3/20/25 O&A NYC WITH WALESTYLEZ FASHION: Noir Kei Ninomiya Fall/Winter 2025 Show

Mysterious, surreal with Noir Kei Ninomiya. A kind of feeling that is uncertain and hard to understand. Focus on handwork. Utilization of resin to achieve expressions impossible with just fabrics.Featuring a collaboration with Reebok.

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3/20/25 O&A NYC DANCE: THPAC Search For Choreographers

The Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center (THPAC) is conducting a search for three choreographers for the upcoming 2025 season June 27th and 28th at the Ailey Citicorp Theater. THPAC will present A Ramp to Paradise an original work based on a short story by THPAC Executive Chairman Alex Smith Jr. The story is set in the Paradise Garage, the New York Black gay mega club from the late 70’s and 80’s. Choreographers should have expertise in Modern, Jazz and period social/club dance styles. Continue reading

3/18/25 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: Nikki Giovanni – Ego Tripping and More

In her early work, Nikki Giovanni expressed the militant themes of the Black Arts Movement. In 1970 Giovanni introduced her third volume of poetry Re:Creation, which included her classic poem Ego – Tripping. This was followed by Night Comes Softly one of the earliest anthologies of Black Women’s poetry. Continue reading

3/15/25 O&A NYC ITS SATURDAY- ANYTHING GOES: Carmen DeLavallade- The Creation (TEDxEast 2012)

Dancer, actor and choreographer Carmen DeLavallade performs The Creation featuring choreography by her husband Geoffrey Holder. Holder also designed the costume and music. 
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3/13/25 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: Shirley Ellis – The Name Game (1965)

The Name Game is a song co-written and performed by Shirley Ellis as a rhyming game that creates variations on a person’s name. She explains through speaking and singing how to play the game. Continue reading

3/9/25 O&A NYC WITH WALESTYLEZ FASHION: UNDERCOVER Fall/Winter 2025/2026 – Paris Fashion Week

Undercover Fall/Winter 2025/26 Fashion Show by Jun Takahashi at Paris Fashion Week. Witness the magic of Undercover’s Fall/Winter 2025/26 Womenswear Collection, presented at Paris Fashion Week. Continue reading

3/8/25 O&A NYC ITS SATURDAY ANYTHING GOES: Givenchy Fall/Winter 2025/26 – Paris Fashion Week

Givenchy Fall/Winter 2025/26 Fashion Show by Sarah Burton at Paris Fashion Week.Witness the magic of Givenchy’s Fall/Winter 2025/26 Womenswear Collection, presented at Paris Fashion Week. Continue reading

3/2/25 O&A NYC SUNDAY MORNING FUNNIES: Jenifer Lewis – Black Don’t Crack fea. Marc Shaiman (Live at the Rosie O’Donnell Show 1996)

What better way to begin Women’s History Month with the one and only Jennifer Lewis! Our Sunday Morning Funnies comes from a 1996 live performance on Rosie O’Donnell where Lewis accompanied by pianist Marc Shaiman performed Black Don’t Crack. 

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3/1/25 O&A NYC ITS SATURDAY ANYTHING GOES: ETRO MAGMA – Etro Fall Winter 2025-26 Fashion Show

A primordial vision. The Etro Magma Fall Winter 2025-26 Collection, born of Creative Director Marco De Vincenzo’s vision, pulses with tactile textures, layered compositions, and the fluid movement of time itself. Continue reading

2/24/25 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Heather Headley – Shadowland (From “The Lion King Live at The Hollywood Bowl”)

In 1997, Heather Headley won the role of Nala in the original Broadway cast of the Tony Award-winning musical The Lion King. Continue reading