3/9/25 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Mary Mary – Go Get It

 

Go Get It is a compilation album by Gospel duo Mary Mary containing songs from their albums also containing some new songs including the single Go Get It and remixed and remastered hits was released on May 8, 2012.  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

3/7/25 O&A NYC THE MORNING FUNNIES: Zainab Johnson – Playing Hard To Get At The Gyno

Zainab Johnson is an American comedian and actress. She is best known as a semi-finalist on NBC’s Last Comic Standing. Johnson is a series regular on Amazon’s Upload. Continue reading

3/7/25 O&A NYC SHALL WE DANCE FRIDAY: Stormy Weather- Lena Horne, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, Cab Calloway, Nicholas Brothers, Katherine Dunham and dancers

Shall We Dance Friday

Stormy Weather is a 1943 film musical produced and released by 20th Century Fox. The movie is considered one of the best Hollywood musicals with an all African-American cast and serve to  showcase of some of the top African-American performers of the time. 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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3/28/24 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: Mtume – Juicy Fruit

Juicy Fruit is a song written by James Mtume and released as the lead-off single from Mtume’s third album, also titled Juicy Fruit.It features lead vocals by Tawatha Agee. The mid-tempo song is Mtume’s most well-known, proving enormously successful on R&B radio stations when first released. Continue reading

3/25/24 O&A NYC IN MEMORARIUM: Lorraine Graves

By Walter Rutledge

Dancer, and teacher Lorraine Graves passed away on March 21, 2024, at the young age of 66. Graves started dancing at the age of 8 in the hometown of Norfolk, Virginia. She began her training at the Academy of the Norfolk Ballet (under the direction of the late Gene Hammett) and made her performing debut with the Norfolk Civic Ballet. As a teenager Graves she spent summers in New York City studying dance at the Joffrey Ballet and the prestigious School of American Ballet (New York City Ballet). Continue reading

3/19/24 O&A NYC CELEBRATING WOMEN ON INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: Jennifer Hudson Wins Best Supporting Actress – 79th Oscars (2007)

George Clooney presenting Jennifer Hudson with the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Dreamgirls at the 79th Academy Awards in 2007.
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