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.

O&A Gospel Sunday: The Caravans- Lord Keep Me Day By Day and Encore Performance: In That City

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The Caravans perform Lord Keep Me Day By Day featuring Inez Andrews, Shirley Caesar,Dorothy Norwood, Albertina Walker, Doris Washington. And a reunion performance of In That City at the 1989 Stellar Awards featuring Inez Andrews, Shirley Caesar, Albertina Walker, Delores Washington and the Rev James Cleveland. Continue reading

8/18/17 (Repost) O&A NYC Shall We Dance Friday: Desmond Richardson- Lament and Encore Performance Precious Blood with Carmen de Lavallade

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Desmond Richardson is a dancer, co-founder and co-artistic director of Complexions Contemporary Ballet. He has mastered a wide range of dance forms including classical, modern, contemporary ballet and jazz making him one of the most recognized performers of his generation. Continue reading

(Repost) 7/29/20 O&A NYC MILESTONES: Happy Birthday Samuel L. Jackson

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Happy Birthday Samuel Jackson! In honor of this milestone we present this great video super cut by Huffington Post’s Ben Craw and Oliver Noble/ The clip features Samuel L. Jackson and every single time he has said, uttered or shouted “motherfucker” in his movies. Using the term 171 times across 24 movies, there’s no doubt that the foul-mouthed expression is Samuel L. Jackson’s catch-phrase. Continue reading

O & A This Week: Tuesday, August 12 through August 18, 2014- Art, Dance, Film, Music and Theatre

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We are midway through August and the arts are in full “summer swing”. There are art events abounding throughout the city many are outdoors and free to the public. Here are a few of the many arts events happening in the city that never sleeps guaranteed to keep you Out and About. Continue reading

1/9/16 O&A NYC (REPOST) Bambi and Thumper – Diamonds Are Forever featuring Trina Parks- The First African American Bond Girl

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Trina Parks was born on December 26, 1946 in Brooklyn, New York. Her father Charles Frazier, was a renowned tenor saxophonist with Cab Calloway’s orchestra. Parks majored in modern dance at the New York High School of Performing Arts. She also studied with Katherine Dunham and subsequently joined Dunham’s professional dance company in 1964. Additional concert dance credits include Donald McKayle, Anna Sokolow, Talley Beatty, Geoffrey Holder, Eleo Pomare and Rod Rodgers. Parks performed in numerous Broadway productions as a vocalist and dancer, including a lead role in the 10th anniversary touring production of Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies. She was the first African- American Bond girl Thumper in the 1971 James Bond classic Diamonds are Forever. Continue reading

Shall We Dance Friday: Katherine Dunham and her Dance Company in Casbah

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In 1948, Dunham and her company appeared in the Hollywood movie Casbah, with Tony Martin, Yvonne de Carlo, and Peter Lorre. The film was the cinematic debut of Eartha Kitt.  Continue reading