NYC Deep Cuts for Saturday, May 2

Stranger, smaller-room, and in-the-know Scope NYC picks for Saturday, May 2.

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  1. Lewinale Havette: I Love It When You Beg

    12:00 AM · Palo Gallery | 3rd Street

    The title alone gives this Palo Gallery show more bite than the usual all-day art listing.

  2. THE MANHATTAN RARE BOOK & FINE PRESS FAIR 2026

    9:00 AM · St. Vincent Ferrer Roman Catholic Church

    A rare book fair inside St. Vincent Ferrer is a very particular Saturday errand for people who like paper with provenance.

  3. Xanadu Day Disco (skate)

    12:00 PM · Xanadu

    A noon skate disco at Xanadu is a pleasantly un-serious way to start the day before the night gets crowded.

  4. Smalls Afternoon Jam Session Hosted by Steve Nelson

    2:00 PM · Smalls Jazz Club, New York, NY

    The Smalls afternoon jam has a working-musician looseness that the evening shows rarely keep.

  5. John Wick

    9:30 PM · Metrograph

    Metrograph giving John Wick a late slot turns a familiar action movie into a cult-audience check-in.

  6. ALL NIGHT HYPERJOY

    11:00 PM · Wonderville

    Wonderville calling something All Night Hyperjoy tells you exactly how little chill to expect.

  7. DABIN RYU - Late Set and Session

    11:30 PM · Close Up

    Dabin Ryu stretching into Close Up's late set-and-session format is a good small-hours jazz bet.

  8. Round Midnight Solo Piano With Andrea Domenici

    11:55 PM · Mezzrow, New York, NY

    Andrea Domenici at Mezzrow just before midnight is a tiny, focused counterweight to the Saturday crush.

  9. BamBam Frost & Ori Flomin

    TBC · The Club at La MaMa, New York, NY

    La MaMa pairing BamBam Frost and Ori Flomin points toward performance work with a real body-language vocabulary.

  10. Memory Generation

    TBC · Community Arts Space at La MaMa, New York, NY

    Memory Generation sounds like the La MaMa listing most likely to reward taking a chance.