continue reading

10/26/25 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers – Live in Belgium (1958)

 A 1958 performance of jazz icons Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers live from Belgium featuring Art Blakey on drums, Lee Morgan on trumpet,  Benny Golson playing saxophone, Bobby Timmons on piano and Jymie Merritt on bass. Continue reading

10/26/25 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Tye Tribbett – “Only One Night Tho

A live performance of Only One Night Tho by gospel recording artist, composer Tye Tribbett. He is also the pastors of Live church in Orlando, Florida.  Continue reading

10/26/25 O&A NYC THE SUNDAY MORNING FUNNIES: The Great Choir Fight – Key & Peele



In The Great Choir Fight by comedy duo Key & Peele opens with the choir learning that their leader is running late, a gospel choir attempts to rehearse without him, only to immediately start bickering with each other.
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