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8/26/25 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Tyler The Creator – Darling, I

Tyler The Creator revealed another captivating visual from his CHROMAKOPIA album. This one is for Darling, I and features appearances from Ayo Edebiri, Nia Long, Teezo Touchdown, and Willow Smith. Continue reading

8/26/25 O&A NYC WITH WALESTYEZ MOVIE TRAILER: Good Boy – Official Trailer | IFC Films

A new trailer for the unsettling Horror Film Good Boy has been released, promising a terrifying and innovative take on the genre. The film, which has already garnered praise at several film festivals, is a chilling experience told entirely from the perspective of a dog. Continue reading

8/26/25 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: Consistency, Discipline And Mindset Will Change Your Life

Consistency, Discipline And Mindset Will Change Your Life Powerful Motivational Speech Video is a high-energy motivational video created and edited by Absolute Motivation. This impactful motivational speeches compilation drives home the core truth of success: it’s not talent, luck, or shortcuts that transform you—it’s showing up with consistency, applying unshakable discipline, and building the mindset of a warrior. Continue reading

8/24/25 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Hugh Masekela – Estival Jazz Lugano 2009

This full length performance, recorded at Estival Jazz Lugano in 2009, features Hugh Masekela and his sextet performing eight numbers including his famous hit Grazing In The Grass.
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8/25/25 O&A NYC THE MORNING FUNNIES: JD Vance Rushed To Walter Reed After Inner Hillbilly Returns

After decades in remission, vice president JD Vance abruptly began slurring his speech and blowing on a “hootin’ jug” during a Cabinet meeting this morning. Continue reading

8/24/25 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Shirley Caesar, Dorthy Norwood, Inez Andrews, & Albertina Walker – Mary Don’t You Weep and More

The Caravans (Inez Andrews, Dorthy Norwood, Shirley Caesar, Albertina Walker, Delores Washington) singing at the 2007 BET Gospel Celebration Continue reading

8/24/25 O&A NYC THE SUNDAY MORNING FUNNIES: Bedtime Bible Story Time With Betty Bowers America’s Best Christian

Join me–won’t you?–while I regale my family with the charming story in 2 Kings 2:23-24, wherein the Lord sicced a pair of voracious bears on 42 kids. Glory! –Mrs.Betty Bowers (America’s Best Christian).
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8/23/25 O&A NYC SATURDAY MORNING CONCERT: Chaka Khan Live in Chicago (2019)

Celebrate the legendary career of Chaka Khan, the multi-genre vocalist at a concert at the Harris Theater in her hometown of Chicago. Performances include Khan’s greatest R&B, pop, funk and jazz hits, including I Feel For You’ and ‘Tell Me Something Good. Continue reading

8/23/25 O&A NYC THE MORNING FUNNIES: South Park – Trump’s DC Military Deployment

In a South Park August 2025 episode titled Sickofancy, South Park brutally parodied President Donald Trump‘s federal takeover of the D.C. police and his broader administration. The episode continued the 27th season’s theme of satirizing the Trump presidency, with the most recent plot focusing on his deployment of military forces in Washington, D.C., under the pretense of a crime crackdown

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8/23/25 O&A NYC MEET THE ARTIST: Sekou Tepaka Lunda Conde – Muntu Dance Theater

By Walter Rutledge

Lights! Camera! Action! The Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project’s Unbound: Shattered Frames, Endless Visions is finally here. This Black dance extravaganza will that place tonight, August 23, 6pm at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance. Continue reading