Jazz notables Ramsey Lewis and Lalah Hathaway were on hand for a remake of the Bible Stories classic Don’t Forget To Remember. The effort earned Donald Lawrence a total of 7 Stellar Award nominations, and 6 wins. Continue reading
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9/27/15 O&A NYC Dance : From The Horse’s Mouth- Celebrating New York’s Clark Center for the Performing Arts
By Walter Rutledge
Clark Center NYC will present a week of dance and related activities Monday September 28 through Friday October 2 at City College Center for the Arts, Aaron Davis Hall. The event is part of the “rebirth” of the Clark Center for the Performing Arts; the venerable New York City dance institution that closed 26 years ago. The new Clark Center NYC returns as a virtual dance center instead of a brick and mortar facility. Its mission is to not just honor past accomplishments but to offer opportunities to the next generation of dancers and dance makers. Continue reading
9/26/15 O&A NYC With WaleStylez- Fashion: Solexchange Sneaker Show NYC
By Adewale Adekanbi
Solexchange Sneaker Show NYC is back in New York this Saturday, September 26 at the Jacob Javits Center. The bi-annual sneaker extravaganza brings out traders, buyers and sneaker heads in search of vintage, limited edition and custom-made athletic footwear. Continue reading
9/26/15 O&A NYC REVIEW: Camille A. Brown & Dancers- BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play
By Walter Rutledge
Camille A. Brown & Dancers opened the 2015 fall Joyce Theater season on Tuesday, September 22 with BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play. Inspired by Kyra D. Gaunt’s book, The Games Black Girls Play Choreographer/director Brown describes the one-act evening’s length, “BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play celebrates the unspoken rhythm and language that Black girls have through Double Dutch, social dances, and hand clapping games that are contemporary and ancestral.” The six member all female cast accomplished Brown’s vision through of series of three duets each exploring different aspects of life and society. Continue reading
9/26/15 O&A NYC With WaleStylez- Song Of The Day: Jae Tips- Sold My Yeezys
“I literally live and breath music i have nothing else in life besides sneakers and being from new york , you thirst for opportunity to shine on a big stage and wont stop until the world shares your vision.”- Jae Tips Continue reading
9/26/15 O&A NYC Its Saturday- Anything Goes: Taz Arnold Men’s Style
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
Taz Arnold is a designer, producer and musician, who lives and works in his hometown of Los Angles, California. He is the founder of the clothing brand TI$A and released three full-length albums with the hip-hop performance ground The Sa-Ra Creative Partners. He has also produced music for artists such as Dr.Dre, Kanye West and Erykah Badu. In addition to his own design Arnold is an avid collector of vintage clothing including Benetton, Versace and Ralph Lauren Polo. Continue reading
12/31/21 O&A NYC Shall We Dance Friday (Repost): Banda (excerpt)- Geoffrey Holder and Carmen de Lavallade
Geoffrey Holder’s Banda dance debuted in the 1954 Truman Capote/Harold Arlen musical House Of Flowers. Holder the Baron of The Cemetery (based on the Haitian Loa of Death Baron Samedi) and received both a performer and choreographer credit in the program. The Broadway musical takes place somewhere in the West Indies during Mardi Gras weekend. Continue reading
9/24/15 O&A NYC With Tod Roulette- Art: Zanele Muholi: Isibonelo/Evidence
By Tod Roulette
On May 8th, 1996 South Africa became the first country in the world to constitutionally prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. Photographer Zanele Muholi began to collect a series of images based on South African lesbians one year after the South African government legally recognized same sex marriage. It is against these political and historical firsts of granting rights that make the facts presented in Zanele Muholi: Isibonelo/Evidence the photography exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum until November 1, 2015 depressingly hard to accept. Continue reading
9/24/15 O&A NYC Throwback Thursday: Chaka Khan and Rufus – Tell me something Good
Tell Me Something Good by Rufus and Chaka Khan was written by Stevie Wonder and released in 1974. The hit single peaking at number three in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100. It was among the earliest hits to use the guitar talk box. Continue reading
9/23/15 O&A NYC With WaleStylez Song Of The Day: Chris Brown – Look At Me Now ft. Lil Wayne, Busta Rhymes
Look at Me Now is a song Chris Brown, featuring American rappers Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes, released as the second single from Brown’s fourth studio album F.A.M.E. on February 1, 2011 Continue reading
