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.

1/12/16 O&A NYC Inspirational Tuesday: Louise L Hay – Stress Free Living And Job Success

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Louise L Hay is a well-known self-help author. Louise Hay has written the books 101 Power Thoughts and You Can Heal Your Life. Louise L Hay Talks about using affirmations and meditation to reinforce self-love, how to love yourself. Louise Hay has also created Heal Your Body and I Can Do It. Everything has to do with self-esteem affirmations.
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1/11/16 O&A NYC With WaleStylez: Baz Luhrmann’s New Netflix Series Explores the South Bronx in the 1970s

By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.

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The Get Down, Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming Netflix musical series, have many drawing comparisons to HBO’s Vinyl, FOX’s Empire and of course West Side Story. Insiders are saying that its saving grace is that it doesn’t look like is a Baz Luhrmann production! The director has always had a keen eye and a sharp ear for musical numbers, but, recently, his taste for spectacle has tended to overshadow the Luhrmann touch that made a small film like Strictly Ballroom so charming. Continue reading

1/11/16 O&A NYC Song Of The Day: Lazarus- David Bowie

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David Bowie died yesterday after an eighteen month battle with cancer. His latest single Lazarus, which released on January – his 69th Birthday from the album  Blackstar has already received critical acclaim. Bowie chose to make Backstar his final artistic statement. He died surrounded by his family. Continue reading

1/11/16 O&A NYC Song OfThe Day: David Bowie – Lazarus

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David Bowie died  yesterday after an eighteen month battle with cancer. His latest single Lazarus, which was released on January – his 69th Birthday from the album  Blackstar has already received critic acclaim. Bowie chose to make Backstar his final artistic statement. Bowie died surrounded by his family.

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1/14/18 O&A NYC SUNDAY JAZZ CONCERT: Lena Horne- The Lady and Her Music (1982)

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Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music, a Broadway musical revue, written for and starring American singer and actress Lena Horne. The show opened on May 12, 1981, and after 333 performances, closed on June 30, 1982, Horne’s 65th birthday. Continue reading

1/10/16 O&A NYC Gospel Sunday: Jennifer Hudson – Hallelujah (live)

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Jennifer Hudson sings Hallelujah at RaiseAChild.US. The organization educates and encourages the LGBT community to build families through fostering and adoption to answer the needs of the 400,000 children in our nation’s foster care system. Jennifer Hudson also performed Hallelujah before Pope Francis at the Madison Square Garden Mass, New York City.  Continue reading

1/9/16 O&A NYC Saturday Morning Concert: D’Angelo at AFROPUNK FEST 2014

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Enigmatic R&B recluse D’Angelo made good on his promise to headline the 2014 Afropunk festival in Brooklyn on the evening of Sunday, August 24.  Continue reading

1/9/16 O&A NYC Its Saturday- Anything Goes: Valentino Menswear Spring Summer 2016

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For their spring/summer 2016 menswear collection at the helm of Valentino, designers Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli infuse a youthful appeal into the whole offering, sending on the Parisian runway an army of young boys, dressed for success in eclectic looks.”Cultures become one culture—that’s what we find exciting,” said Chiuri . “At the end there is no real reference. We love to go around with our mind and our inspiration to create.” Continue reading

1/8/16 O&A NYC EXCLUSIVE: Beyonce And Bruno Mars Will Join Coldplay for Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show

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Pepsi confirms that Queen Bey herself, Beyonce, will join Coldplay at the Super Bowl on-stage during their performance at the Pepsi Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show on Feb. 7. Presumably, the group will deliver a live rendition of Hymn for the Weekend,  featured on their seventh studio album, A Head Full of Dreams, and features vocals from Bey. Bruno Mars is also expected to take the stage with Coldplay at some point during the show. The Uptown Funk singer previously headlined the Pepsi Super Bowl halftime show in 2014, while Beyonce ran the show in 2013.

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Something tells us that Bruno and Bey aren’t the only VIPs we’ll be seeing on that stage, at least one more act is expected to join the halftime show. “Today, it’s about how do we stage our special guests. Yesterday, what I was nervous about, it was all about the set list,” Harvey remarked. Super Bowl 50 will take place at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016, airing live on CBS.